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Memories of the Mob

Looks like a couple of the big mob families are “going to the mattresses” after underworld figure Ya’acov Alperon was assassinated on a Tel Aviv corner just two days ago. Organized crime here runs rampant and there have been...

Bill Gallagher: Let Them Eat Carburetors

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTIONby Bill GallagherDetroit -- President George W. Bush, a man consistently wrong about matters of great importance, kept despair alive when he told us not to worry. Market forces, like manna from...

Woman in six-vehicle crash named

Police in Leicestershire have named a woman who died in a collision involving six vehicles on the M1 motorway. Diane McGrath, 40, from Calne in Wiltshire, received fatal injuries when the Volkswagen Golf she was driving was in...

Djokovic pulls within 10 ranking points of No. 2

Jelena Jankovic, the U.S. Open runner-up, already is No. 1 on the women's side SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Novak Djokovic is trying his best to complete Serbia's ascension to the top of the tennis world. Nenad Zimonjic became the...

Buick cuts way back on courtesy cars for PGA

In another sign of fragile financial conditions, some PGA Tour events are trying to figure out transportation for players after learning over the weekend that Buick will not be providing courtesy cars to most tournaments next...

Slowdown doesn't shrink China's LatAm ambitions

LIMA, Peru — China isn't letting the global financial crisis shrink its ambitions in Latin America, where it has sunk billions into mining and replaced the United States as Chile's top trading partner.

Aid for Mercedes and Honda, but not GM?

I was extremely disappointed in the comments made by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., that the auto loans should not be approved ("Auto aid debate heats up," Nov. 17). He called the Big Three dinosaurs and stated this loan...

Official: AMG launching high-performance diesel by 2011

Volker Mornhinweg, the boss of Mercedes‘ tuning division, has announced that AMG plans to open a diesel version “within three years,”. Mornhinweg described the prospective high-performance diesel as an upgrade version of the...

CCT orders fuel kiosk owner to pay motorist

The owner of a petrol kiosk which had petrol adulterated with water was ordered by the Consumer Claims Tribunal here to refund a motorist for the fuel he bought and pay for the repair of his car. The owner of a Mercedes Benz,...

Is ex-judge hypochondriac or insurance cheat?

Jury must decide if injuries were real, imagined or faked. A federal jury considering an insurance fraud case against a since-retired state appellate judge will have to decide if he lied about being injured in a car accident,...