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An upstate New York county clerk is carrying out an online petition drive to thwart Gov. David Paterson's plan to require all residents to purchase new license plates next April.
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an anti-abortion's group request to force a state to issue "Choose Life" license plates.
Nebraska on Friday threw out thousands of votes — online votes for its new license plate — after discovering that a minimalist approach initially won only because a humor Web site had urged people to choose the most boring design.
Ohio officials have scrapped a plan to issue standard license plates with a new design in an effort to help drivers save money.
The rhythmic thump-thump-thump reverberates throughout the cavernous building like a heartbeat, or the dance floor of a rockin' good club.
The latest forum for the national debate over abortion is whizzing by at 65 mph.
After more than a decade of cramped, urban living, I’ve finally graduated to the big time — and have the kitchen to prove it. Though our apartment in Brooklyn has a handful of attractive features — a backyard complete with multicolored perennial flowers, an old-fashioned bathtub, multiple fireplaces — the spacious kitchen with its center island (finally, room for chopping!), extensive cabinet space and double-sided sink has captured the majority of my love and affection.
Gary Merchant's son Christopher was killed while serving with the Vermont National Guard in Ramadi three years ago, when the city was one of the most dangerous places in Iraq.
First lady Laura Bush showed off a new gold-rimmed set of official George W. Bush state china on Wednesday, with less than two weeks to use it before the family packs up for Texas.
A New York man is excited to receive his "GETOSAMA" license plates in time for Christmas.
A Long Island Democratic supporter says he's been driven to hide his OBAMA vanity license plates inside his car because people kept trying to steal them.
Illinois does not have to issue specialty license plates bearing the slogan "Choose Life."
Beijing began issuing vanity plates on Monday after a six-year hiatus sparked by rude, crude and politically incorrect messages.
An anti-abortion group has won a long legal fight to force Arizona to issue "choose life" license plates, and the proposed new plates could be available to the group's members within several months.
Old photos of the Interstate 35W bridge show two steel connecting plates were visibly bent as early as 2003 — four years before the span collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people.
A harassed minority — Florida Gators fans in Georgia — got the chance this month to show their school pride on their license plates, but legislators are attacking the new privilege with a full-on blitz.
A motorist who paid a speeding ticket he got from a state trooper who used out-of-state license plates on his unmarked patrol car wants his money back. "What gives the police the right to drive illegally on the highway?" said Dave Milbrandt, a company finance manager. "Do they have a special exemption?"
A retired police officer is seeking a court order to force the state Department of Motor Vehicles to drop its demand that he return vanity license plates calling for the capture or death of Osama bin Laden.
A state-by-state survey of the popularity of vanity license plates has found that car and truck owners in Virginia are the vainest of them all.
The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.
It sounds like a science fiction joke, but it isn't. What do you get when you turn an invisibility cloak on its side? A mini flying carpet.
Wisconsin's worst sex offenders would have to drive around with bright green license plates under a bill a Republican lawmaker introduced Monday.
A federal judge ordered state officials Monday to offer license plates with the motto "Choose Life," saying that the message, considered by some to be anti-abortion, is protected by the First Amendment.
The vanity plates of Freeborn County Administrator Ron Gabrielsen are going to get a makeover. Gabrielsen said he received a letter Friday from Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services notifying him that he must change the plates on his 1991 Mazda Miata.
Using hand-me-down technology from the Cold War, scientists have discovered that the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest is a jumping kind of place, with thousands of small, swarming earthquakes and tectonic plates that are slowly rearranging themselves.
New License Plate Unveiled for New YorkState leaders unveiled the new gold and blue license plate Tuesday. The Department of Motor Vehicles will begin issuing the new plates for registration renewals that expire in May 2010. Drivers will have to pay a $25 plate fee for cars and $12.50 for motorcycles.
Attorney Says Officers Harassed HimA lawyer who represented a teen accused of shooting at police said officers in Aurora are harassing him. Police towed attorney Derek Cole's car last month, saying state records showed it was improperly registered.
Surging Sales of 'Obama-bilia' Spread Cheer Among Souvenir VendorsAbner Richet, a social work student at the University of Washington in Seattle, had been on his first visit to the nation's capital for only a few hours before he started shopping for souvenirs marking the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama .
23 awesome license plates for computer geekslicense plates for computer geeks August 25, 2008 We here at Pingdom are computer geeks, and proud of it. None of us have any geeky vanity plates (custom license plates) on our cars, though. But others have, and we love those.
First, I want to get something off my chest. We do have a bit of Obama-mania going on in this country.
101 Simple Appetizers in 20 Minutes or LessYOU want good food at a holiday cocktail party and you want to impress people? You don't want a caterer, you refuse to heat up frozen food, and you want to show that your expertise extends beyond buying perfectly ripe hunks of cheese and juicy olives? Then think about doing som …
Death-cheating cat dubbed bionicA cat who was fitted with metal plates in all four legs after surviving two 21ft falls has been dubbed "bionic". Six-year-old Baby fractured her back legs after falling from a window in her south London home in September.
How the Earth will look in 250 million years (Picture)Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? In 250 million years, the Atlantic Ocean will be just a distant memory, and whatever beings inhabit Earth will be able to walk from North America to Africa.
Earth-shattering Proof Of Continents On The MoveExcellent article on continental plate movement
Art exhibit plays sounds of tectonic plates in motion"In any given instant, one or more rocky plates beneath Earth's surface are in motion, and now visitors to a California museum exhibit can hear virtually every big and small earthquake simultaneously in just a few seconds off real time.
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