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Deals of the Hour / May 28, 2011, 12:48 am

Ford makes 3rd vehicle price increase since January to offset rising costs of steel, plastic, other materials

"This is as good of a time for price increases as there has ever been," said Jesse Toprak, an auto analyst with TrueCar.com in Santa Monica, Calif. "This is not going to deter many customers from buying." The average new car in the U.S. sold for $29,602 in ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2011-05-28T07:15:18Z)

Calif. man gets 16 years prison for machete attack

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for trying to kill his girlfriend with a machete. Sonoma County prosecutors say Javier Gonzalez-Rodriguez was ordered on Thursday to serve the maximum sentence of ... (Source: Times Union 2011-05-28T06:32:21Z)

Receipt from Joplin shows up in Royal Center. Via tornado? Uh, no

Calls to the business went unanswered Friday. And at the time Agee talked to them, the Fritzes had no other explanation to offer. "You put all those pieces together and then somebody finds that on their porch from (Joplin). It doesn't take a rocket ... (Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 2011-05-28T07:00:59Z)

Swimsuit makers emphasize fit over all else

Modern swimsuit manufacturers have innovative fabrics at their disposal that offer softness, control and color that lasts even after many cycles in the sun, sand and pool, according to Koch. She also notes that many of the lingerie brands that specialize ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2011-05-28T06:03:43Z)

Don't leave room in life for worries

I understand my son's fear. I was a pitiful little thing growing up. The list of things I was afraid of would fill a three-ring binder: the dark; thunder; being abandoned at the baby sitters; roller coasters; animals. An unfamiliar dog once wandered into ... (Source: Detroit News 2011-05-28T06:32:21Z)

Phoenix-area "shadow inventory" of homes doing well in market

These homes are either in foreclosure or the owners are behind on their mortgage payments, signaling that the houses could eventually join the supply of properties offered by lenders for sale at a deep discount. But the region is actually in much better ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2011-05-28T07:08:09Z)

Reviewing the Ford Edge Sport

Initial encounters with the elaborate electronics result in a bit of a tug of war between technology and driver, even though the engineers sought to offer just about every imaginable way to access the systems and accommodate a driver's preferences. (Source: New York Times Blogs 2011-05-27T21:56:58Z)

Hiddink would consider concrete Chelsea offer

Guus Hiddink is moving closer to a return as Chelsea manager after admitting he would consider any offer to go back to Stamford Bridge. GettyImages Guus Hiddink wants to lead Turkey to Euro 2012. Hiddink is guiding Turkey through a Euro 2012 qualification ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2011-05-28T07:15:18Z)

Thomas Sowell: 'Entitlement' is just a fancy word for dependency

The goal is not to keep the poor from starving but to create dependency, because dependency translates into votes for politicians who play Santa Claus. We have all heard the old saying about how giving a man a fish feeds him for a day, while teaching him ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2011-05-28T07:08:09Z)

Anita Wadhwani: National Jukebox opens doors to musical past

The National Jukebox collection is still owned by its original copyright holders. In addition to Sony Music, they include the University of California at Santa Barbara and private collectors David Giovannoni and Mark Lynch, who have contributed old and rare recordings. (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2011-05-28T07:08:09Z)

Sports shorts: Catching great Carter's tumor likely cancerous

NEW YORK - Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has a brain tumor that is likely cancerous. Doctors performed biopsies on a tumor in Carter's brain Friday morning, and Duke Medicine said in a release that preliminary results show it "appears to be malignant." (Source: Arizona Daily Star 2011-05-28T07:00:59Z)

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