NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program will shut down on Monday, the government said Thursday.
Dealers must submit any pending Clunker deals, including any necessary paperwork, by 8 p.m. ET Monday.
“It’s been a thrill to be part of the best economic news story in America,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Now we are working toward an orderly wind down of this very popular program.”
Officials decided to wind down the program, which Congress passed to spur flagging auto sales, after determining that it would soon run out of money.
Why put an end to this when the government can just spend spend spend it’s way out of turmoil.
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American immigration officials denied that the actor had been formally held, but Indians condemned what they called “humiliating” treatment given to Khan, a Muslim who is well-loved in a largely Hindu country. One Cabinet minister suggested a “tit-for-tat” policy toward Americans travelling to India.
Angry fans in the northern city of Allahabad shouted anti-US slogans and burned an American flag.
Khan said he was detained on Friday by US immigration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey because his name came up on a computer alert list.
The actor is in the US to promote “My Name is Khan”, a new film about racial profiling of Muslims after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
The story was front-page news in India, where the ability to avoid being frisked at airports is seen as a status symbol. Politicians, sports celebrities and film stars often claim VIP status to avoid security checks.
Ooops, wrong King Khan. I was hoping for another Black Lips type incident except no safe escape.
From AP: NEW YORK — Les Paul, the guitar virtuoso and inventor who revolutionized music and created rock ‘n’ roll as surely as Elvis Presley and the Beatles by developing the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, died Thursday at age 94.
Known for his lightning-fast leads, Paul performed with some of early pop’s biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But it was his inventive streak that made him universally revered by guitar gods as their original ancestor and earned his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music.
Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first solid-body electric guitar, a departure from the hollow-body guitars of the time. His invention paved the way for modern rock ‘n’ roll and became the standard instrument for legends like Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page.
The bodies of two men were recovered from the skeletal remains of a single-engine plane that police divers and crane operators pulled from the Hudson River on Tuesday afternoon, the authorities said.
The recovery capped the major portion of an extensive salvage effort; workers have now found the bodies of all nine victims of the midair collision on Saturday between the plane and a New York sightseeing helicopter.
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