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Backseat Driver: Drunk as a Skunk

11:24 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

We have now found out why Diane Schuler drove two miles the wrong way on New York's Taconic State Parkway before slamming into another vehicle......

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 Tags  60 Minutes   CBS   DUI   Heidgen   Kathleen Rice  

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Backseat Driver: As the wind turns on I-95

10:38 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

I was brought up short the other evening while driving south on I-95 by a sudden braking of the cars in front of me, the......

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 Tags  NEIT   Wind power  

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Backseat Driver: Cell phones in car - the debate goes on

10:02 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

A number of readers have taken me to task for arguing that hands-free cellphones offer a "practical solution" to the dangers of cellphone use while......

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 Tags  Cell phones   texting while driving  

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Senate to consider $2B 'clunkers' refill

8:55 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is poised to add $2 billion to the popular "cash-for-clunkers" program after lawmakers agreed to vote on the government car incentives......

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 Tags  Cash for Clunkers   Senate  

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Rebates for 'Clunkers' Aid Ford Most as Car Sales Climb

4:14 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- The government's "cash for clunkers" program gave automakers a desperately needed sales boost in July, though their relief could be short-lived if the......

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 Tags  Auto sales   Cash for clunkers   Chrysler   Ford   General Motors   Honda   Hyundai   Nissan   Toyota  

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GM buyout offers falls short of goal, layoffs loom

12:02 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- About 6,000 General Motors blue-collar workers have taken the latest round of early retirement and buyout offers, but it fell short of the......

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 Tags  General Motors   Layoffs   restructuring  

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Obama administration presses Senate on 'clunkers'

12:00 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Senate came under increasing pressure Monday to refuel the stalling "cash-for-clunkers" initiative amid uncertainty over how much money, if any, is left......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers   Obama   Senate  

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Cash for Clunkers boost Ford's July sales 1.6 percent

11:58 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- Ford says July sales rose nearly 1.6 percent over the same month last year as the government's wildly successful "cash-for-clunkers" program gave the......

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 Tags  Ford   July sales  

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Car dealers applaud clunkers program as big shot in the arm

9:56 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

David Hersrud's small Chevrolet dealership in Sturgis, S.D., had shriveled so much from lack of customers this year that he was considering selling some of......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers  

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Clunker trade-ins to boost July U.S. auto sales

9:56 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT - The punishing four-year decline in U.S. auto sales may have reached a turning point this week -- just as Michael Papa handed over......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers  

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Ball in Senate's court on 'cash for clunker' sales

9:52 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- With the "cash for clunkers" program essentially running on fumes, the Obama administration served notice on the Senate that it must pour in......

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 Tags  Cash for clunkers  

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Oil jumps above $70 on optimism demand to recover

9:31 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

SINGAPORE -- Oil prices leapt above $70 a barrel Monday in Asia on investor expectations a recovering global economy will boost crude demand, according to......

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