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NEOSHO, Mo. — Local university leaders in charge of Upward Bound programs found out what they were getting from the federal government this week. The news was especially good for Tiffany Slinkard, director of the Upward Bound programs at Crowder College.

SENECA, Mo. — The city of Seneca has enlisted the help of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe in trying to secure funding for a new sewer-treatment operation, an official said.

Penske's Timo Bernhard raced to his first overall pole in the American Le Mans Series on Friday at Miller Motorsports Park. Click here for Hi-Res Timo Bernhard said he was thrilled to see the American Le Mans Series return to road-course racing and Miller Motorsports Park. Just how glad he felt apparently wasn't completely evident until his record-setting qualifying performance on Friday.

XM Satellite Radio sponsors Andretti Green Racing's Acura ARX in the American Le Mans Series.

After fighting for the top time in the KONI Challenge Street Tuner (ST) throughout Friday’s 15-minute qualifying session, Kenny Wilden put the No. 01 Scada Pack Chevrolet Cobalt owned by Georgian Bay Motorsports on the pole for Saturday’s Monterey 200 with a time of 1:42.018 (78.974 mph).

Adrian Fernandez will drive a LMP2 Zytek at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, his first appearance at the world's most prestigious race.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 18, 2007) -- Adrian Fernandez will add another milestone to his driving resume on June 16 as Mexico's most popular driver prepares to compete in the world famous endurance race -- the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- at the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France.

"I don't really know what happened to us in qualifying. The XM Satellite Radio Acura felt pretty good but obviously we didn't go quite fast enough. We have to look at what we can do to improve the balance for the race.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - May 18 - For the first time this season, the 2007 Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 prototypes were able to display the aerodynamic improvements engineered during the off- season as the Penske and Dyson Porsche RS Spyders earned three of the top four positions on the grid for tomorrow's Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.

The memories of the accident that took the lives of her 5-month-old daughter and boyfriend are still fresh in the mind of Angela Flores, and the pain lingers.

%s After fighting for the top time in the KONI Challenge Street Tuner (ST) throughout Friday's 15-minute qualifying session, Kenny Wilden put the No. 01 Scada Pack Chevrolet Cobalt owned by Georgian Bay Motorsports on the pole for Saturday's Monterey 200 with a time of 1:42.018 (78.974 mph).

It's a favorite slogan of car salesmen: "Now is a good time to buy." If prices are high, they'll say, "Buy before they go any higher." And when prices are low, it's, "Buy because there are bargains."

Salespeople always say it's a good time to buy a car, but now it's really true, says Bankrate car expert Terry Jackson.

Newly flush customers in China are buying high-end cars with all the extras. That's good news for foreign automakers facing tighter margins.

Former Champ Car and IndyCar race winner Adrian Fernandez is to make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in a factory-run Zytek LMP2 chassis

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NORWICH -- A 22-year-old Norwich resident faces weapons and drug charges after police seized marijuana valued at $26,000 Friday from the vehicle Ashley A. Acquaviva was operating.

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TOOELE - Germany's Timo Bernhard figured he would have to go fast Friday afternoon to capture the pole position for today's Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park.

A Subway restaurant worker who was injured when an SUV crashed into the West Dundee eatery is suing the 66-year-old driver.

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OLIVE - A head-on collision on Friday between a car and a New York City Department of Environmental Protection vehicle on state Route 28 sent three people to the hospital, two of them in serious condition.

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LOS ANGELES -- Highway stripes are 10 feet long and 30 feet apart. That means one stripe every 40 feet. No one really knows how this fundamental increment of civil engineering came to be. Well, I'm sure somebody knows, but that person works in the historical division of the federal Department of Transportation.

With a top lap time of 2:20.369, Stefan Johansson took P5 in Thursday afternoon's qualifying session in Salt Lake City. It was a tight battle between the two Porsche teams and three Acura teams, with Penske taking the top two spots, the Acuras in P3, P5, and P6 (Lowe's Fernandez, Highcroft Racing and Andretti Green, respectively) and Dyson coming in at P4 and P7. Highcroft came in ahead of all ...

