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...time, many in the Northeast feared that race-based crimes would ignite their cities. In 1986, Michael Griffith, a 23-year-old New York City immigrant from Trinidad, was targeted by a white mob when he ended up in the wrong part of Brooklyn. He was struck by a car and killed as he tried to flee his attackers. Subsequently, a then obscure Baptist minister named Al Sharpton led a march through Brooklyn, a march that itself nearly led to violence. A few months later, New York mayor Ed Koch wrote a New York Times op-ed explaining that...
...car industry, still Germany's biggest employer, is the worst hit. High gas prices in key markets such as the U.S. have slowed sales for months. Some consumers have been waiting for more fuel-efficient models, while many more are now delaying new purchases because of uncertainty over their jobs. Thanks to the credit crunch, even people who want to buy are finding finance has dried...
Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider, who was killed in a car crash in his home province of Carinthia very early on Saturday morning, was his native country's best-known person, his sharp and perpetually tanned features ubiquitous on television and magazines. He was also Austria's most polarizing figure, with an impact far beyond that country's borders. During a long and checkered career, Haider stood out from the crowd of post-war Austrian politicians with his good looks, athletic lifestyle and devilish talent for provocation. But he was also a populist and demagogue who played...
...Haider, 58, was on his way home from a political event near the provincial capital of Klagenfurt just after 1 A.M. when he lost control of his vehicle on damp pavement while overtaking another car. He skidded off the road and plowed into a concrete pole. The car flipped repeatedly before coming to rest almost 40 yards away, according to police. Haider was wearing a seat belt but died almost instantly of massive injuries to the chest and head, police said. His neck may have been broken and his left arm torn from his body. He is survived...
...Cheap Gas? If you're perpetually scrambling to refill the tank before returning your rental car, Hertz has a new policy just for you: The company will refill the tank at the local per-gallon rate and just add a charge of $6.99. If you have a Hertz Business Account, rentals of compact and full-size four-doors as well as mid-size and sporty two-doors earn an extra day free, now through December...