For Those Once Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth

For Those Once Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth By Krissah Williams Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008; A01 TALLAHASSEE — Herbert Pompey had gone through rehab, stayed sober, held a job, married and started a landscaping business in the two years since he walked out of Taylor Correctional Institution. But what Pompey hadn’t done — and what he assumed a string of felony drug and DUI convictions would keep him from ever doing again — was vote. Stretching your fuel dollars Stretching your fuel dollars With gasoline hovering near $4 a gallon, many buyers are looking at more fuel-efficient vehicles. The good news is that you don’t have to give up a lot of passenger or cargo room to find a versatile vehicle that can save you a lot of money at the pump. The most sensible approach to getting good fuel economy is to consider vehicles that get the best gas mileage in their class. The savings between the best car in the class and the worst can be significant. The 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid: Has America’s Back In The Hybrid Street Fight Essentially a re-badged Dodge Durango, the Chrysler Aspen was first introduced in 2007 as the first SUV to ever wear the Chrysler wings. In 2009, Chrysler will break the mold again when the 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid hits showroom floors, adding another soldier to the ranks of American SUVs joining the fight against import hybrid invasion [ok, so maybe we're editorializing a tad].

My brakes lights suddenly are not working?

This morning I hitched my boat trailer to my Dodge Durango but the brake lights on my trailer and even my truck were not working. I could partly understand the trailer not working but why my truck. They were working just fine yesterday. So I unhitched the trailer and checked the fuses on the Dodge which looked fine and the brakes work fine. I am baffled. Does anyone have a clue?