TOOELE, UTAH -- After two consecutive overall pole positions, the Acura sports car teams had to settle for third, fifth and sixth Friday at the beautiful Miller Motorsports Park in qualifying for the fifth round of the 2007American Le Mans Series.

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The Lowe's Fernandez Racing driving duo of Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz will start third overall for the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix following an impressive qualifying run by Diaz this afternoon.

TOOELE, Utah (May 18, 2007) -- Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., captured his second pole in-a-row at Miller Motorsports Park for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car Championship, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. Teammate Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., will start second, making it an all-Mazda front row.

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Porsche and Penske Motorsports continued to assert themselves at Miller Motorsports Park on Friday morning with the two fastest times in the day's first practice session for the Utah Grand Prix. This time it was Romain Dumas taking overall honors with a 2:22.460 on his final flying lap of the hour-long session.

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While voice recognition in some areas of technology has advanced, automobiles have been limited to basic commands. That could soon change.

Technical service bulletins from automakers, known as T.S.B.?s, can provide solutions for some recurring ailments.

State troopers say 39-year-old Darrick Wilkos was weaving in and out of traffic and tailgating just before the crash.

Penske Motorsports claimed both spots on the front row for Saturday's Utah Grand Prix, shattering the track's ALMS record in the process.

Timo Bernhard earned his first American Le Mans Series overall pole this afternoon on the 4.486-mile Miller Motorsports Park road course -- the longest track in North America -- by shattering both the overall track qualifying and the LM P2 record.

The man who may be Vermont's busiest car thief was back in court again Friday charged with stealing two more cars.

BOULDER - Two men were taken to the hospital Friday morning and one man is in jail after suspected road rage caused an accident on U.S. 36 Friday morning.

Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., captured his second pole in a row at Miller Motorsports Park for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car Championship, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. Teammate Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., will start second, making it an all-Mazda front row.

Hyundai has set its sights high with the second-generation Santa Fe crossover, which is more upscale than its predecessor. The Santa Fe is available on the North Shore at Jim Pattison Hyundai at the Northshore Auto Mall.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 --- Taking the Acura ARX-01a out on the track for the first time in this evening's test session, Stefan Johansson reacquainted himself with the 4.5 mile, 24-turn circuit he raced last year in the Grand Am Series. "This track is more physical than most," explained Johansson.

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced it has completed the draw down of the $1.2 million March, 2007 bridge funding commitment from Essex Woodlands Health Ventures V, L.P., Care Capital Investments II, L.P., Care Capital Offshore Investments II, L.P., Galen Partners III, L.P., Galen Partners International III, L.P. and Galen Employee Fund III, L.P. .

At the American Le Mans race at Miller Motorsports Park, Adrian Fernandez announced he will be driving a Lowe’s-sponsored LMP2 sports car for the Zytek Group at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 16-17, The Mexican veteran will be part of a three-driver lineup for the factory effort that will feature the new Zytek 07S LMP2 chassis powered by a Zytek V8 engine on Michelin tires.

NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Monday after investors, uneasy about the government's upcoming inflation data, cashed in some gains from the market's months-long rally.

An Evergreen man was arrested during Friday morning's rush hour, accused in a road rage incident that resulted in minor injures to two people when their pickup truck rolled and crashed on the Boulder turnpike.

With two less selling days this April, auto dealers saw across-the-board declines in end-of-month sales figures. Toyota , again, took third place in American sales, outpacing DaimlerChrysler, which this week announced it would separate from struggling Chrysler.

If there was one thing Mitchell L. Beem must have known when he saw flashing lights in his rearview mirror Thursday, it was that he did not want to go to jail.

No. 5 USG Sheetrock/Ramset Tools Ford Mustang GT car owner/driver Tom Nastasi will try to stay perfect in this weekend’s U.S. Sports Car Invitational delivered by Luggage Express at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the KONI Challenge Series, and in the process set new marks in the record books.

Palm Beach police are investigating the discovery Tuesday of an ATM "skimming" device at the Wachovia branch at 254 Sunrise Ave. The device was attached to the ATM machine along with a small camcorder aimed at the keypad to capture PIN numbers.

