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Well bless my galoshes, they’re predicting hot weather for the Bank Holiday weekend. High pressure is forecast across the whole of Britain, with temperatures of up to 25C in the South.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead following morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

Running around at 2am with toy guns in your pockets and pretending to be policemen might seem like a good idea - until the real cops show up.

A 10-year old boy suffered minor injuries after he was hit by a slow-moving car while walking home from school Thursday afternoon.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead after Tuesday morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

At what point, I wondered Thursday as the state Senate and House traded shots on the stillborn state budget, will Michigan business revolt at the inability of lawmakers and the Granholm administration to deal with economic reality.

Hyderabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader and legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi escaped unhurt in a road accident, which he alleged was an attempt by his political rivals to kill him.

CYBERJAYA: The reasonable target date for the talks between Proton and Volkswagen AG (VW) to come to fruition is year-end, Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said.

If you're up late, you may have noticed presidential candidates on late-night comedy shows. Jeff Greenfield explores the lure of late-night politicking and its influence on a highly valued audience of voters.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — As part of its ongoing effort to convince Americans of the viability of diesel cars, Volkswagen on Thursday trotted out a 1986 Jetta with more than 562,000 miles on the odometer.

CYBERJAYA: The local economy is re-silient and diverse enough to withstand any aftershock should the United States slip into recession. Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the economic policies of the country also had enough “in-built” flexibility should such an event occur.

Loved it for the first year. Rotors warped at 10k and all brakes/rotors were replaced under warranty. Rear brakes and rotors went again at 17k (3 weeks after dealer inspection). Rear brakes went again at 25k. Dealer said its normal wear. Front brakes went at 29k.

By Deanna Dewberry News 8 @ 5:30 INDIANAPOLIS - A college student survived a car jacking with quick thinking and a cell phone. Thursday afternoon prosecutors filed kidnapping charges against the suspect

Two men were seriously injured yesterday morning after what witnesses said was a double shooting sparked by a crash between two cars being raced around town.

The "ultimate play day," as Live Nation calls Saturday's Download Festival at The Gorge, blends music, technology, hype and commercialism. Bands include Modest Mouse, Incubus, the Presidents of the United States of America and others.

The forecast is good, but what if this weekend holds the last sunny days you’ll see for a long time – or even for ever? Times writers reveal what they’ll do with the last days of summer

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead following morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. August 22, 2007; Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that, as part of its Diesel Heritage Search, it has located the highest mileage Volkswagen diesel vehicle in the United States, a 1986 Jetta Turbo Diesel owned by Syl Schmid of Blue Rock, Ohio with over 562,000 miles.

MOSCOW, August 23 (Itar-Tass) - The German car manufacturer Volkswagen is ready to launch at its plant in Russia’s Kaluga before 2009 the production of six car makes of Volkswagen and Skoda, the Prime-Tass news agency quoted the general director of Volkswagen-Rus, Friedrich Lenz, as saying on Thursday.

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Could anyone advise me? I bought my Polo new in March 2004 and have done only 30,000 miles driving it mainly in London.

PATERSON — A Bronx man was arrested by Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office investigators on Wednesday after heroin was found in his car, authorities said.

Images of vehicles crashing into test barriers becoming more prevalent on the Internet

The Proton logo is seen on a car showroom in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is keen to wrap-up ongoing alliance talks between troubled automaker Proton and German auto firm Volkswagen by the end of the year, a top minister said Thursday.

Malaysia is keen to wrap-up ongoing alliance talks between troubled automaker Proton and German auto firm Volkswagen by the end of the year, a top minister said Thursday.

Six arrests are made after a shooting in Hertfordshire which left two people seriously injured.

Washington- Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car.

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Financial) - Malaysia wants to see an alliance between the national car maker Proton and the German group Volkswagen concluded by the end of the year, the deputy finance minister Nor Mohammed Yakcop said, according to official news agency Bernama.

Proton didn’t want to call it the Gen.2 sedan and now we know why. PAUL TAN takes a peek inside the Proton Persona. PROTON’S latest pride and joy — as they refer to it — is touted to be their comeback king, the car that will renew the public’s confidence in Proton.

