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...everything people love to hate about those rich Yankees. The Boston Red Sox, after their devastating play-off loss last fall, thought they had secured Rodriguez's services this winter. But negotiations stalled, and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner stole A-Rod as if he were a tire on a Volvo with Massachusetts plates sitting in the wrong part of the South Bronx. And while he's assured of being hated in every other stadium, success in the Bronx isn't a given. "New York is scary," says Rodriguez. "It's an enormous challenge." He's not just tempering expectations. High...
Wearing a long suede coat with a fur collar, Bullock rode through the streets of Cambridge in a black Volvo convertible surrounded by 13 Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ members dressed in their traditional drag...
...cars, the elegant Five Hundred looks like a more expensive European sedan but is expected to start at about $24,000, making it another potentially big seller. The Five Hundred's exterior was designed in the U.S., but its internal structure comes from the company's safety-oriented Volvo group and offers more advanced passenger protection...
...others are trying to make our machines a bit more like ourselves. Alex Zelinsky, CEO of tiny Seeing Machines, based in Canberra, Australia, has been keeping his eye on road wrecks, which kill 1.26 million people worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization. Working with Swedish carmaker Volvo, Seeing Machines is pairing small, driver-facing dashboard-mounted cameras with pattern-recognition software that analyzes whether the driver's face shows signs of fatigue, a top cause of traffic fatalities. "Our philosophy is that you cannot drive while you're fatigued. It's like driving drunk," says Zelinsky...
...RIAA can do nothing. But the thrill is tempered by the feeling of having given in to The Man in the suit. Once you start paying for your music downloads, it’s all downhill—you might as well take out a mortgage and buy a Volvo...