Nov 19th, 2008 · It's time for the Los Angeles Auto Show, which is the first major North American auto show of the season. It's known for presenting cutting edge technology and design. Mark Phelan, automotive critic for the Detroit Free Press, talks with Renee Montagne about what will — and won't — be on the floor of the convention center this year.
Jul 24th, 2008 · Ford plans to convert three North American truck plants so they can build small cars instead. Ford and the other automakers have seen a dramatic decline in truck and SUV sales in recent months as consumer react to high gas prices.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · General Motors is partnering with more than 30 North American utility companies to create technology and energy interfaces for the introduction of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Here's a look at the impact that plug-in hybrids might have on consumers' pocketbooks and the environment.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · Jean Jennings of Automobile Magazine discusses General Motors' decision to close four of its North American truck and SUV plants due to rising gas prices. Jennings predicts Hummers may "seriously" be on the chopping block.
Apr 9th, 2008 · San Francisco officials braced for protests Wednesday as thousands gathered to see the Olympic torch during its only North American stop on the journey to Beijing. The city, the only stop for the torch in North America, will have 80 torch-bearers carry the flame across a six-mile route.
Jan 21st, 2008 · In 2005, nature writer Paul Tolme wrote an article about the endangered black-footed ferrets disappearing from the North American grasslands. In 2008, he was surprised to find that his descriptions of the small mammals had been reproduced in a steamy story of forbidden love between a pioneer woman and a Native American chief.
Sep 24th, 2007 · Buy two laptops and donate the second one to a child in a poor country. The One Laptop per Child project has announced a new way to get North American consumers involved in sending computer overseas.
Sep 8th, 2007 · A new study shows rock 'n' rollers do, in fact, die younger than the rest of us. The British Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health published research showing the average age of death was 45 for North American rockers and 35 for British ones.