Off track with the top 12 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
For 10 weeks, the 12 drivers with a chance to win this year?s Nextel Cup championship find themselves talking a whole lot about their chances of winning that title. But even as the Chase for the Nextel Cup heads toward its halfway mark, Saturday night?s Bank of America 500 at Lowe?s Motor Speedway, there has to be at least a little bit of time for something else. So we cornered each of the Chase ......more...25 Stocks to Invest in a Cleaner World (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance)
Not all greentech is speculative. We've identified solid companies that should profit big from addressing climate change and encouraging the use of alternative fuels. And you'll profit, too....more... Finding Downtown Digs | Our intrepid "couple" look for a place of their very own in the city's central business district (Urban Tulsa)
At street level, downtown Tulsa isn't much to look at right now. With Boston Ave. and its other main intersecting conduits eviscerated by road crews for the past two years, life doesn't look very livable inside the Inner Dispersal Loop. Getting around is cumbersome, messy and inconvenient. And then... By Brian Ervin and Holly Wall....more... Talladega II: Dodge teams Friday quotes (Motorsport.com)
ON COMING TO TALLADEGA WITH THE COT "We got something we tested, so we have a little bit of an idea. The track is so smooth that there is not a lot to do to your car; you just make it so it drives good and kinda mess around to see how it handles around these other cars and wait for Sunday....more... Television movies for the week of Oct. 7 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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MADDYWATCH - Anorak?s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann. DAILY EXPRESS front page: ?MADELEINE ? Police wanted to lock up mum.?...more... NHRA (VARIOUS LOCATIONS) - WEEKLY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (The Auto Channel)
THE MODERATOR: This week marks the final race of the Countdown to the Champions playoff round, the Countdown to Four. The top four drivers in each professional category at the end of the event will advance to the next stage of the Countdown, the Countdown to One. The two race shootout for POWERade World Championships which begins October 25th through 28th at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals ......more... SNP to fight election on Scots 'being short-changed' (The Scotsman)
ALEX Salmond is set to base the SNP's general election campaign on a fiercely disputed claim that Gordon Brown has "short-changed" Scotland in the UK's latest spending proposals, The Scotsman has learned....more... How clear is your logo? (CNN.com)
Formula 1 has little competition for the title "fastest sport on earth." Take Copse Corner at Silverstone, where cars turn at speeds in excess of 165 mph (265 kph); or the first chicane at Monza where cars brake from more than 215 mph (350 kph) to just 50 (80) in under 200 meters....more... |