Proton didn’t want to call it the Gen.2 sedan and now we know why. PAUL TAN takes a peek inside the Proton Persona. Full Story NUMERICALLY SPEAKING 0.6 litres of diesel less to travel 100km in the latest Golf BlueMotion.

Indulgence is an incongruity resulting from old and modern values in Ipoh, writes SHANNON TEOH. A yummy incongruity, that is.

ELGIN -- Lisa Luczynski was enjoying a Sunday afternoon drive earlier this month along Duncan Avenue.

Police in Kaugama local government area of Jigawa state have arrested suspected electricity cable vandals, a statement from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Malaysia's government hopes that talks between national carmaker Proton Holdings and Germany's Volkswagen AG for a possible strategic tie-up will be completed by year-end, state news agency Bernama said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 - Malaysia's government hopes that talks between national carmaker Proton Holdings and Germany's Volkswagen AG for a possible strategic tie-up will be completed by year-end, state news agency Bernama said on Thursday.

In her signature role in "American Graffiti," Candy Clark was the cotton-candy blonde with the creamy skin and platinum wig. Cast as Debbie Dunham, a party girl who loves to cruise and hot rod, Clark was the bouffant exclamation point who purred, "I really...

Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car. Consumer Reports now offers a library of crash test videos for more than 200 vehicles on its Web site, letting buyers watch the tests while considering which car ...

An Indianapolis college student carjacked earlier this month secretly managed to call 911 on her cell phone to alert police and then escaped from the man who had put a knife to her throat.

CYBERJAYA : The local economy is resilient and diverse enough to withstand any aftershock should the United States slip into recession.

A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man died Tuesday morning after his car was hit by a semi-trailer truck at Algonquin and Old Sutton roads in Barrington Hills.

Pull into any fuel station in Brazil and the question will be the same: "Álcool ou gasolina?" Ethanol or gasoline?

WASHINGTON -- Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead following morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead after Tuesday morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

AMC's period drama Mad Men (tonight, 10 ET/PT), set in a Madison Avenue ad agency in spring 1960, is a universe on the precipice of revolutions, from social to racial, political to sexual. And those threads of change are carried through in the details, the carefully researched artifacts of the era, some evocative, some barely remembered. "When you look in the past, everybody knows the broad ...

I have a 2001 Jetta with 78k miles on it. I bought it used with 32k miles on it. I haven't had many problems with other than the rear disc and 2 sensors. Not too bad in the 4 years I have had it (until I got the $1200 bill). I have 4 kids and don't even make $30k a year.

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Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car.

An IUPUI student says she was carjacked at knife point, but was able to use lessons learned on a talk show to survive.

Replaced all four window operators. Head gasket. Caliper holders were seized and rotors. Vacuum lines collapsed. Engine light won't go out.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Car shopping? Maybe you should check out the crash test videos on the Internet.

WASHINGTON -- Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape.

Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car. Consumer Reports now offers a library of crash test videos for more than 200 vehicles on its Web site, letting buyers watch the tests while considering which car ...

Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape.

Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car.

The Mt. Pleasant nativity scene will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the special occasion, nativity chairwoman Cindy Underwood will set up an informational booth on the history of the nativity at this year's Glass and Ethnic Festival.

Vancouver police arrested a suspected carjacker on Tuesday night after he allegedly stole a woman's car at knifepoint and ditched it in the 3000 block of Harney Street.

Police say victim in Castleton carjacking used cell phone to tell dispatchers of abduction.

BERLIN - A German court has freed a former Red Army Faction terrorist who was convicted in the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the subsequent bombing of a U.S. air base after 21 years in prison. Eva...

The Download Festival sought to bring the rock megashow into the new millennium by giving fans major face time with the bands they love through meet-and-greets and question-and-answer sessions. But the...

An woman who survived a terrifying carjacking from the Castleton Square Mall parking lot is now telling her story nationwide.

Germany-based The Volkswagen Group has reported a 25.4% increase in China sales between January and July. The group reported total sales of 440,000 units in the region.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead after Tuesday morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

Auckland, New Zealand–- Gull New Zealand announced on Aug 1 the launch of its new Gull Force 10 which is the first time a biofuel for everyday transport use has been made commercially available to Kiwi motorists.