Authorities are investigating whether a fatal assault of a Greenville man outside an Eastside bar this week was a hate crime; one man is now in custody in the case.

Authorities are investigating whether a fatal assault of a Greenville man outside an Eastside bar this week was a hate crime.

TUCSON, Ariz. - It's dusk in Saguaro National Park, with the sun just below the horizon and the silhouette of a 15-foot-tall, multi-armed cactus just a few feet away.

MOTOR SPORT: Allan McNish is determined to claim an outright victory in Salt Lake City on Saturday.

Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City , Md. , led teammate Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , in practice at Miller Motorsports Park to keep Mazda on top for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek , Fla. , was third fastest on the day.

When: Today through Sunday. Where: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

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Authorities are investigating whether a fatal assault of a Greenville man outside an Eastside bar this week was a hate crime, a Sheriffʼs Office spokesman said late Thursday night.

You may not have been able to afford a hybrid last time gas prices were this high. But now that they have been on the market since 2000 and early adopters are trading them in, it may be time to take another look. Houston-area used-car dealers say hybrids are slow to come in, but if you look hard enough you may land one at an affordable price.

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Jim Moore starts his day by hounding Lorenzo Romar about one of his Huskies in trouble over a traffic incident.

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Over the years, whenever someone has categorized cows as "stupid" or "dumb," I have taken a pro-bovine stand. I have defended the animal, stating that cows are exceptionally smart when it comes to cow things.

MOUNT OLIVE -- Township police had a busy weekend, making three drug busts over the involving the possession of heroin, cocaine and marijuana. Township police on Sunday, May 13 responded to three separate incidents in which arrests were made for illegal drug possession.

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TOOELE, Utah (May 17, 2007) -- Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., led teammate Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., in practice at Miller Motorsports Park to keep Mazda on top for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., was third fastest on the day.

An unidentified driver died when his vehicle overturned several times, ejecting him late Wednesday night.

TOOELE, Utah (May 17, 2007) -- Picking up where they left off at Sebring, Tri-Point teammates Randy Pobst of Gainesville, Ga., and Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., topped the time sheets in morning practice at Miller Motorsports Park for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championship, part of the Utah Grand Prix. Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., was third fastest in the ...

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A reader writes: "I bought a 2003 Chevy S-10 for my stepdaughter. Today the truck has only 36,500 miles on it. The driver's door fell off! It broke off at the welds and was hanging by electrical wires. The dealership refused to do warranty work. How can a girl who weighs 100 pounds tear a door off a truck?"

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Two men are in custody after they robbed a grandmother at gunpoint while she was with her three-year-old grandson.

Two men were arrested this afternoon after robbing a grandmother in Coral Springs while pointing a gun at her 3-year-old grandson, according to Coral Springs police.

An alleged robber points a gun at a 3-year-old boy to steal a woman's purse.

A gunpoint purse snatching at a Coral Springs bank lead to a police pursuit, car crash and two schools placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon, police say.

A grandmother who was putting her grandson into a car seat was robbed at gunpoint in Coral Springs in broad daylight Thursday, according to police.

CORAL SPRINGS Two men from Miami were jailed Thursday afternoon after pointing a gun at a 3-year-old, robbing the child's grandmother, then crashing their getaway car into a house, police said.

CORAL SPRINGS Two men from Miami were jailed Thursday afternoon after pointing a gun at a 3-year-old, robbing the child's grandmother, then crashing their getaway car into a house, police said.

Ford transforms exterior, refines interior to make popular SUV more appealing, drivable.

Othmar von Blumencron and his Annapolis-based team aboard Gannet had a rough ending to the Fullpower Melges 24 World Championship, hosted last week by the Santa Cruz Yacht Club.

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"Criteria to win TOP SAFETY PICK award are tough because they're intended to drive continued safety improvements such as high crash test ratings and rapid addition of ESC," says Institute president Adrian Lund. "Recognizing vehicles at the head of their class for safety helps consumers distinguish the best overall choices without having to sort through multiple results."

Unsafe speed and lane changes were the causes of a wreck that killed a man and an infant and hurt two others April 9 on Highway 79 north of San Jacinto, California Highway Patrol spokesman Darren Meyer said Wednesday.

