Tom & Ray Magliozzi / Car Talk

$6,000 dollar new car.

UMass-Lowell/Herald poll: Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown in dead heat

Though one third polled don’t know who she is.

Cutting gadgets’ energy needs

“We don’t burn a lot of money,” Olofsson said. “The average is $10 (million) to $15 million a year for semiconductor start-ups. We, on the other hand, are spending $1.5 million.”

Protectionism beckons as leaders push world into Depression

“The world savings rate has surpassed its modern-era high of 24pc. This is the killer in the global system. It is why we are at imminent risk of tipping into a second, deeper leg of intractable depression.” Meaning no one is spending money. We are afraid of what our government is going to do.

‘The Breath of God’

Local woman writes a personal story about her decision not to have a abortion.