BARRINGTON HILLS – A Lindenhurst man is dead following morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man was killed Tuesday morning when the vehicle he was driving collided with a truck. Arturo Hernandez, 42, died at the scene about 6:30 a.m. at Algonquin and Old Sutton roads, said Barrington Hills police Sgt. Ron Riedel.

CLOUDS of smoke were still billowing from the burning of Mile 12 Police Post in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos when Vanguard Features (VF) arrived the scene last Friday.

TUNKHANNOCK - A 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old man accused of receiving a stolen motor vehicle and a stolen 9mm semi automatic pistol were arraigned Wednesday.

Lindenhurst man dead in Barrington Hills crash A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man died Tuesday morning after his car was hit by a semi-trailer truck at Algonquin and Old Sutton roads in Barrington Hills.

SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil -- If Ford Americas President Mark Fields seems overly confident when he talks about the company's turnaround plan, it's because he has already seen it work -- in Brazil.

A Jackson man had alcohol in his system when his truck collided Aug. 12 with a Volkswagen Beetle in a wreck that left a Terry couple dead and their two children seriously injured, an official said Tuesday.

The Stanford Racing Team's robotic car "Junior," a modified Volkswagen Passat, is one step closer to qualifying for the Urban Challenge, a Nov. 3 race of autonomous vehicles through a simulated cityscape.

Shanghai Automotive Co, China's top carmaker, yesterday posted a 358.1 percent surge in first-half net profit, boosted by a major asset injection from its parent late last year and buoyant sales. The partner of Volkswagen and General Mot ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man accused of a road rage shooting on Highway 26 was indicted on several charges Tuesday. Police said Kim Kershaw shot Todd Westby, 29, earlier this month near the Vista Ridge tunnel.

I had a solenoid go bad on the car, resulting in the car not being able to move out of park. This ended up costing 50 bucks for a tow as well as 280 bucks to have the part replaced.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2007; VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc., present "Driven," an art exhibition by 15 emerging artists with disabilities that debuts at the Smithsonian Institution's S.

A driver involved in a three-car crash on the M1 has died of his injuries in hospital.

Shanghai Automotive Co, China's top carmaker, yesterday posted a 358.1 percent surge in first-half net profit, boosted by a major asset injection from its parent late last year and buoyant sales.

FRANKLIN TWP. - As the big-screen NASCAR star Ricky Bobby said, "I wanna go fast!" Racing fanatics who want to do the same will have their opportunity at the Flashlight Drags at the Zelienople Airport in Franklin Township on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) - European shares closed a touch higher Tuesday after a choppy session, with gains from automakers and chemical companies on lower oil prices offsetting losses from retailers, insurers and banks on worries about the strength of the global economy.

A Mpumalanga couple run a successful business that’s both white-owned and empowerment-compliant. Sonya and George met at teachers’ training college. They work at the same bus company (which they own). They’re both 39 years old; George Didloff is the older by exactly one day.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The United Soccer Leagues announced today that Portland Timbers forward Matt Taylor was selected to the USL First Division Team of the Week for Week 18. Taylor recorded his first points for the Timbers in a 2-2 draw on the road against the Minnesota Thunder on Aug. 16.

ROSCOE - “You wouldn't want to ride a bicycle over one.” That's what Roscoe Village Trustee Scott Richardson said about the sinkholes in Hawks Pointe subdivision on Roscoe Road.

BARRINGTON HILLS -– A Lindenhurst man is dead following morning rush hour crash on Algonquin Road at Old Sutton Road.

A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man died this morning after his car was hit by a semi truck at Algonquin and Old Sutton roads in Barrington Hills.

A collision involving a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles on Highway 401 eastbound in Ajax injured three people on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers say a man involved in a deadly crash with a family did have alcohol in his system

A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man was killed Tuesday morning when the vehicle he was driving collided with a truck in northwest suburban Barrington Hills. Arturo Hernandez, 42, was dead before paramedics arrived on the scene of the crash at Algonquin (Route 62) and Old Sutton roads.

The world’s fourth largest auto maker, Volkswagen, announced today that it increased group vehicle sales by 10.2 percent to 522,000 units in July. “We are well on the way this year to selling more than 6 million cars for the first time,” CEO Martin Winterkorn said in a statement...

