September 8, 2008

• Auto sales up in state, bucking national trend (Lincoln Journal Star)

  Automobile sales in Nebraska are on the rise, bucking a national trend. Through May, the most recent month available from the Nebraska Department of Revenue, taxable motor vehicle sales were up nearly 9 percent, from $1.17 billion to $1.27 billion.

September 7, 2008

• Letters: Camping, the Airstream way (Los Angeles Times)

  Camping, the Airstream way

• Auto sales up in state, bucking national trend (Lincoln Journal Star)

  Automobile sales in Nebraska are on the rise, bucking a national trend. Through May, the most recent month available from the Nebraska Department of Revenue, taxable motor vehicle sales were up nearly 9 percent, from $1.17 billion to $1.27 billion.

• Auto sales up in state, bucking national trend (Lincoln Journal Star)

  Automobile sales in Nebraska are on the rise, bucking a national trend. Through May, the most recent month available from the Nebraska Department of Revenue, taxable motor vehicle sales were up nearly 9 percent, from $1.17 billion to $1.27 billion.

September 5, 2008

• Are You Ready for Some Football? Cars.com Announces Top 10 Tailgaters (Centre Daily Times)

  It's time to dig out the camping chairs and foam fingers — football season is here, and that means it's time to tailgate. Veteran tailgaters can make do in whatever wheels are available, but having a car that's particularly suited for the event could make the difference between a good tailgate party and a great one.

September 4, 2008

• Hyundai reports overall sales up (Montgomery Advertiser)

  Alabama-made vehicles fell victim to slower auto sales in August as six of the eight models declined from 2007 sales.

• Why America needs General Motors, Ford (WorldNetDaily)

  I've been asked to do many interviews recently on Fox News when automotive issues top the current events for the day and a guest is needed to defend the American automobile industry.

• Why America needs General Motors, Ford (WorldNet Daily)

  I've been asked to do many interviews recently on Fox News when automotive issues top the current events for the day and a guest is needed to defend the American automobile industry.

September 3, 2008

• Honda sales drop 7.1% (Detroit Free Press)

  Honda said today its sales dropped 7.1% in August to 146,855 vehicles as the company continued to struggle to supply its dealers with enough small cars to keep up with demand.

• American Honda Reports August 2008 Sales (The Auto Channel)

  TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 3, 2008 - American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted August total vehicle sales of 146,855, a decline of 7.3 percent compared to record-setting August 2007 results.

• American Honda Reports August Sales (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

  American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted August total vehicle sales of 146,855, a decline of 7.3 percent compared to record-setting August 2007 results. Year-to-date sales of 1,083,957 represent a 1.2 percent increase on a daily-selling-rate basis* compared to last year.

September 2, 2008

• 'It's not coming back' (The Joplin Globe)

  PICHER, Okla. — John Baker and some of his friends were picking through the rubble of what remained of his cousin’s tornado-ravaged house in Picher. There wasn’t much left, but they found a few things they thought might be salvaged and threw them in the back of a pickup.

• 'It's not coming back' (The Joplin Globe)

  PICHER, Okla. — John Baker and some of his friends were picking through the rubble of what remained of his cousin’s tornado-ravaged house in Picher. There wasn’t much left, but they found a few things they thought might be salvaged and threw them in the back of a pickup.

• Honda's commitment to small cars is paying off (San Diego Union-Tribune)

  TORRANCE – During the glory days of big pickups and sport utility vehicles, one automaker steadfastly refused to join the party. Despite the huge profits that its competitors were minting by making larger vehicles, Honda Motor never veered from its mission of building fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly cars like its Accord sedan.

• Web site is adding fuel to discussion over gasoline costs (Baltimore Sun)

  Gas prices. Gas prices. Gas prices.

• Toyota retooling on the fly (The Clarion-Ledger)

  As gas prices topped $4 a gallon this spring, American consumers' pullback on purchases of large SUVs and pickups hit Detroit's auto industry like a hurricane.

• Soccer Eagles optimistic about season (The Joplin Globe)

  The return of several key veterans and four transfers have Joplin High School boys soccer coach Ed Miller talking mainly positive about this season. “We have more depth and options than usual. We could be very, very competitive,” Miller said Monday. “We really could have a good season.”

• Laboring together (The Joplin Globe)

  PITTSBURG, Kan. — Just a few weeks after their recent 40th anniversary, Dennis and Pat Pickering attended a wedding and overheard a guest say, “… just so I’m not working with my spouse.”

• Area guardsmen deployed to Louisiana (The Joplin Globe)

  As Hurricane Gustav makes its landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast, area battalions of the Missouri National Guard will be assisting with evacuation efforts.

September 1, 2008

• Lion offense starts hot (The Joplin Globe)

  Bart Tatum wanted Missouri Southern to exhibit a more productive rushing attack in Saturday night’s 45-31 victory over Harding at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.