The executives of Detroit’s Big Three car companies drove to the capital to ask Congress for $34 billion. They drove this time — new hybrid vehicles from each of their respective companies — after lawmakers chastised the executives for…
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The executives behind Detroit’s “Big Three” returned to D.C. today to make their case for a bailout. This time they left the private jets at home, each arriving in a hybrid vehicle made by their company. Still, a $34…
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The plot thickens at St. Louis Metropolitan Towing. The Post-Dispatch reviewed 36 cases and hundreds of records reveals a troubling system and raises a lot of questions about how much money the tow lot has made.
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The Hampton Avenue overpass at Highway 40 will close Monday for eight months. That’s right, eight months. Find your alternate route to Forest Park now.
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New details are emerging in the city towing scandal. Like Deborah Bailey’s story: She made payments on a car for more than two years — yet drove it only six months before it was impounded and she was told…
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If you ask me, it’s kind of a common sense story, but researchers at the National Safety Council have found that higher gas prices means fewer traffic fatalities. Because, of course, people are driving less. And slower.
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It was a busy night here in Weatherbird land — less for the Bird, and more for yours truly who was filling in as the A1 designer last night. And what a news night it was, from Michael Shanahan…
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The death of the minivan may be upon us. Ford gave up. GM is expected to give up next year. And Chrysler just closed its minivan assembly plant in Fenton.
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What does it mean if you get a ticket from a red-light camera? You might be surprised. Although it looks like the Weatherbird got caught.
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Think gas prices are bad? Take a look at diesel prices. It takes more than $450 to fill the tank of a semi. Ouch.
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