Late last week, Russia's monopoly right to deliver energy from Central Asia to Europe suffered a heavy blow. The U.S. State Department Thursday granted funds for a feasibility study for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline from Turkmenistan and an oil pipeline from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan.

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NORTH ANDOVER - An 18-year-old North Andover woman will face charges of vehicular homicide and speeding in the crash in which one of her high-school classmates was killed and another was injured.

Did you know that the nation of India can do more than handle your outsourced call center needs? In fact, an Indian car maker -- Tata Motors -- has effectively created the least expensive, commercially-available car in the world.

WOODBRIDGE: One or more vandals and burglars struck the township over the weekend, leaving behind a string of damaged and burglarized vehicles. Five vehicles had side or rear windows smashed in Iselin and Colonia from late Saturday into early Sunday.

WOLFSBURG, Germany (Thomson Financial) - Volkswagen AG said July group unit sales were up 10.2 pct year on year to 522,000.

FRANKFURT, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Volkswagen increased group vehicle sales by 10.2 percent to 522,000 units in July, a record for that month, the world's fourth largest carmaker said on Tuesday, as emerging markets continued to power growth.

A former mining settlement in Norway's far Arctic north has emerged as a major center for climate study in recent years. Researchers from some of the world's largest nations gathered there this week in an effort to "do something" about climate change.

WOLFSBURG, Germany (Thomson Financial) - Volkswagen AG said July group unit sales were up 10.2 pct year on year to 522,000. In the seven months through July sales rose 8.1 pct to 3.61 mln cars, it said.

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- The chief executive of one of Germany's largest state- backed banks warned that foreigners were increasingly loath to extend credit to financial institutions in Europe's largest economy, which could spark a crisis.

TOWN OF MENASHA The bulging files on the 1992 disappearance of Laurie Depies take up two four-drawer file cabinets and several lock boxes in the office of town police Lt. Mike Krueger.

$4-a-gallon gas? Who cares when you drive a vehicle that runs on waste vegetable oil collected from local restaurants.

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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares closed a touch higher on Tuesday in a choppy session, with gains from automakers and chemicals firms as oil prices receded offsetting losses from retailers, insurers and banks on worries about the strength of the global economy in the wake of the credit crisis.

A 30-year-old Newport, Ore., woman, Jennifer Grover, and 34-year-old Chariti Hollaway, of Salt Lake City, were identified by the Utah Highway Patrol on Monday as the two women who died in a 14-car pileup Sunday in central Utah.

VANCOUVER -- Canadian mining companies flush with cash from the recent strength in metal prices continued yesterday to announced their exposure to the market for asset-backed commercial paper, or ABCP .

A Bristol man has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle for a fatal accident on Route 8 in Shelton, but will avoid prison time if he meets certain court-ordered conditions.

Although Bud Clark retired from day-to-day management of the Goose Hollow Inn several years ago, he still stops by every so often. And when he does, some of the customers usually want to talk to the former Portland mayor about city government. That’s what happened last week, when Clark ...

There was a hint, I thought, or wished, of a Russified Jack London in the childhood and adolescence of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

The city of Coppell had another successful year running the annual Fourth of July parade. Coppell residents were able to enjoy the parade last week with sunny weather and festive floats.

Volkswagen Jetta coming to India next yearGerman automaker Volkswagen is expanding their presence in the Indian market. They have now announced their plans to launch the Jetta sedan in India sometime next year.This car would roll out from the Skoda’s Aurangabad facility.

The Download Festival, Tweeter Center, August 18, 2007 “I think this festival is sponsored by large, stinging insects . . . made by Volkswagen,” quipped Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell.

A COLLEGE principal who was made an MBE for her services to the police was yesterday found guilty of refusing to give a roadside breath test.

A 14-vehicle pileup on Interstate 15 killed two women and closed the highway for hours in Millard County.

Mid-South parents are asking police in Northern Mississippi to keep their eyes peeled for a creepy door to door salesman they say is targeting homes with young children.

VANCOUVER (CP) - Canadian mining companies flush with cash from the recent strength in metal prices continued Monday to announced their exposure to the asset-backed commercial paper market, while others declared they had dodged the troubles entirely.

Little Texas hopes to bring country fans to their feet to “Kick a Little” as they headline along with Restless Heart at the Cassia County Fair tonight.

