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The Federal Government estimates 240,000 vehicles have already sputtered off the roads and into dealers' lots as part of its cash-for-clunkers program, in which consumers receive a subsidy of up to $4,500 when they trade in their older, less efficient cars for new models. The House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

In order to receive federal reimbursement for the subsidy consumers get for trading in their cars, dealers must first destroy the engine. One common method is to drain the car's oil and flood the engine with sodium silicate, or liquid glass. Dealers then turn the car on and rev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

Cursive's demise is due in part to the kind of circular logic espoused by Alex McCarter, a 15-year-old in New York City. He has such bad handwriting that he is allowed to use a computer on standardized tests. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that only 0.3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mourning the Death of Handwriting | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

The name of these entrepreneurial gatherings - Bloblive - aims to reflect the malleability of ideas. (To drive the point home, participants receive blue Silly Putty in silver tins labeled SHAPE YOUR THOUGHTS.) Founder Ami Kassar, a dotcom start-up veteran, launched the events on a regular basis in April as an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Open-Mike Night for Entrepreneurs | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

As for other perks, Verba said that University Professors receive higher compensation than most other faculty members. But the professors and administrators contacted for this article declined to comment on how much University Professors are generally paid. “It’s considered bad taste,�...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: King, Kirschner Named University Professors | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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