2011 Buick Regal CXL
BASE PRICE: $26,245.
AS TESTED: $29,785.
TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, five-passenger, midsize sedan.
ENGINE: 2.4-liter, double overhead cam, direct-injection, inline, Ecotec four-cylinder.
MILEAGE: 19 mpg (city), 30 mpg (highway).
TOP SPEED: 134 …
Gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek and Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger emerged as early favorites on the new season of "Dancing With the Stars."
Scherzinger earned the highest score during Monday's premiere, 25 points out of 30, for a Viennese waltz that judge Bruno Tonioli called "a performance of sparkling finesse." Lysacek's waltz landed him in second place with 23 points.
Scherzinger and Lysacek are among 11 celebrity contestants vying for the mirrorball trophy on the 10th season of the hit ABC dance show.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin earned the night's lowest score, collecting 14 points out of 30 for his cha-cha. The …
Obamarama . . .
Credit Dem presidential contender Barack Obama with putting onhis thinking cap.
- Translation: While heading into a luncheon at Boston CollegeFriday afternoon Obama was handed a Red Sox cap.
- Quoth Obama: "Oh no. I believe in team loyalty. I'm a ChicagoWhite Sox fan."
Gift 'em . . .
So what did Mayor Daley get from his staff Friday for an early65th birthday present?
- Two things: An Olympic torch that doubles as a gavel for use atCity Council meetings --and a pogo stick to practice jumping up anddown if the city wins the 2016 Olympics.
- Sing 'em: Mayor Daley, whose actual birthday is Tuesday, …
Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. …
Switzerland's government would step in to prevent the collapse of either of its two major banks, UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group, the country's economics minister said Thursday.
Doris Leuthard told Swiss public radio DRS in an interview that hasty reactions and panic in the face of the global financial turmoil could do more harm than good.
But she acknowledged that Switzerland too has contingency plans in place.
"Something that's surely important to us all, that none of us want, is for one of our big banks to get into a serious crisis or even go bankrupt," Leuthard said.
"The Federal Council would definitely prevent …
A 16-year-old girl was left needing hospital treatment after shewas knocked over in a hit and run.
Police are appealing for witnesses after the teenage pedestrianwas injured in a road traffic collision on Hurstones Lane, Alton, ataround 5pm on Thursday.
The vehicle, described as a three-door silver Citroen Saxo withsprayed black wheel trims, was seen to turn into the lane at speed.
The girl, who was walking her dog near to the community centre,was struck by the vehicle causing her to roll over the …
WASHINGTON - Manufacturers of unapproved extended-release cough and cold drugs that contain an expectorant called guaifenesin have until Nov. 25 to stop shipping the medicines, health officials said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said roughly 20 companies make hundreds of timed-release medicines containing guaifenesin that have never undergone agency review. They are expected to stop making the drugs even earlier, by Aug. 27. The drugs are sold both by prescription and over the counter, and as both single-ingredient and combination products.
Friday's action does not affect products containing guaifenesin in immediate-release form, the FDA said. The agency said …