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) returns to competition this weekend following a three-week break and will head to the state-of-the-art Miller Motorsports Park facility near Salt Lake City for the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix on Saturday.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — With revelry typically reserved for the Red Sox taking on the Yankees, friends and family crammed a Matunuck pub last night to root on Providence schoolteacher Kara Riordan as she spun the wheel for $1 million on The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular.

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TUPELO A fresh stretch of black tire marks lies just north of the Tupelo Automobile Museum. Bubba Mize, 43, of Oxford had an admiring audience when he burned rubber in his solar gold Trans Am on Wednesday.

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EVERETT - An early morning fire destroyed a garage and the two pickup trucks and the travel trailer inside Wednesday.

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A former Fairleigh Dickinson University student accused of a series of holdups in Paramus and Hackensack told jurors Monday that he was wrongly fingered by witnesses.

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Berks County, PA - Local and state police and the state’s Auto Theft Prevention Authority will hold a free program at Fairgrounds Square Mall on Saturday to help prevent vehicle theft.

The Ashdown School District Is Accepting applications For Junior High School Principal. Applications And / Or Resume May Be Turned In To Central Office, 511 North 2nd Street, Ashdown, AR 71822. Fax 870-898-3709.

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Prosecutor Utpal Dighe was fired Wednesday, hours after police say he bought marijuana from a dealer in Coconut Grove.

MIDDLETON -- The name has changed and so has the focus. The three-quarter-mile stretch of road that for years was Highway 12 is now Parmenter Street. What was a thoroughfare with more than 30,000 vehicles a day is now a more laid-back destination with just a fraction of the traffic.

By Steve Bray INDIANAPOLIS - Did you ever consider that the odometer in your car may not be accurate and those extra miles may be taking money out of your pocket?

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A tearful 8-year-old boy "got an earful" from Elk Grove police officers Monday after he led them on a low-speed pursuit in his mother's car.

The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the insurance industry.

Hyderabad physio Badrinath Prathi recalls how VVS Laxman & Andrew Leipus played a big role in helping Sania Mirza recover from a career-threatening ankle injury back in 2005 For tennis fans, Sania Mirza s success story may be their answer to the fanatical craze surrounding cricket in India. However, not many know that it was cricket after all that, in a way, played a key role in helping young ...

The 2007 TL Type-S Acura is impressive for a luxury sports sedan with excellent powertrain and handling, and an impressive equipment list. It is available at North Shore Acura located at 828 Automall Dr. in North Vancouver.

The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the insurance industry.

Several people were injured in a two-vehicle crash north of Waldport that occurred just before 3 p.m. Friday, April 27.

"In terms of Acura's performance, it's got to be 10 out of 10," said Andretti Green Racing's Bryan Herta. Click here for Hi-Res If he hadn't been asked to grade its performance on a scale of 1 to 10, Bryan Herta likely would have given Acura a 12. Maybe it would have been a 13 or higher.

Kudzu.com, a local business search engine that connects consumers with local service professionals, received a Gold Award from the Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA) for its total advertising campaign used to launch the website in Las Vegas, San Diego, and Arizona - as well as to accelerate its growth in Atlanta.

PORSCHE RS SPYDER -- STREET SUCCESSES TO LONG TRACK TREK IN SALT LAKE CITY?

TUCSON, Ariz. - It's dusk in Saguaro National Park, with the sun just below the horizon and the silhouette of a 15-foot-tall, multi-armed cactus just a few feet away.

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The former girlfriend of a man accused of robbing a Hackensack bank told jurors Tuesday that he tried to intimidate her out of testifying against him.

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At 9:41 a.m., a caller reported a traffic accident on Allison Ranch Road at Mill Street. The accident involved one vehicle, a silver Nissan pickup.

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If he hadn't been asked to grade its performance on a scale of 1 to 10, Bryan Herta likely would have given Acura a 12. Maybe it would have been a 13 or higher.

There's a car stolen in the United States every 25 seconds, and in San Antonio, vehicles are stolen for their parts, to transport illegal drugs, and even for people smuggling across the border. As the KENS 5 I-Team discovered, there are some places in the city that are more prone to auto theft.

