Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal Kansas is revamping the way it issues vanity plates, and it means a lot of residents are going to lose their ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. They’re not really duplicates, though: Unlike most states, Kansas allows people in different counties to have the same alphanumeric combination, so while the tags might appear to be copies, they are registered in different counties and that technically makes them different plates. According …

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The Red Cross’s National Celebrity Cabinet works to encourage people to donate their time, money and blood year round and Masi Oka, an actor from NBC’s ‘Heroes’ has been campaigning for the cause. Oka encourages people to be a part of something bigger than themselves. Though there are no celebrities campaigning for auto donation, the Red Cross has a car donation program and looks to people who can donate a car to…

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Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety , Canada Ah, Quebec. Beautiful women, beautiful city, fantastic food. But there is a dark side. No, not poutin and steamies. We’re talking about the language police! Answer your phone incorrectly, write something in English more than 50 percent the size of the equivalent French phrase or - worst of all - if you forget to bother with French at all, it’s off with your head an annoying…

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Topics: winter, wintertires, tire, snow tires, quebecois

Filed under: Government/Legal , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , GM While the job may not be popular at all in terms of public opinion, General Motors departing lobbyist Ken Cole has done a pretty good job of making the automaker a sympathetic figure for those inclined to bend rules and bail out poorly-managed behemoths. Sure, GM’s stature in the public eye is still down there with big tobacco, but Cole managed to keep the automaker’s relationship with governments around the world on a somewhat even…

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Topics: atandt, government, gm hirings, president, generalmotors

General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre is putting his stamp all over the company. It hasn’t been a month since the board fired CEO Fritz Henderson and already Whitacre has promoted a handful of executives and brought in three new hires. Today, he named John Montford and Robert Ferguson as his two top lobbyists in Washington. They’re both former AT&T guys, which shouldn’t surprised anyone since Whitacre ran the telecom giant before retiring and later joining GM. Whitacre is building a team…

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Topics: people, chairman, congress, obama, microsoft

The Red Cross’ mission is to provide relief, aid and support during someone’s most dire time. For more than a hundred years, the Red Cross has been standing by in preparation for whatever disaster may cause suffering to the American people. Whether suffering from loss of home and property due to flood, hurricane or fire, the Red Cross provides food, essentials and shelter to victims. If you are struggling financially and feel a meager donation can’t possibly …

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Topics: auto donation, life, donate my car to charity, vehicle donation, vehicle donations

Filed under: Government/Legal , Toyota Remember the case of Dimitrios Biller versus Toyota? The lawyer and former Toyota employee accused the Japanese automaker of withholding evidence in rollover crashes and claimed to have boxes full of evidence that would make his case. Well, Toyota is still dealing with Biller, but one of the side cases that sprung up as a result of Biller’s allegations appears to be going away. The New York …

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Topics: japanese, lawyer, dimitrios biller, biller

Filed under: Government/Legal , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Earnings/Financials , Motorcycle Drama, drama, drama. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking American Chopper is all about the motorcycles. In reality, the television show has always been about an amazingly dysfunctional family, and in particular the father/son relationship of its two main characters: Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. Truth be told, we’re not big fans of the show. Don’t get us wrong, we love motorcycles, but as we said, this series has never…

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Topics: supreme court, children, image, paulteutuljr, paul teutul senior

Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Technology , Mazda Are there any among us that wouldn’t prefer a meaningful boost in fuel mileage from our current car or truck, all other things being equal? Sure. And the good news is that there are a couple of easy ways to achieve that laudable goal, starting with adding stop/start technology to the car’s powerplant. In case you’re not familiar with the fuel-saving tech, we’re basically just talking about automatically shutting off…

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Topics: states, mazda, mazda stop-start

Many times people decide to donate to charity because they want to help someone less fortunate than themselves. Few people ever donate to charity with the thought that they may some day need help themselves. If you want to donate to a worthy cause, consider a car donation to the Red Cross because the Red Cross continues to help thousands of people each year. Though you may be thinking that ‘it’ could never…

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