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I hooked up my accelerator to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone. via AutoSpies

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“It's cool because I don't even notice gas prices at all”

Soaring gas prices have proven to put a damper on travel for some in the Wausau area, and with prices setting yet another record high Thursday, Mother's Day weekend will be no exception. via Wausau Daily Herald

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“Where's the differentiation going to be?”

When it comes to TVs, DVD players, and other consumer electronics, South Korea can go head to head with the best from Japan, China, and the rest of the world. via ExtremeTech

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“Every automaker promotes its U.S. plants in its ads and PR, because every year millions of car buyers care about where their cars are made and how much their purchase will contribute to our economy”

Below is an auto news article from May 05, 2008 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire. via Automotive

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I almost never disagree with Kevin Drum but Daniel Drezner has a point: One of the more invidious comparisons analysts like to make is to compare the size of something with a country's gross domestic product. via BlogspotNok8s81

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“It's part of our ongoing plan to adjust capacity with demand.”

Ford Motor Co. will offer buyouts to about 1,300 workers at assembly plants in Chicago and Louisville, Ky., as part of the automaker's plan to adjust capacity with demand for its vehicles, a spokeswoman said ... via Quamnet

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“I've never wanted to go somewhere and didn't have a car available”

BY CHERYL V. JACKSON cjackson@suntimes.com Between paying $50 a month for parking in his Rogers Park neighborhood and shelling out more money for maintenance, Carl Westberg was spending about $400 a month on ... via Courier-News

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Some weeks are better than others. But this last week was unusually cool. And when I say "cool", I mean the types of cars I've been able to drive out of our garage have been quite special. via Motor Trend

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You seen that one Cribs with Ludacris? Where all his cars have TVs all over the place, not just in the usual places but, like, set into the floor and on the gas cap and right in the middle of the steering ... via Woot

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“It's a lot more stable, you can turn on a dime, and on the wet pavement, you don't feel your bike squirming under you.”

I had a jarring sense of deja vu on West Market the other day when I saw a dead ringer for my mother's 1960 baby-blue Chevy Kingswood station wagon driving the opposite way. via News & Record

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