Rumors have been flying for some time that Volkswagen would create a stylish 4-door “coupe” version of their Passat, similar to the Mercedes CLS. Now we get the very first photos of the car as VW testers roll out a prototype for testing in the US southwest.

Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, said it's considering adding a U.S. auto-assembly plant that might also result in the company moving its U.S. operations out of Michigan.

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After a four-way pitch, Pick 'n Pay's new customer magazine, which will launch in November 2007 with an initial print run of 150 000, is being produced by John Brown, one of the UK's leading customer publishing, catalogue and digital agencies which recently opened offices in South Africa.

TIVERTON - The Police Department has identified the three people killed in Thursday night's accident on Narrow Avenue as Kenneth P. Griffin, 18, of 301 Bulgarmarsh Road; Kimberly Sartini, 18, of 21 East View Drive, Little Compton; and Michael Tripp, 23, of 262 Wilbur Ave., Fall River, Mass., and a former resident of Tiverton.

The capture of an armed robbery suspect Wednesday near Waddy involved two truckers blocking the interstate to end a high-speed chase and a man named James Bond.

They might use less fuel, but small car owners die more often in crashes.

Nothing, I swear. This car was (it was totaled in an accident) incredible. I changed a headlight bulb and that's it. It never had a tune-up and it still ran like a new car. The brakes finally needed replacing at 100,000. Timing belt was changed, as recommended, at 60,000.

Former Red Army Faction terrorist Eva Haule, who was convicted in the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the subsequent bombing of an American air base, has been freed on parole after 21 years in prison, a judicial official said Monday.

Bulgarian border police at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint have seized the record sum of more than USD 1 M, which were hidden in the car of a Bulgarian national, on Friday.

A former Red Army Faction member who was convicted in the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the subsequent bombing of an American air base has been freed on parole after 21 years in prison, a judicial official said Monday.

Now here’s a bright idea – Volkswagen is working on a hi-tech replacement for the humble sun visor. The firm’s boffins have come up with a way to use electronics to create anti-glare glass in the driver’s sight line.

The luxury, seven-seat, Volkswagen Caravelle, popular with large families, business executives and celebrities alike, is currently available on a low-rate personal contract plan from £319 a month (typical 4.8 per cent APR).

Bottled water is in hot water, and marketers of alternatives are trying to seize the opportunity. Some of the same health-conscious consumers who helped make bottled water a $15 billion business now are among those worried about its environmental impact its 38 million plastic bottles a year made with 1.5 million barrels of oil.

The family of a Boca Raton high school prom king left in a coma last week after he and his girlfriend were hit by a car clung to hope Sunday, encouraged by small but promising signs of improvement.

The family of a Boca Raton high school prom king left in a coma last week after he and his girlfriend were hit by a driver clung to hope Sunday, encouraged by small but promising signs of improvement.

A man whose car failed on a Gauteng highway not only had to wait for help for more than an hour, but had to contend with armed robbers who shot him in the legs.

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in German markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses after the company names and prices are from the last Xetra close unless otherwise stated.

The city of Coppell had another successful year running the annual Fourth of July parade. Coppell residents were able to enjoy the parade last week with sunny weather and festive floats.

FREE WHEELING: VW vans have been synonymous with freedom since the swinging sixties.

Seven people were injured when a car collided with an ambulance on the N14 near Randburg, paramedics said yesterday. Netcare911 spokesperson Nick Dollman said the accident happened on the N14 towards Pretoria before the Swartkoppies/Beyers Naude off-ramp on Saturday at about 11pm.

Seven people, including three paramedics, have been injured after a car spun out of control and collided with an ambulance.

FLORENCE — He was in the military five years after World War II had ended, but the threat of the Russians was real. His most vivid memory in Germany was when the ground was so slick it made a big tank slide down the hill.

Seven people have been injured after a car collided with an ambulance on the N14 near Randburg. Netcare911 spokesperson Nick Dollman says the accident occurred on the N14 towards Pretoria before the Swartkoppies/Beyers Naude off-ramp late last night.

Seven people were injured when a car collided with an ambulance on the N14 near Randburg, say paramedics.

