" .. one of the most respected news organizations in the country (will be sold) to Amazon.com founder Jeffrey P. Bezos. Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the venerable journalism institution .. "

[source: NPR]

I wonder at what point we are going to pay for the air we breathe ....
 
Arizona's biggest power utility, Arizona Public Service (APS), has announced their intention to implement what would effectively be a tax on the sun .. APS would like to start charging a monthly fee to sell clean power back to the grid (in their Orwellian language, they call it a "convenience charge"). A source says that that the fee could be of around $100/month or $1,200/year, enough to change the economic attractiveness of small systems. [No more free sun: Arizona's biggest power utility wants to tax solar]
 

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" .. They were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the heart race and the mind ask: What if?

These 1950s concept cars were automotive art built to attract public attention, test wild engineering ideas, and give motorists a fleeting glimpse down the highway of tomorrow .. "