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After Blogger?s Plane Crash, Virtual Becomes Personal
One blogger's story is evolving into one about how the Web can forge powerful friendships.

Shying Away From N.Y. Loans
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have said they would not buy subprime loans from New York because a new law exposes them to too much risk and cost.

Test-driving cars of the future? (Grand Forks Herald)
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Towering cruise night (Republican-American)
The annual Tower Grill Car Cruise will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Tower Grill, 185 Freight St., Waterbury. The cut-off year is 1980. There is no registration fee for cars. Admission is free. The event will feature prizes, trophies and food. For details, call (203) 753-0522.

London drivers wait hours for free gas (Moldova.org)
Video game maker Electronic Arts caused massive lines at a London gas station by giving away free fuel to promote its game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.Motorists waited in hourlong lines of as many as 60 cars Friday at the Last Stop garage to get some of the $40,000 in free gas being handed out by EA, the Brand Republic reported Friday.Buses were rerouted to help ease traffic congestion and ...

If you can't afford it, then get it for free (USA Today)
But there often isn't very much expected of you from retailers and other companies that offer stuff for free, which can be all the more enticing in these trying economic times. The trick is knowing where to find free stuff and what to watch out for.

Alfardan Automobiles sets top BMW sales, service standards (Gulf Times)
WITH the recent opening of BMW’s largest showroom in West Bay by Alfardan Automobiles as well as the expansion of the after-sales service facility, there is clearly a lot going on at the iconic automotive brand.

Free ferry trips for el-powered cars (The Norway Post)
Already, drivers of el-powered vehicles in Norway are exempt from paying the annual road tax, they don't pay to park on public parking lots, nor do they pay to use toll roads. They are also free to use the public transport lane.

The PC Edge / Datawind Pocketsurfer 2
The PC Edge, aka the Datawind PocketSurfer 2, does a very neat trick of rendering desktop PC Web pages quickly on a handheld device. But that just isn't enough to make it worth buying over a smartphone or UMPC.

Shedding Newcomers? Stigma in an Evolving Harlem
White newcomers to Harlem struggle to deal with the occasional flare-ups of anger they encounter while being charmed by the neighborhood?s formalities and sense of history.