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Manufacturers aren't giving up on their bigger, higher-profit-margin SUVs but are adding more safety features. Ford is including a roll-stability-control system as standard equipment on four 2005 models, including the Explorer. The all-new 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee will have optional electronic stability control, which can detect skidding and automatically slow the car, along with a new tire-pressure monitor (rollovers can be caused by a blown tire) and side-curtain air bags. You'll pay extra for some of these features, but they may well help SUVs turn the corner toward improved safety...
FLOOD INSURANCE Standard home-insurance policies don't cover flooding, but the federal government does through the National Flood Insurance Program. Coastal residents aren't the only property owners who may face floods. "In fact, 25% of all claims that are paid after a flood are in areas that are not designated high risk for flooding," says Jeanne Salvatore of the Insurance Information Institute...
Well, I haven't received an invitation as yet. But definitely Iran would be on our agenda to visit. Iraq is very interested in creating a peaceful environment where dialogue is the order rather than conflict, where noninterference in the internal affairs of other countries is the standard...
...Days for possible lessons. MindShare, its advertisers and Tollin/Robbins Productions, which developed the script and is executive producer of the series, have slashed costs by using relatively unknown actors and handheld high-definition cameras. At about $1.35 million, each episode costs roughly two-thirds the amount of a standard show. But despite the financial benefits, there are some questions about the long-term effect on creative decisions if advertisers control content. ABC's Pedowitz insists that creative approval remains with the network, even in the case of a plot line involving the teenage daughter's dilemma over whether to have...
Diamond brooches, jade earrings and strands of pearls are not standard art-museum fare. The National Jewelry Institute, a new nonprofit organization, hopes to change that on Aug. 20 when it opens its inaugural show, "Masterpieces of American Jewelry," at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. The exhibition is the first museum retrospective of American jewelryeach of its 150 pieces was manufactured in the U.S. "What makes up the American spirit?" asks Ralph Esmerian, a fourth-generation collector who curated the show. "There's a whimsy about it and a tremendous appreciation for nature." Buyers beware...