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The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the insurance industry.

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American Le Mans Series stars at Salt Lake City Audi aims to repeat last year's victory Final race before the 24 Hours of Le Mans Following the 12 Hours of Sebring and three successive street races, the Audi R10 TDI faces yet another big challenge in the USA: Quite possibly the hottest race on the 2007 American Le Mans Series calendar held at the Miller Motorsports Park some 30 miles west of Salt ...

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When a little girl, her mom and grandmother found themselves stranded in a broken-down car along Interstate 275 late Friday night, the two young men who stopped to help looked like a godsend.

Spoils of drug crimes ­ including vehicles, stereos, jewelry and more ­ will go up for auction Saturday. The 17th annual Lancaster County Drug Task Force auction is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in the Central Park maintenance building at 950 Eshelman Mill Road. The doors will o...

The 2007 TL Type-S Acura is impressive for a luxury sports sedan with excellent powertrain and handling, and an impressive equipment list. It is available at North Shore Acura located at 828 Automall Dr. in North Vancouver.

Randall Scott McCoy, a 21-year-old Vancouver man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run accident, made his first court appearance Monday in Portland. McCoy allegedly hit Albion Joshua Anderson, 82, of Portland at the intersection of North Interstate Avenue and North Lombard Street.

Petersen/White Lightning's Tomas Enge will return to the American Le Mans Series this weekend with Darren Turner in the team's Ferrari F430 GT. When Tomas Enge looked at the 2007 schedule for the American Le Mans Series, he viewed the Utah Grand Prix as just another race.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A tearful 8-year-old boy "got an earful" from police officers after he led them on a low-speed pursuit in his mother's car.

An 8-year-old boy took his mother's car out for a joyride on Monday, and his mother was arrested in connection with attacking officers, police said.

On the way out to the Fairgrounds for the start of the final day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, I was listening to WWOZ as is my custom.

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The 2007 Acura MDX luxury SUV plus the 2008 Ford Taurus and twin Mercury Sable large family cars earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's To Safety Pick award. Vehicles earning this desi

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Nominations for the 2007 NorTech Innovation Awards are open. The Northeast Ohio technology-based economic development organization annually recognizes innovative products, new procedures and businesses and nonprofits that significantly contribute to the regional technology economy.

A tearful 8-year-old boy "got an earful" from Elk Grove police officers Monday after he led them on a low-speed pursuit in his mother's car.

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Retail Investors keeping a close eye on Wal-Mart earnings Investors will be closely watching whether Wal-Mart Stores meets its earnings forecast Tuesday after the world's largest retailer reported its worst

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that its top-scoring vehicles for safety, based on crash test results, are the 2007 Acura MDX and the 2008 Ford Taurus / Mercury Sable . Both received the highest score, "good," in front, side and rear crash testing and were named "top safety picks."

MINNEAPOLIS — A bankruptcy judge on Monday sealed a report that was expected to shed light on Northwest Airlines Corp.’s efforts to market itself to potential buyers.

When Tomas Enge looked at the 2007 schedule for the American Le Mans Series, he viewed the Utah Grand Prix as just another race. Oh sure, he won the inaugural event in 2006 at Miller Motorsports Park with Darren Turner but Enge had won before in the Series and throughout his career many, many times.

Troubleshooter Tom Martino explains what is behind the rise in gas prices. The bottom line simply may be companies doing their job, which is maximizing profi...

U.S. stocks mixed ahead of inflation news ... World Bank: Wolfowitz broke ethics rules ... Murdoch offers to add Bancroft to board ... Acura MDX, Ford Taurus 'top safety picks' ... News from United Press International

U.S. stocks mixed ahead of inflation newsNEW YORK, May. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes closed mixed Monday ahead of the U.S. government's release of the consumer price index, a key reading of inflation.The mixed close also followed DaimlerChrysler AG's agreement to sell 80.1 percent its money-losing Chrysler unit to private-equity group Cerberus Capital Management LP for $7.4 billion.The Dow ...

An 8-year-old boy takes his mother's car out for a joyride on Monday.

The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars have received top scores in new crash tests released by the insurance industry.