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...really. Political boundaries have not defined economic relationships on this continent for decades, and the Michigan-Ontario relationship is the paramount case in point. Since the Canada-U.S. auto pact was signed in 1965, the two places have been economically intertwined. Last year two-way trade between Ontario and Michigan amounted to an astonishing $52 billion, much of it related to the automotive industry. The so-called automotive alley of assembly plants and partsmakers that stretches from Toronto and London, Ont., to Detroit is one of the world auto industry's most productive centers. But autos are nothing like...
Doing a fine job of complementing Bardo Pond were opening bands Auto 66 and Poem Rocket. The former, playing to a sparse 9:30 audience, was a perfectly satisfactory opening trio who jammed a lot, though more softly and with less distortion than Bardo Pond...
...cockpit voice-recorder tape that prompted U.S. investigators to conclude that the crash was the result of a crime. U.S. officials believe that a relief pilot muttered the phrase "Tawakilt ala Allah" ("I put my faith in God" or "I entrust myself to God") before turning off the auto-pilot, putting the plane into a headlong dive and turning off the engine when the captain tried to climb out of the death plunge. A chilling detail was added by a law enforcement source who told the AP that the man prefaced the religious phrase by saying "I made my decision...
...game South Park, the hard-rocking Powerman 5000's hit Tonight the Stars Revolt. And here are a few of the things you can't buy: a "day-after" birth control kit, handguns, authentic-looking plastic guns, Playboy, rolling papers, the movie South Park, the video game Grand Theft Auto and any number...
FRONT-SEAT DRIVER For the past 14 months, Progressive, the country's fifth-largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against...