Raids crack down on counterfeit goods

USA Today

Lead paint has been used on some fake designer bags, investigators say. When Rolex's trademark appears on a shoddy-looking product that eventually breaks, ...



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Out with a bang: 2009 Austin albums packed with sonic goodness

Austin 360

As varied and eclectic as it is furious, the convulsive rock of White Denim grows by leaps and bounds on "Fits," an electric journey with something for ...

Good times roll as town recovers from Katrina ( LAT-WP)

Peninsula On-line

More impressive, the site's stewards were able to peel back the layers of paint and upholstery from four renovations and return the property to its original ...

What is the proper way to repaint a brand new car? Insurance question...?
Q. I recently had my car damaged in one of our Texas storms. It caused about $4000 in damage to the entire left side, hood, and both bumpers, and knocked out two windows. I just got my car back from the "insurance suggested" body shop and I can still see where many of the rock marks were painted over. There are divets in the paint in a lot of spots, which is better than the metal that was showing before, but not how I want it. My question is, shouldn't they have completely sanded down the areas of the car that needed to be repainted instead of just painting over the paint nicks? The car is a 2009 Mustang that is practically brand new. Maybe I am wrong, but shouldn't the insurance company be fixing the car to the PERFECT condition it was in… [cont.]
Asked by unknown - Wed Sep 2 17:37:45 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. sounds like a botched, cheapo job -- that's why you have insurance, so that it covers to repair damages to your car. you should go back to the insurance and demand that your car be fixed properly. no professional paint job ends up looking like you described. end result should be like new. if insurance is difficult, call your state's insurance commission to complain and demand proper service. Try this site to find the best car insurance Here you can get quotes from different car insurance companies in your area, its the best way to find an affordable car insurance with a reliable company.
Answered by unknown - Wed Sep 2 17:38:41 2009

Homemade halloween costumes ideas (look or else) muhaha!?
Q. Comments are fine , but if you have nothing nice to say like em your better off putting a flower pot on ur head please don't say it .. am not looking for ideas but you can post them for other people! ~.~ No... am not THAT old.. lolm i just noticed how alot of people need halloween ideas , and they don't have the money . So one weekend ( i was in school so one weekend ) i just did this for fun!
Asked by Courtney - Mon Oct 22 19:06:36 2007 - - 6 Answers - 3 Comments

A. Wow, girl, you went to a bunch for work for all that. Someone's gotta get an ides or two from what you're puttin' down here. Bravo. Q: have you been any of these characters?...come on...you can tell us...we can keep a secret
Answered by nuts4tv - Mon Oct 22 23:23:39 2007

Why do certain radio pundits misinform the public on climate change? Take this example from Lars Larson...?
Q. I was listening to Right Wing Pundit Radio Talk show Host Lars Larson in my car just now. Why do people like this able to speak about what they don't understand as if they do? He was going off on a new Associated Press story, and quoted some different parts, like this one... "Since Clinton's inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas." And to that he said "Oh what bunk that is, this is what I'm talking about, you see how they work, they twist things like this, because of course the Arctic loses as much as Alaska, California, and Texas ...in the summer, but it all comes back in the winter... you see" And then he goes on saying a few other things, making fun of Al Gore trying to talk like… [cont.]
Asked by blphnx - Mon Dec 15 22:59:10 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Listen to the liberals spewing hate. Where's the love? Why don't you just wait for two years. If the sunspots stay where they are now, (at zero) and we get warmer temperatures, most of the skeptics will admit that they were wrong. But we know that if the spots stay at zero it's going to get colder, dont' we? Zero spots on December 16, 2008. Oh, and Dawei, you know that if you ever listened to Limbaugh, that liberals go to the front of the line. (they have to actually be able to put a sentence together and not sputter the whole time, however.)
Answered by Peter J - Tue Dec 16 11:11:40 2008