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One of the morning hosts on WRSC FM 103.1 here in State College just got a speed camera ticket from Maryland in the mail. Apparently not only the guilty are getting them though... Maryland Students Use Speed Cameras for Revenge High school students in Maryland are using speed cameras as a tool to fine innocent drivers in a game, according to the Montgomery County Sentinel newspaper...

One thing that you discover very quickly in the car business is that most everybody is really good at putting someone together. That’s what it was called when you would take a person and to get them to the point that they would actually take action. With customers it was to get them to actually buy the car, but with other salespeople it could manifest itself in a variety of ways...

VW workers strike in Mexico Workers at Volkswagen AG's plant in Mexico -- the only one in the world turning out the Beetle -- went on strike Tuesday after negotiations for a salary increase collapsed. The union, which represents 9,400 workers, rejected the company's offer of a 1% pay increase starting in February and a onetime bonus of 5,500 pesos ($425), union spokesman Arturo Monter said. Unionized workers are demanding an 8.25% salary raise...

From Reuters Creditors of Chrysler LLC are suing Daimler AG, accusing it of fraudulently stripping the U.S. automaker of "billions of dollars in assets" prior to its 2007 sale of the U.S. carmaker to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP...

Some of the girls that I met when I was sixteen still have an influence on me. The mixture of teenage emotions and adolescent hormones left some deep impressions in me. I was lucky enough to make it past the initial stages of teen angst and actually start a relationship with a special few girls...

AR Index     618.93  -20.66  (-3.23%) Stocks of individual interest Toyota  83.71  -1.07 GM        0.87    -0.09 Ford      7.37    -0.35 Dow 9135.34  -202.61   (-2.17%) In case you hadn't noticed, we're in the midst of a complete disconnect between reality and prices at the pump. It doesn't matter what actually happens with supply and demand, it makes no difference what direction the price of crude oil is taking, the price at the pump seems to be soley determined by the speculation of the commodities market. I'm getting tired of it, are you?..

A Car Donation to a charity is a well-known way to help the less privileged people in society.  This is something you are offering which is no longer of use to you, but which can have a great impact. There are many Car Donation programs which can benefit your generosity. The Outreach Center has a car donation program that helps fund hot meal programs, educational scholarships, replenishing school book inventories and sending kids to summer camp...

We all know about GM declaring bankruptcy, dropping brands, and cutting back where they can. GM has been cutting back on sponsorships on everything from professional baseball to NASCAR. In July, Gm ended its 51 year sponsorship of the Buick Open tournament, In 2008 GM ended a nine-year endorsement deal with golf superstar Tiger Woods, which brings us to yesterday...

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The weekly sales meeting was held on Wednesday for reasons that escape me. For the first couple of months I thought sales meetings were exciting. Being new in the business and all...