2010 Mazda CX-9Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:22PMKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - After crossing the Henley Street Bridge which spans the Tennessee River in Knoxville, we steer toward the entry ramp of I-40 and head into the hills of Tennessee for a day of tests driving the latest iteration of CX-9, Mazda's souped-up and sporty-driving crossover utility vehicle.
Large new Virtu ferry set for summer commissioningWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:30AMEngines being installed in the new catamaran. Construction of a large new catamaran for Virtu Ferries is proceeding at a fast pace and the 107-metre-long vessel is due to be handed over to the company in time for summer operations.
On the road: Subaru Outback dieselTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:56AMAT last, Subaru has a turbo diesel engine in its line-up. Now, all it needs is a six-speed auto to go with the impressive engine, the world's first four-cylinder boxer…
2010 Volkswagen Routan Bottom LineMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:30PMTheCarConnection.com's expert reviewers drove the 2010 Volkswagen Routan to bring you their own firsthand Bottom Line impressions of the vehicle, and supplemented that with the most authoritative sources from around the web to give you a conclusive picture in the Full Review.
How the night unfolded …Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:33AMThe Hurt Locker was the big winner at this year's Oscars, emerging with six, including Kathryn Bigelow's history-making award for best director as well as best picture. Here's how Xan Brooks liveblogged the night 11.45pm : The 82nd annual Academy Awards begin with a carpet. This carpet is richly red and freshly laundered. It is guarded by security goons and bathed in spotlights. Up the carpet ...
Time & Again Auction GalleryFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:06PMPorcelains: Exceptional collection of Meissen figurines & service pieces, pair early 19th c. Russian vases “St. Petersburg” & Monumental “Peter the Great” & “The Stock Exchange”, fine examples of KPM including plaque “The Temptation”, Sevres, Dresden, Wedgwood, Quimper, Aynsley, Spode, Royal Worcester, Royal Vienna, Royal Doulton, Herend, Limoges, Delft, Coalport, Royal Crown Derby, Old Paris ...
Prospective vendors discuss Boonville Farmers MarketFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:36PMThe manager of the new Boonville Farmers Market took questions from potential vendors at a meeting Thursday on topics such as egg-license prices and certified scales.
2011 Audi A8Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:31PMAudi flagship relaunched
Caption CompetitionThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:43AMWinning witticisms for this reclining man
At 14, St. Al's principal for a day rulesThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:39AMNot two hours into Sam Andrews’ reign as principal of St. Aloysius, his first interviewer arrived. He led his visitor into Michele Townsend’s office and sat down in a metal chair reserved for students.
Indiana Bus Company Cardinal Buses Announces Technological Upgrades to 20 of Their Motor Coaches with Wireless ...Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:16AMThe Indiana based bus company has upgraded 20 of their buses with Internet capabilities and electric outlets. With these additions, arranging a charter bus from Indiana to Chicago or other Midwestern destinations is more practical and convenient for riders on longer rides. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/CardinalBuses/MichiganMotorcoach ...
How to get the best seat on the planeWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:22PMYou wanted that spacious seat in the exit row but someone beat you to it. Or you reserved a seat online, but checked in for the flight and found your seat was given to another passenger.
4moms Kicks Off Product Launch With Major Giveaway One MamaRoo Infant Seat Every Day For Sixty DaysWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:17AMTo celebrate the April 30 launch of its award-winning mamaRoo infant seat, 4moms will give away one mamaRoo every day for sixty days. The giveaway is currently underway, attracting hundreds of entrants daily. Retailers have begun taking pre-orders, and demand for the mamaRoo is high. Giveaway winners will be part of the lucky group to get their mamaRoos on the nationwide launch date of April 30 ...
Infiniti M is a luxury sedan with style and performanceMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:54PMThe Infiniti M sedan is in the fifth year of its second-generation design and it continues as an outstanding example of a mid-size premium sedan.
Miss Emily takes a new approachSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 1:03AMIntroducing Miss Emily. She looks like Emily Fennell, the Milford-raised singer who's well-known for her lifetime of making music around here. But things have changed. Same big voice. Same knack for songwriting.[...]
Plane insane? Lego fan builds replica of world's biggest passenger planeFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:10AMIt'll never fly but it's still a marvel of modern construction. Lego fan Ryan McNaught has spent eight months building a scale module of an A380 Airbus - currently the world's largest airline - using 35,000 pieces of the brightly-coloured plastic bricks
Here Are Some Ways to Get The Seat You Want on an AirplaneWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:19PMBY SAMANTHA BOMKAMP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS You wanted that spacious seat in the exit row but someone beat you to it. Or you reserved a seat online, but checked in for the flight and found your seat was given to another passenger.
How to get the best seat on the plane and hold itWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:32PMYou wanted that spacious seat in the exit row but someone beat you to it. Or you reserved a seat online, but checked in for the flight and found your seat was given to another passenger. There's a trick to getting a coveted seat and preventing it from being given away.
