Cash for Clunkers Suspended?

The U.S. government's wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program was designed to help the struggling auto industry by giving owners of old cars money toward the purchase of a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle. But now the program appears to be running out of gas. It looks as if the money to buy up used cars has already been used up.

Now the question is whether this program will be suspended or not?

I think it will be suspended because Congress had saved $1 billion for CARS program to rouse auto sales and they had planned to run program until the money finished or until November 1, whichever occurred first.

But unfortunately all money has finished in just first week, though the actual trouble is that no one really knows. According to the figures collected on late Wednesday, about 23,000 vehicles have been registered under this system and $96 million money has been used.

Six dead in Japan quake: officials

KURIHARA, Japan (AFP) - Six people were killed in Saturday’s powerful earthquake in northern Japan, officials said.Two workers, aged 53 and 54, were working on a construction project when they were hit by a
landslide, said a local official in the hard-hit northern town of Kurihara.
Rescue teams scouring by helicopter also found a body in a smashed vehicle in the mountains, said Yuichi Hachiya, a fire department official in Kurihara.
“We suspect the person was a visitor, but that’s just speculation. The person has yet to be identified as the body is now being transferred,” Hachiya told AFP.The other dead included a 48-year-old construction worker on a dam project who was hit by falling rocks and a 55-year-old man buried by a landslide while out fishing, officials said earlier.
A 60-year-old man also died after running out of his home in fright and getting hit by a truck.
More than 100 people were injured and 12 people missing in the 7.2 Richter-scale tremor, according to officials and media tallies.

By news.yahoo.com

Last Minute Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day is tomorrow, so here’s a last minute Father’s Day Gift Idea. Since it’s too late to do shopping online and have a gift shipped, it’s up to you to head to the mall. Of course, if you live in the same town as dad, then there’s another gift you can give him for Father’s Day 2008.
One of the most valuable things you will cherish in the future are good times with dad. So why not give him the gift of time this year. Pick an activity you both like doing and tell him you want to spend the day with him doing it. Even consider leaving mom and the other family members behind.
Spending a full day with dad, whether it’s fishing, golfing, hiking or just driving around chatting is something he will cherish on Father’s Day and you will cherish in the future when you look back on a fond memory.

Iran deal 'full of opportunities'

EU policy chief Javier Solana has said the new package of incentives offered by world powers to Iran to halt nuclear enrichment is "full of opportunities".
Mr Solana, who made the offer in Tehran, said the six powers were ready to help develop Iran's nuclear energy programme for peaceful purposes.
The deal also involves trade benefits but Iran has warned it will reject any demands to halt uranium enrichment.

"We are ready to co-operate with Iran in the development of a modern nuclear energy programme based on the most modern generation of light water reactors," he told a press conference after meeting Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, as well as the country's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili.

Cell Phone GPS: Wave of the Future

With GPS technology now more commonplace in many new cell phones, that means that the location of anyone carrying a compatible cell phone can be accurately tracked at any time.Cell phone GPS can pinpoint the location of a cell phone within about five meters, which is up to ten times the accuracy given to us by triangulation. Cell phone GPS system tracking has been a part of the technology that makes of cell phones since 2005.

With GPS technology now more commonplace in many new cell phones, that means that the location of anyone carrying a compatible cell phone can be accurately tracked at any time. The GPS, or Global Positioning System, tracks your geographical location by interpreting data from 3 or more satellites.
Cell phone GPS can pinpoint the location of a cell phone within about five meters, which is up to ten times the accuracy given to us by triangulation. Cell phone GPS system tracking has been a part of the technology that makes of cell phones since 2005.