The capture of an armed robbery suspect Wednesday near Waddy involved two truckers blocking the interstate to end a high-speed chase and a man named James Bond.

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TOWN OF MENASHA The bulging files on the 1992 disappearance of Laurie Depies take up two four-drawer file cabinets and several lock boxes in the office of town police Lt. Mike Krueger.

BERLIN (AP) - A German court said Friday it ordered the early release on parole of a former Red Army Faction member who was convicted in the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier.

Born in Augusta County, Clayton McLure Brooks left the Valley for school and work but has returned as a postdoctoral fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.

The city of Coppell had another successful year running the annual Fourth of July parade. Coppell residents were able to enjoy the parade last week with sunny weather and festive floats.

SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation Friday inspired by a Decatur man who found trouble with Department of Revenue agents for running his car with vegetable oil.

Dennis Parker of Eufaula paid more than $80 earlier this week to fill his pickup tank with gasoline. And that was at one of the lowest-priced stations in Muskogee.

Fans lining Second Street in downtown Fernie, British Columbia, greeted Roddi Lega and Tim Heemskerk with makeshift signs and cheers as the two rolled across the line to take their sixth win of the seven-stage 2007 TransRockies Challenge.

A 70-year-old man died today when his car was rear-ended at a Chula Vista stop sign, police said.

The Mexican unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG agreed to a pay rise with its 11,000 unionised workers on Saturday and averted a weekend strike, the union said.

CHULA VISTA, 5:33 p.m. Aug. 18 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): A 70-year-old man died Saturday when his car was rear-ended at a Chula Vista stop sign, police said.

The Mexican unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG has agreed to a pay rise with its 11,000 unionised workers and averted a weekend strike, the union said.

A driver involved in a three-car crash on the M1 has died of his injuries in hospital.

An elderly Lodi man was hospitalized Friday after the truck he was riding in hit another car at the intersection of Hutchins and Lockeford streets. Roy Gruwell, 82, hit the windshield during the 1:19 p.m. collision, Lodi Police Motor Officer Larry Vietz said.

A Volkswagen hatchback was heading west on rural Narrow Avenue when it left the road and flipped.

TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) -- The police chief in Tiverton says speed was likely a factor in a single-car crash that claimed three lives. It happened at around 5 p.m. Thursday on Narrow Avenue, a rural road in the town.

TIVERTON — A row of broken fence posts and twisted wire marks the accident scene. Plastic debris from the Volkswagen lies in a small heap in the field where the car came to rest.

LIVINGSTON -- An Atwater man was killed when a car he was in collided with a pickup Thursday evening in the Livingston area in Merced County, California Highway Patrol officers reported Friday.

POTTERIES entertainer Jonathan Wilkes is to sing at the funeral of a friend who died in a crash on the M6. Dean Gray was killed when his Volkswagen Polo left the motorway near junction 19 at Knutsford. The hairdresser was close ...

POTTERIES entertainer Jonathan Wilkes is to sing at the funeral of a friend who died in a crash on the M6. Dean Gray was killed when his Volkswagen Polo left the motorway near junction 19 at Knutsford. The hairdresser was close ...

POTTERIES entertainer Jonathan Wilkes is to sing at the funeral of a friend who died in a crash on the M6. Dean Gray was killed when his Volkswagen Polo left the motorway near junction 19 at Knutsford. The hairdresser was close ...

POTTERIES entertainer Jonathan Wilkes is to sing at the funeral of a friend who died in a crash on the M6. Dean Gray was killed when his Volkswagen Polo left the motorway near junction 19 at Knutsford. The hairdresser was close ...

POTTERIES entertainer Jonathan Wilkes is to sing at the funeral of a friend who died in a crash on the M6. Dean Gray was killed when his Volkswagen Polo left the motorway near junction 19 at Knutsford. The hairdresser was close ...

With their whole lives before them, the young couple stepped out Thursday to celebrate new beginnings. She was off to college, he was to start a new job.

Boca Raton With their whole lives before them, the young couple stepped out Thursday to celebrate new beginnings. She was off to college, he was to start a new job.

BERLIN - A former Red Army Faction member convicted in the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the bombing of a U.S. base has been ordered freed after serving 21 years of her life sentence, a German court ruled yesterday.

