Specifications for 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe
Specifications for the 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera two-door coupe. Engine: 3.6-liter horizontally-opposed...
View ArticleDetails on the 2009 Volkswagen CC VR6 Sport
2009 VOLKSWAGEN CC VR6 SPORT TYPE: Front-drive, four-passenger, compact sedan. PRICE: $38,300 base, (invoice $36,393), $41,630 as tested. WHERE BUILT: Emden, Germany. KEY RIVALS: BMW 3-Series;...
View ArticlePorsche 911 Carrera: There still is no substitute
The 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera is new in an inside-out way. It's no surprise. The iconic sports car still looks essentially the same as the first U.S. model in 1965. Then, as now, the 911 featured a...
View ArticleHow to discipline yourself to save money
With people out of work or just trying to manage the rising cost of living in a shaky economy, Christmas spending is expected to take a hit. A recent Gallup poll found a record-high 35 percent of...
View Article2009 Volkswagen CC will turn many heads
After driving the new Volkswagen CC with the VR6 engine, one has to wonder: Who really needs Audi, after all? For that matter, who needs BMW or Mercedes? Perhaps we should keep them around as role...
View ArticleFirst her dad, now Obama: Jackie Robinson's daughter sees parallels
Jackie Robinson's daughter says Barack Obama's presidential victory is the greatest national event she has witnessed in her 58 years. To be clear, her father broke the color barrier in baseball in...
View ArticleDon't be stereotyped on the job by your age
Dear Mr. Walberg: After being laid off, I was placed in a federally funded grant for senior citizens. My job is called data entry, but I am being paid minimum wage to answer phones, open the restrooms...
View ArticleFed will buy $500 billion in securitized home loans
Mortgage rates plunged after the Federal Reserve announced that it would buy up to $500 billion of securitized home loans. Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate, conforming mortgages fell well below 6 percent...
View ArticleHow to celebrate Christmas sustainably
The holidays are not usually a time when people think about going green -- Christmas is all about conspicuous consumption, right? With growing awareness about climate change and the importance of...
View ArticleWeis and BCS both failing
Notre Dame's football power brokers must be doing an awful lot of soul searching these days. Sometimes arrogance and omnipotence, unchecked, come at a sinful price. In Notre Dame's case, $40 million --...
View ArticleMarvez: WWE's latest 'shock' story line is especially tacky
In 1997, Brian Pillman was found dead in his hotel room on the eve of a World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view show. Four years ago this month, Eddie Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room while...
View ArticleFighting Irish-Trojans no longer a rivalry
Notre Dame's visit to USC this Saturday may stir up the familiar passion that accompanies this eight-decade-old rivalry, but for the most part it's just hollow blubbering, for nostalgia's sake. Right...
View ArticleSo far, so good on Obama transition
WASHINGTON -- So, folks, how is he doing? With every day bringing more bad financial news, with job loss now an equal opportunity experience, with paying the mortgage each month a major hassle, we can...
View ArticleDon't forget to count the underemployed workers
A laid-off software designer gives up looking for a job after up to a year's worth of leads go nowhere. A clerk whose store branch has closed is out of luck, too, because he can't find a bus that goes...
View ArticleShould America speed up the presidential transition?
Is it too soon for George W. Bush to leave the White House? Sure, Barack Obama's inauguration isn't scheduled until Jan. 20. But as America's economy continues to falter, some commentators have...
View ArticleThe start of the Christmas season
On Black Friday, the Christmas season officially begins. And so I'm always reminded of my dear Grandma Victoria, for whom my eldest daughter is named. One year when I was very little, she apparently...
View ArticleTime to apologize for Big Oil demagoguery
Apologize and do it now, Barack Obama, John McCain and all you members of Congress who ranted about Big Oil's price-gouging and the way future-markets speculators were abusing the wallets of consumers...
View ArticleMurdock: Uncle Sam's bipolar bailout disorder
This Thanksgiving holiday, Americans can be grateful for a government huge enough to work against itself. As cornucopian benefits flow from Washington, Uncle Sam turns out to suffer from Bipolar...
View ArticleObama steps forcefully into vacuum
WASHINGTON -- First, there was a post-election flat spot. All the news was about things like where Barack Obama's children would go to school and his pick up basketball games. But now, Obama has...
View ArticleComing soon to your favorite casino: 21st-century slots
LAS VEGAS -- Every year slot-machine manufacturers gather to discuss their industry's version of global warming -- a dramatic shift in customer tastes with long-term implications or survival that are...
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