Rhodes expects to keep companies running

Homebuilder James Rhodes, who filed for bankruptcy court protection in late March, expects his companies to continue operating after emerging from bankruptcy, one of his attorneys said Thursday.

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Australian roads present unexpected dangers

Editor’s note: Join Garry Sowerby, a four-time Guinness World Record holder for long-distance driving, on his tales of motoring mania. Follow his accounts of 30 years of global road adventures: out-driving the clock on a race around the world; narrowly escaping bandits’ bullets in Kenya; and smuggling books behind the Iron Curtain. The master road tripper hasn’t slowed down yet.

Raptor inspired by race trucks

There are trucks dressed up to appear off-road-capable and then there’s the real deal. Ford’s SVT Raptor was designed, literally from the wheels up, to go where no other pickup dares to tread.

Fusion Hybrid sets gas mileage record

Imagine driving the equivalent of round trip to Denver or one way to Houston from Las Vegas on just one tank of gas. You may have to stop for other reasons, but it won’t be for fuel if you’re behind the wheel of a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Friends, co-workers remember officer killed in crash

Las Vegas police have released the man who pulled out in front of Las Vegas police officer James Manor early Thursday morning because he passed a blood test administered to him after he was arrested. Manor, 28, was killed in the collision.
Calvin Darling, 45, at left, was released tonight from the Clark County Detention Center, police said. Despite that, the charges for now still stand.



Meanwhile, friends and co-workers remembered Manor today at a makeshift memorial near the crash site, on Flamingo Road near Ravenwood Drive.

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