They're skinny, pricey, flashy and fast. Cigarette boats are so totally 1980s that it's as if they zoomed straight out of a "Miami Vice"...

One week after purchasing my Jetta (car of my dreams) the Engine light came on. By the time the dealership could get me in, the light was off. A week later, same problem. They told me that my I had to click the gas cap 3 times to secure the pressure, failing to do so was setting off the light.

With their whole lives before them, the young couple stepped out Thursday to celebrate new beginnings. She was off to college, he was to start a new job.

SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation Friday inspired by a Decatur man who found trouble with Department of Revenue agents for running his car with vegetable oil.

TIVERTON - The Police Department has identified the three people killed in Thursday night's accident on Narrow Avenue as Kenneth P. Griffin, 18, of 301 Bulgarmarsh Road; Kimberly Sartini, 18, of 21 East View Drive, Little Compton; and Michael Tripp, 23, of 262 Wilbur Ave., Fall River, Mass., and a former resident of Tiverton.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation Friday that was inspired by a Decatur man who ran into trouble with Department of Revenue agents for running his car with vegetable oil.

VISAKHAPATNAM: The controversy created by the proposal to set up the Volkswagen car factory at Aganampudi on city outskirts and the subsequent shelving of the proposal still seem to haunt State Minister Botsa Satyanarayana. Farmers from E. ...

A Massachusetts man has been identified as one of the three people killed Thursday in a single-car crash in Tiverton.

TIVERTON — Three young people were killed and another injured when a 2002 Volkswagen flipped over early Thursday evening, Aug. 16, on Narrow Avenue on Tiverton's east side.

A German court said Friday it has ordered the release on parole of a former Red Army Faction member convicted of the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the bombing of a U.S. base.

17 August 2007 Volkswagen Volkswagen will present its widest product range of all time at the International Automobile Exhibition scheduled in Frankfurt from Sept. 13 to 23. It will have over 50 models on view, eight of them world premieres.

Forward Jaime Ambriz came on as a second-half substitute and scored his first goal of the season in the 87th minute to help Portland earn a 2-2 draw with the Minnesota Thunder at James Griffin Stadium on Thursday.

Two pedestrians were serioulsy injured when a Volkswagen struck them at the intersection of State road A1A and Spanish River Boulevard late Thursday.

TIVERTON — Three people were killed and another injured when a Volkswagen flipped over early Thursday evening, Aug. 16, on Narrow Avenue on Tiverton's east side.

Three people died Thursday and a fourth was injured when a car rolled over on a rural road, police said.

Attention teen drivers. It's time to test your skills in a chance to win a new 2007 Volkswagen Beetle at the Georgia National Fair.

Adrian Hallmark, executive vice president of Volkswagen of America, talked with the Free Press about plans for the Volkswagen brand in the U.S. market.

Despite years of sliding U.S. sales for Volkswagen, Adrian Hallmark, Volkswagen of America executive vice president, said he's optimistic the brand can hit annual U.S. sales of a half-million vehicles within five years and he's pushing hard for the German automaker to build a new assembly plant in North America.

NEW YORK -- Creditors holding roughly $1.3 billion in Dana Corp . debt support a plan for a private equity firm to invest up to $500 million in the company once it emerges from bankruptcy, the company said Thursday. Bondholders of the Toledo, Ohio-based auto parts maker formally offered their support Monday, which earned them the right to buy new shares in the reorganized company once it can ...

A George Mason University student had a blood alcohol level of .14 when she drove her convertible into the path of a tractor-trailer on a Capital Beltway ramp, killing herself and three friends, and she had been convicted of drinking and driving a year earlier, according to sources and court...

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Thursday the talks on a strategic partnership between Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE:5304) and Germany's Volkswagen AG have shown positive signs.

Transport Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Thursday the talks on a strategic partnership between Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE:5304) and Germany's Volkswagen AG have shown positive signs.

Volkswagen groups Czech subsidiary Skoda Auto is planning to present the successor to the Fabia Combi at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany later this year.

Three heroin dealers from Norfolk are jailed after they are caught trading in the Class A drug.

PICKERING -- Whether Volkswagen drivers sport 1950 or 2008 models, an event this weekend will allow them to test their car's horsepower, or simply hang out with other VW-lovers. This Saturday, Aug