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Ford tried to transform its mundane Granada into an international sized luxury car that would compete, theoretically, with the Seville and the Mercedes 280SE.

Pontiac has announced it will begin selling the Holden Ute, a car-based pickup much like the sporty haulers that Americans had known years earlier as the Chevrolet El Camino and Ford Ranchero.

From architecture to jewelry and the front of cars these days, from Bentleys to Suburbans and Silverados, mesh is making a comeback.

Its undeniable that the crossover Toyota Matrix and its sister ship, the Pontiac Vibe, have a following.

Shoppers seeking a fewer-tears alternative to a midsize S.U.V. are likely to like what they see in the Murano.

An explosion in an apartment building in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli kills at least one person, officials say.

Alberta's Minister of Culture and Community Services says he's working on a plan to strengthen the province's film and television industry.Lindsay Blackett says he wants to create a program ''to create a level playing field for the film and television industry in Alberta,'' and ''also try and go a little bit beyond that to make us more competitive vis-a-vis the other provinces.''

The buzz over Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight for the last several months was justified. With his final full film role, Ledger delivers what may be remembered as the finest performance of his career.

A 24-year-old man has completed an 830-mile trek on aluminum stilts across Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas to make people aware of cerebral palsy.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) _ Pakistan is preparing a military operation against Taliban militants who have been threatening the main city in the country's volatile northwest, the army's spokesman said Saturday. Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told The Associated Press that the army is readying the paramilitary Frontier Corps to target militants in the Khyber tribal region, next to Peshawar. Khyber is also a key route for moving U.S. military supplies into neighboring Afghanistan.