West Michigan lawmakers back aid for auto industry, but Hoekstra is hesitant (The Grand Rapids Press)
Press File PhotoU.S. Reps. Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, left, and Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland. As details leaked out of Washington about legislation being crafted to bail out the auto industry, several West Michigan legislators pressed for quick passage when Congress convenes...
WEATHER: Cold front brings scattered snow showers, winds (Grand Forks Herald)
A cold front moving through our region today will be accompanied by scattered snow showers and winds -- enough, for a time, to possibly reduce visibility in falling snow, the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks says. Advertisement: GRAND FORKS SUBARU / KIA Check Our Inventory Online!
Driver in a wreck that killed two said he ‘blacked out’ (The Conroe Courier)
The driver of a Subaru that crashed into a Dodge Ram truck Sunday afternoon on Texas 105, killing two Montgomery High graduates, told a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper he was “blacked out” when the crash occurred, the trooper said.
Thursday's Sentinel police reports (The Sentinel)
Here are Thursday's Sentinel police reports: Man accused of selling stolen car, engine
Grimes County crash claims third life (The Conroe Courier)
A third Texas Tech student is dead following an automobile accident Sunday afternoon just east of Plantersville as the students were returning to Lubbock after having attended the Renaissance Festival.
Local woman takes beach motif to the extreme (Macon Telegraph)
Regina Smith’s station wagon is a moving art movement.
New Suzuki building opens (The Wichita Eagle)
After nearly a year of working out of a double-wide trailer, Scott Pitman is a happy guy. The dealer principal of Suzuki of Wichita moved his staff of 27 into the auto dealership's new 16,000-square-foot building this week. "We've really had to try and create the vision (of a new car dealership) without the building," Pitman said. "We're very excited to have it done." Pitman said his staff ...
Public record for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 (The Evening Sun)
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Staub (Renee Henze), Spring Grove, a son, Nov. 11, 2008, at York Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Summers (Christina Ferlan), New Oxford, a son, Nov. 11, 2008, at York Hospital.
MTB news & racing round-up for November 14, 2008 (Cyclingnews)
Welcome to our regular roundup of what's happening in mountain biking. Feel free to send feedback, news, & releases to mtb@cyclingnews.com and results, reports & photos to cyclingnews@cyclingnews.com .
Meet the Palestinian Seinfeld. Who knew? (San Francisco Chronicle)
"I'm totally secular, but I'm scared like hell of God." Sayed Kashua says this with the kind of neurotic, biting humor that has led many people - critics, fans and others - to compare him to Woody Allen. A Palestinian Woody Allen? Kashua says it's Jerry...