Chris Bernheisel of Fremont, Nebraska entering the Ultimate Carrie Underwood Fan / American Idol contest. This version includes photos he submitted with his entry. Courtesy of kiss1075.com (Kiss 107 FM), Des Moines, Iowa.
Most people buy a used car at some point in their lives,
but how many do a little investigation before buying? You should know what
you're buying before laying down the cash -- or worse yet, financing. Many
dealers will now show you a CarFax data sheet. They punch in the Vehicle
Identification Number (or VIN) and the computer spits out all it knows about
that particular car. A VIN is unique to each car and can tell a lot about
the car, including make, model, body style, manufacturing plant, etc. Try
this out. Go to your car and carefully write down your VIN, then enter it
in one of the boxes below. You may be surprised at what you can learn.
AnalogX Vin Decoder
VIN:
CarFax Vin Decoder
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AutoCheck Vin Decoder
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Model years 1981 and later have 17-digit vehicle
identification numbers (VIN). Anyone can decode them with a few basics.
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Once Indiana and North Carolina were tallied up, Obama firmly positioned himself as McCain's opponent -- not Clinton's. Never the less, Hillary continues to act as though she has a fighting chance. Does she know something the rest of us are missing? Do the Clintons have an ace in the hole they haven't brought out yet? Is there a gotcha moment in Obama's near-term future? Doesn't appear so. The supers are all lining up behind Obama and it's pretty much a sealed deal. In fact, she's done all the damage she can do to the party, as long as Obama continues to fix sights of MacCain and stays clear of mixing it up with Clinton, and it's really her own position that will falter as she continues to fight this losing battle. And when you look at McCain's abortion flip and add that to his scam healthcare plan, I think he's washed out too.
Hard not to notice an emerald tint on the media, but not everyone's happy someone named "Liv Greene" has popped up on their AOL/Gmail buddy list; people think it's all gone too far. This blogger's viewpoint isn't an isolated one. Stephen Foskett says, "AOL seems to have invented a whole new way to annoy us all with advertisements: injected AIM buddy bots! Yes, it’s another way that social networking companies are annoying the very users they (supposedly) covet! Well, today my (gtalk) buddy list was invaded by 'Liv Greene', a shill for the web site, Greenopolis. And check out the astroturf-with-a-hammer campaign on AOL’s bot page! Way to get your bot ranked number one! I’m so sick of this. Note to all social network providers: Never inject a new “friend” into my network without my consent."