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El Paso Tax Office Deputy Accused of Cooking 380-Plus Vehicle Records So Cars Could Skip Inspection
An El Paso tax office deputy who worked at an authorized contract office was arrested Sunday in El Paso, Texas, on 10 counts of tampering with governmental records, the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office said, according to KFOX14. The office identified her as Jessica Marie Alonzo. She was booked into the El Paso County…
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Record Diesel Is Sending Small Trucking Fleets Straight to Bankruptcy Court
For the week of Sept. 21, the federal government’s weekly pump survey put the national average for on-highway diesel at $6.529 a gallon. That’s the highest number the series has ever posted, and it clears the old June 2022 peak of about $5.81 by more than 70 cents. Diesel has since eased to $6.199, which…
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Sheriff Says a Cuffed Suspect Shorted a Patrol Car’s Window Switch and Bailed. His Felony Escape Charge Has a 2020 Problem.
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders says a handcuffed suspect shorted a disabled window switch in an older patrol car and ran. A 2020 Washington appeals ruling and a $304 part frame what comes next.
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Antique Corvette Suspected in Bonita Springs Garage Blaze: What Classic Owners Should Know
Southwest Florida added another entry to an old, sad list on Tuesday, October 6: a vintage Corvette sitting in a home garage that may have turned into the fire starter. Firefighters put out a garage fire on Somers Drive in Bonita Springs. According to the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District, nobody was hurt…
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The 2027 Corvette’s LS6 V8 Already Has an Oil Leak Fix. Next-Gen Silverado Buyers Should Pay Attention.
GM bulletin PIP6132 fixes a 2027 Corvette LS6 oil leak with two seals and a torque sequence. The same engine family heads to the Silverado and Sierra next.
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FTC Drops Asbury Add-On Case After Two Years, Shifts Dealer Fight to Federal Court
The Federal Trade Commission spent more than two years trying to get its case against Asbury Automotive Group in front of a judge. On Oct. 5, it gave up. The agency dismissed its administrative complaint against Asbury, three of its North Texas stores, and their former general manager. The order says the public interest no…
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That $10,000 Car Loan Interest Deduction Sounds Great Until You Do the Math
Washington pitched it as a reason to walk into a showroom: finance a new American-built car and deduct the interest from your taxable income. In practice it works more like a coupon you find in the glovebox a year later. What the law actually says The provision lives in the tax code at 26 U.S.C.…
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Goodyear Is Getting Out of the Chemical Business for Good, Closing Its Last Plants in New York and Texas
Goodyear has spent the past few years selling off anything that doesn’t roll on a rim, and now it’s finishing the job. On September 29, the Akron tiremaker approved a plan to shut its chemical plants in Niagara Falls, New York, and Bayport, Texas, according to its SEC filing. Those are the two sites Goodyear…
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A Georgia Widow Is Suing Over the Lift Kit on the F-150 That Hit Her Husband Head-On, Two Years After the State Exempted Most Modern Lifted Trucks
A Georgia widow’s suit targets the dealer, installer and makers of the lift kit on the F-150 in her husband’s fatal crash. Georgia’s 2024 law exempts most modern trucks from its lift limits.
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Gas-Only Cars Just Dropped Below Half of Global New-Car Sales. Meanwhile, Americans Get $4.35 Gas and No EV Credit.
Gasoline-only models fell to 49% of global new-vehicle sales in the first half of 2026. In the U.S., gas is $1.23 a gallon higher than a year ago and the federal EV credit is gone.
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Chinese Automakers Might Build in Mexico, and Nissan Is Bracing for It. Don’t Expect Those Cars to Cross the Border.
Nissan has been Mexico’s sales heavyweight for so long that it’s easy to forget how exposed that position is. The brand built its business there on cheap, durable, unfancy cars. That’s precisely the shopping list Chinese automakers have been filling, and a top Nissan executive is now openly preparing for them to stop importing and…
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Mercedes Just Sold a Record Number of EVs. Its S-Class and Maybach Crowd Fell 21%.
Mercedes-Benz set a quarterly EV record, but its Top-End cars fell 21% as China sales dropped 31%, pushing the segment below the company’s own target.
