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Backseat Driver: Gas companies' trick pricing goes back a long time

12:05 PM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

I recently spend a pleasant morning in Wakefield at the home of Bob and Diane Smith reporting on his collection of antique automobiles. Bob has......

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Backseat Driver: N.Y. accident focusing attention on closet alcoholics

12:05 PM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Diane Schuler's husband Daniel's continues to deny she was drunk when she drove two miles in the wrong direction on New York's Taconic State Parkway......

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Dealers should be paid on 'Clunkers' by Sept. 30

12:01 PM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

WASHINGTON -- The government says it has approved $500 million in reimbursements to auto dealers for car sales under the Cash for Clunkers program, according......

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Backseat Driver: Cash for Clunkers a modest success in cutting gas demand

10:50 AM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

The numbers have not been finalized but the Cash for Clunkers program resulted in some 700,000 old gas guzzlers being replaced by newer, more efficient......

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Clunker Program Spurred August Sales

1:38 PM Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- Auto sales perked up in August because of cash for clunkers, but both General Motors and Chrysler struggled after emerging from bankruptcy protection,......

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