Doctor Says Obama Healthcare Plan Has Real 'Mechanical' Problems

"The Grouch” is a Tennessee emergency room physician who penned a must-read piece today under the headline, Socialized Auto Repair and Car Care.  In it, he diagnoses some real “mechanical problems” of...

Policing stepped up for biker event

A yearly biker event in the UK which saw the murder of one of its attendees last year is drawing a massive police presence this year, which will cost taxpayers £1.4 million. Some are saying that the huge expense isn't necessary because the man was shot on his way home from...

Cat nap: How Gulliver the Scottish stowaway travelled 300 miles to Hull in a ...

"A mechanic described his shock after finding a cat had travelled 300 miles from Scotland to Yorkshire in the engine compartment of a coach.The young ginger tom, who has been nicknamed Gulliver because of his...

NASCAR Oldest Driver, Lloyd Moore, dies at 95

Lloyd Moore, NASCAR's oldest driver, dies at 95" Lloyd Moore, a NASCAR pioneer who ran 49 races between 1949 -- the first year of what is now the Sprint Cup Series -- and 1955, died Sunday. He was 95. Moore...

Armed Cops Bust MP3-Player-Wielding Man

"Armed police arrested a man listening to his MP3 player and took a sample of his DNA after after a fellow commuter mistook his music player for a gun."""I got off and started walking home. I saw this cop gesture at me and at first I couldn't hear what he was saying. I turned...

This Kiwi Can Fly: Man Tests Homebrew Aircraft

This is all kinds of hardcore: a guy in New Zealand built his own flying machine, and took it on a 98mph/158kph test drive-flight-thingie. At least he wore a helmet."Hira resident Rudy Heeman, a mechanic who has...

Deadly Black Widow spider hitches ride to UK in Cadillac imported from US

Working for a firm importing classic American cars, Adam Morrison-Thomas is well-versed in handling exotic arrivals. But not necessarily eight-legged ones that can kill with a single bite. The encounter between the mechanic and the black widow spider began when he opened...

Bizet's Carmen Changes Sex, Seville Moves Stateside in London

" Georges Bizet's``Carmen'' has rarely had such a complete makeover. The heroine is transformed into a car mechanic, and 19th-century Seville is replaced with a 1960s Midwest town called Harmony. It has a population of 375 and sometimes it seems as though they're all on stage...

Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor You know we have all seen it in commercials, a smiling mechanic holding our greasy worn out car part, who smugly states "You can pay me now" (for quality engine oil)...

Boat Explosion Rocks League City Marina

" April 6, 2007 Texas - Twenty gallons of gasoline had leaked into the bilge of a Carver 36 foot cabin cruiser on March 25th at the South Shore Harbour Marina in League City. A mechanic was in the process of pumping out the fuel and cleaning up the bilge when it exploded....

School Bus Mechanic Video Goes Viral! Never Seen Before Pictures are Now Publ...

Imagine If you will a mild mannered School Bus Mechanic hard at work making another School Bus fit for the road. Little does he know that a covert operation is about to unfold, the underground video of a...

California Tour Riders Keep On Keeping On

It was a photo finish yesterday in Sacramento, as Juan Haedo sprinted to a stage 2 victory.  Today's re-cap looks at the people behind the riders, the big dinner last night, and more on the Argentinian...

Police arrest mechanic in deadly California fire (Reuters)

" By Dan Whitcomb 2 hours, 24 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California car mechanic will be charged with setting a wildfire that killed five firefighters, destroyed 34 homes and charred an area nearly three times the size of Manhattan, authorities said on Thursday....

Ask A Mechanic: Sept. 8, 2006 (The Car Connection)

" Ask A Mechanic: Sept. 8, 2006 Saving gas money, the new oil rules, and Jeep chatter. by Bob Weber (2006-09-08) BobWeber2 '); More mechanical wisdom from Bob Weber Saving gas money Q--Recently I purchased a 2003 Corvette (350 V-8) with 13,000 miles. The owner's manual...

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