Greg In The Desert

FLAGSTAFF – Drivers busted by photo-enforcement cameras along state highways in northern Arizona’s Coconino County will have to pay to challenge speeding tickets. 

Coconino County Justice Courts will charge $20 extra when drivers challenge or ignore their tickets.

The only way for drivers to avoid the extra fee is to pay the ticket without question.

Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device. It’s also an iGoogle gadget on your computer. Once you’ve opted in to Latitude, you can see the approximate location of your friends and loved ones who have decided to share their location with you. So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one’s flight landed safely, despite bad weather.

Barack Obama has warned the US congress not to tie protectionist language that could trigger a trade war to a multi-billion dollar economic recovery package.

The president’s $825 billion economic stimulus package includes $30 billion for rail and mass transit projects; a Senate version specifically allocates $850 million for Amtrak and $2 billion for high-speed rail. It’s significant, because Obama has long favored expanding passenger rail service and has specifically called for a rail network linking Chicago with the major cities of the Midwest.

The Ayurveda Organic Jeans are created using the ancient Indian technique of dyeing textiles in medicinal herbs. Each dye can contain up to 50 different herbs that are used to practice Ayurvedic medicine. This herbs are then absorbed into your body through the skin each time you wear the jeans.

“The speed is not conducive to the geometry of the curve and consequently we end up with quite a few accidents in that area,” said Robert Velasquez, an NMDOT engineer.

People sounded off about concerns at a meeting Tuesday night where the DOT revealed it is looking to straighten that section of I-25.

With Albuquerque’s population expected to increase by nearly 40 percent in the next 20 years and with Mesa Del Sol bringing in more business and residents, the DOT said it wanted input on how that section of I-25 should be dealt with.

Restoring a 65-year-old steam locomotive is quite a bit different than restoring an old Corvette. Strebe can’t find what he needs at NAPA or even on eBay, he said, “I have purchased $10,000 worth of tools and supplies in the last two years.”

Teenagers have always lusted after cars as a way of getting other things they’re lusting after, which is why we’ve compiled these eleven 2009 model year cars most likely to get you laid.

First, the good news for would-be 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid owners: the 39 mpg sedan qualifies for a whopping $3,400 tax credit. That’s the highest tax credit the government offers (for hybrid cars, that is). 

Now for the bad news: The tax credit is set to expire just before the cars hit the market sometime around March 31.

The study, involving identical twins, suggests that despite genetic make-up, certain environmental factors can add years to a person’s perceived age. Results just published on the web-based version of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), reveal that factors like divorce or the use of antidepressants are the real culprits that can wreak havoc on one’s face.

North America’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment posted a massive fourth-quarter loss as it recorded charges to reflect the shrinking value of its cell phone business. It also suspended its dividend, said its chief financial officer had left and gave a disappointing forecast for the current quarter.

Some farmers feed their hens flax seed (which, from my experience, also has a slightly fishy smell); others add kelp or even fish oil to the hens’ diets. So it’s not really much of a mystery why there might be a fishy taste.

Back in 1936, Allegheny Ludlum Steel and Ford Motor Company collaborated on the production of six stainless-steel-bodied 1936 Ford sedans. Pretty cool idea, but that wasn’t the end of the stainless steel Fords!