The executives of Detroit’s Big Three car companies drove to the capital to ask Congress for $34 billion. They drove this time — new hybrid vehicles from each of their respective companies — after lawmakers chastised the executives for flying…
The executives behind Detroit’s “Big Three” returned to D.C. today to make their case for a bailout. This time they left the private jets at home, each arriving in a hybrid vehicle made by their company. Still, a $34 billion…
The plot thickens at St. Louis Metropolitan Towing. The Post-Dispatch reviewed 36 cases and hundreds of records reveals a troubling system and raises a lot of questions about how much money the tow lot has made.
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The Hampton Avenue overpass at Highway 40 will close Monday for eight months. That’s right, eight months. Find your alternate route to Forest Park now.
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Today’s Bird line: The great…
New details are emerging in the city towing scandal. Like Deborah Bailey’s story: She made payments on a car for more than two years — yet drove it only six months before it was impounded and she was told it…
If you ask me, it’s kind of a common sense story, but researchers at the National Safety Council have found that higher gas prices means fewer traffic fatalities. Because, of course, people are driving less. And slower.
This is also the…
It was a busy night here in Weatherbird land — less for the Bird, and more for yours truly who was filling in as the A1 designer last night. And what a news night it was, from Michael Shanahan accepting a…
The death of the minivan may be upon us. Ford gave up. GM is expected to give up next year. And Chrysler just closed its minivan assembly plant in Fenton.
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What does it mean if you get a ticket from a red-light camera? You might be surprised. Although it looks like the Weatherbird got caught.
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Today’s Bird line: Snap judgment
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Think gas prices are bad? Take a look at diesel prices. It takes more than $450 to fill the tank of a semi. Ouch.
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Today’s Bird line: Over a barrel
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