Eclectic Sale Draws Variety Of Bidders To CRN AuctionTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 1:17PM:They billed it blandly as a winter auction, but Carl R. Nordblom and Karin J. Phillips put together a most eclectic sale at CRN Auctions that drew varied groups of bidders and most went away happy on January 30.
Bookies falling off slanted playing fieldSunday, February 21, 2010 @ 10:19AMThe impending departure of Con Kafataris from the Sydney betting ring is surely another indicator of the state of NSW racing. Another betting-ring goliath, Tom Waterhouse, uprooted and headed for Victoria last year.
Wit and wisdom at Toronto's salon nightsSunday, February 21, 2010 @ 3:36AMModernizing the idea of the great French salons – elegant gatherings of intelligentsia – a Toronto businessman's soirees are provoking thought about how city and country can be run.
1992 Toyota 4x4 Xtracab review from North AmericaSaturday, February 20, 2010 @ 10:34PMWhat things have gone wrong with the car? pipe and CAT). Replaced shocks and front rotors. Transmission cooler lines.
This week's exhibitions previewsFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:10PMThere's likely to be nothing timid about this annual festival of music, art and film. KYTN defines its agenda as radically experimental and largely participatory.
2010 Chicago Auto Show TACH Wrap-upFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 5:12PMHow was it this year, the first year of emergence before the predicted resurgence of the automobile industry? It was a like a Presbyterian service, not an AME service or Baptist revival. In other words, restrained, more so than even Detroit.
Povlows’ Marco home gleams in warm tones and bay reflectionsFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:53PMIrv and Beth Povlow’s spacious, multileveled home echoes the majesty of its cathedral ceiling: their foyer/great room rises to an impressive height of 24 feet, with tall columns mirroring those at the entryway. The entire house is similarly grand in scale, and customized carefully to its owners’ needs.The couple bought the house on Smokehouse Bay years ago, but waited to raze it until the ...
Locked out of the fancy cars at Auto ShowFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:30AMCollis Edwards looked like a little boy as he mimicked the roar of the $175,000 supercar a few feet away. "Vroom vroom vroom!" the 53-year-old grunted as he admired the swooping lines of the golden dream machine, its plush two-seat interior and 550-horsepower engine.
Inside the world's largest aircraftThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:58PMThe interior of the world's largest commercial aircraft, the Air France Airbus A380, is luxurious - and unexpectedly cosy. The A380 touched down at OR Tambo International Airport from Paris at 11am yesterday with 442 passengers, 22 flight attendants and two cockpit crew on board.
Inside the world's largest aircraftThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:46PMThe massive A380 lands at OR Tambo to applause from a crowd of amazed spectators ...
New Touareg unveiledThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 10:40PMVolkswagen has taken the wraps off its new Touareg, which will enter the market in the middle of the year.
there's room for a VueThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 4:27PMVue founder Tim Richards swapped Hollywood a decade ago for a pokey London office. Now his brainchild, Vue, has opened its 69th cinema – a £12.5m complex in Westfield, London – with more to come
Review: Subaru Forester RangeThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:49AMSubaru’s third generation Forester changes its tack with a slightly larger body and the option at last of an impressive diesel engine. In doing so however, it’s faced with even tougher competition. Related Stories Review: Kia Soul 1.6 CRDI Review: Ford Kuga The Rover returns ... Review: Volkswagen Scirocco 1.4 TSI Tour of beauty
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Maybe Mitt Romney should have tried a 'knee defender'Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 2:18PMFormer Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won't press charges against a fellow passenger who took a swing at him Monday night.
Cool Mitt Romney prevailed in air spatTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:10PMFormer Gov. Mitt Romney showed the right stuff by keeping cool when an unruly airline passenger threatened the...
East beats West in NBA All-Star GameTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 1:40PMARLINGTON, Texas - The largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game roared from all corners of Cowboys Stadium, and the two superstars on the court smiled widely.
Record crowd sees East edge West in All-Star gameTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:52AMARLINGTON, Texas - The largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game roared from all corners of Cowboys Stadium, and the two superstars on the court smiled widely. Nope, not Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. Try Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban. They partnered to create a basketball spectacle that had never been seen before, one that ended with the Eastern Conference's 141-139 victory over the West on ...
Record Crowd Sees East Edge West In All-Star GameMonday, February 15, 2010 @ 10:21PMThe largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game roared from all corners of Cowboys Stadium, and the two superstars on the court smiled widely. Nope, not Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. Try Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban.
Dwyane Wade leads East over West in All-Star gameMonday, February 15, 2010 @ 10:07PMThe NBA wanted to showcase its greatest stars on the biggest stage in basketball history Sunday, and three of the celebrated prospective free agents stole the spotlight.
Record crowd sees East edge West in All-Star gameMonday, February 15, 2010 @ 9:45PMARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - To Dwyane Wade, it felt more like a stage than a court. More than 108,000 fans jammed Cowboys Stadium to the top, the largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game. It was time for something special. Wade's done that before - right here in North Texas. Wade had 28 points and won MVP honors, and the Eastern Conference edged the West 141-139 on Sunday night in the NBA All ...