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Now's The Time To Trade It In: Used Car Prices Continue To Climb

Steve Tanko — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:50:47 +0000

The economy. Natural disasters. The causes are many, but the outcome is the same: Used car prices are the highest they’ve been in over 30 years. In fact, they’re 30-percent higher than last year. A variety of factors, including the nation’s weak economic recovery, high gasoline prices and the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in [...]

Stone tablets warn of tsunami dangers along Japan coasts.

Chris Allen — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:28:50 +0000

Sometimes there is something that is so creepy. You hear of people predicting plane crashes or deaths in the family, but this is kind of spooky. Old Japanese tablets that may have held a warning for future generations. In the hamlet of Aneyoshi, Iwate Prefecture, in northern Japan a centuries old tablet warns of the [...]

Massive Earthquake, Tsunami Strike Japan; Effects Expected Around the Globe

Tony Hart — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:44:21 +0000

Hundreds have been found or are presumed dead after a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami tore through Japan's northeast coast. Some are already declaring the 8.9 magnitude quake the largest ever recorded and after-effects are expected to hit the west coast of the US, the Phillippines, Indonesia and other vulnerable spots. The Internet has sped into action, using Twitter to report updates and Google's crisis response page to report missing persons.