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From the page: "After months of negotiations and numerous trips to the bargaining table, Ford has finally brokered a deal to sell Volvo to Chinese automaker Geely. According to a Ford press release, an official agreement will be signed by Ford and Geely in the first quarter of 2010, with the sale to close in the following quarter, provided that financing arrangements and approvals by various regulatory agencies stay on-pace."

From the page: "In a move sure to provoke PETA (and start the more paranoid among us worrying that we're heading toward a Planet of the Apes-like future), the Russians are preparing to send a monkey to the Red Planet."

From the page: "More than half of the nation's unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have cut back on doctor's visits or medical treatments."

From the page: "Art Lebedev might not be a household name in the U.S., but it's one of the leading design studios in Russia, and it has been known to turn out some pretty interesting ideas. The latest is a system of cameras and screens that lets the traffic behind a semi-truck see what's on the other side."

From the page: "It's a sad irony that one of the most unconventional auto brands had to meet its end in the dullest of conventional ways.

It was 1944. World War II had a ways to go, but the industrious folks in Sweden figured they should have another car company. At least the people at Saab did."

From the page: "When you want to know what�s �oehot” in the world of technology, your best bet is to ask a college student. That�s the premise behind Ford�s latest innovation in research in their ongoing development of their SYNC system."

From the page: "I am writing this as a person who has not spent a single day in my (almost) 38 years without health care coverage - good health care coverage. For many of those years, I never gave it a thought at all.

I grew up with parents who worked hard, and gave their children everything they needed to succeed. If I had a cold, I went to the doctor's office. When my brother broke his arm, he went to the emergency room, and the next day to the orthopedist, just to check it out again. If we needed medicine, my dad just picked it up at the pharmacy on the way home.

On Feb. 25, 2002, what I had once considered a given, one of those things that just was and always had been there, became something of immeasurable value to me. We were told our son, Jake, then 8, had Type 1 diabetes, and he was sent straight to a children's hospital."

From the page: "On Sept. 21, 1945, Pasadena minister Charles Long and his followers stayed up all night, reading Scripture and waiting for the world to blow up, as Long had predicted.

"Many had sold their possessions, paid their debts and made peace with their neighbors," The Times reported.

To their considerable surprise, the sun greeted them the next morning. The minister matter-of-factly explained that he had made a "minor error in his calculations," The Times said."