| Kidd now officially a Maverick, Cuban says
As a player, you just want to come to work and play hard and give your team a chance to win, Kidd said during over the weekend. Hopefully you put yourself in position to win a championship. Theres no guarantee. The Mavs resume play Wednesday against the Western Conference-leading Hornets in New Orleans. If Kidd can play it will kick things off with Kidd going up against the Hornets rising point guard, Chris Paul. An indication of just how tough the West is with most teams having 30 or fewer games to play is that the Mavs (35-18) are two games out of the conference lead, but also two games out of the lottery. Kidd said hes looking forward to returning to the West, where the style of play is faster and more wide open than in the laboring East. I love to run, Kidd said.
Officer Barely Dodges Pole through Car Window Tragedy
A chase ended with a pole smashed right through the windshield of a Edgewood ISD patrol car. The school district police officer was after two men who stole an air-conditioning unit. The Edgwood ISD officer saw the two people stealing the air conditioner. She chased after them into the street, where the two men separated and one ran right in front of her police car. She then swerved to avoid the suspect and instead smashed into a chain link fence. A post from the fence crashed through the windshield. Luckily no one was in the passenger seat of the patrol car, because the fence post went completely through the windshield and into the passenger seat of the police car. The two thieves got away with the air conditioning unit they stole from the abandoned Edgewood Elementary School.
Tax amendment's unknowns shouldn't put schools at a loss
There's a lot I don't understand about the property tax amendment that Florida voters approved 64-36 percent last week.
Like how did Gov. Charlie Crist go around promoting it as a tax cut while preparing a state budget that forces school districts to raise the their portion of local property taxes? Is this going to be the same type of empty shell game that occurred last year with hurricane insurance "relief"?
And what happens if you buy a house next week counting on the portability of Save Our Homes benefits and then a court declares the new system unconstitutional? Will you get grandfathered into the new system? Or will you have to cough up thousands more than you figured in annual taxes?
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Tata unveils £1,300 car set to drive down prices
India's Tata Motors has unveiled the world's cheapest car in a move expected to force other manufacturers to develop ranges of cheap and cheerful compact vehicles. The latest news from the transport and automovitve industriesThe four-seater, 100,000-rupee (£1,300) Nano is in sharp contrast to the prestige UK brands Jaguar and Land Rover, which Tata is close to buying from Ford. .
Renault targets ambitious growth in the GCC
The car-maker unveiled its latest product range at the Dubai Motor Show, which took place recently. 'More than 10 new models will be introduced across the region over the next three years,' said Mohamed Bennani, Managing Director of Renault GCC. 'Each model will be fully tested locally and will be adapted to local driving conditions and customer expectations. Reliability and quality of the cars will be of the highest possible standards and effective immediately, our warranty will be extended to three years/ 100 000 kilometres.' Renault, thanks to its alliance with Nissan, is the 4th largest automotive group in the world. With 6m cars sold in 2006, the Renault-Nissan alliance has a 9 per cent market share worldwide. New product line-up Starting in 2008, Renault's new line-up will cover each product segment from Sports Limited Editions, to SUV, to Coupe convertible sedans, including highly reliable MPVs and Sedans.
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