Japan trudges into power-save mode as summer looms YOKOSUKA (Japan), July 3 (Reuters) – In the muggy, unlit shed next to a Nissan car factory near Tokyo, four men in polo shirts are spending their Saturday staring at computer screens, monitoring how much power the firm’s plants and offices across eastern Japan are using. Read [Continue]

Car Talk — No need to fix bumper; deflated ego enough damage for woman who ran into house Q. So, I drove my car into my house. That’s not the opening line of a joke, I really did do that. I got the house fixed right away to keep it from collapsing, but I just [Continue]

S.C. trooper fired after being charged with shooting into house A Highway Patrol trooper has been fired after authorities say he fired at least four shots from his car at a home in Greenville County after he was drinking Read more on Anderson Independent-Mail [Continue]

‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ moves small city into Newberry Township to rebuild Keefer home Volunteers swarm over the Keefer home like locusts. A dozen on the roof, nailing on shingles. Some 50 hanging drywall inside. One hundred framers. Dozens digging up the front yard to prepare it for landscaping. Read more on The Patriot-News [Continue]

Hubcaps as canvas: Artists turn junk into jewels Upstairs in Ken Marquis’s art gallery and framing shop, you’ll find a strange, cloistered world populated by a toothy dog chomping on a Frisbee, an enigmatic mermaid reclining in a pool of oil, and some guy named… Read more on WQOW Eau Claire [Continue]