The President is patting himself on the back for the Cash-for-Clunkers success. Here's the after-the-fact tally:The program took 700,000 gas-guzzlers off the road.It gave $2.877 billion in rebates.The government says the most purchased cars were made-in-the-USA, and puts on the most-purchased list the Ford Focus, the Toyota Corolla (?) and the Honda Civic.

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No definite word about whether cash for clunkers - the government program that gave you money for buying a more energy efficient car - will apply to appliances. But there's no doubt that a updated washing machine will clean up your electric bill....and the environment. Here are the official government guidelines for evaluating the machines that [...]

It's a small world, which is why international tomato prices affect you. Many of the vegetables your grocer buys from abroad are pricier, and that's particularly true for tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, potatoes, carrots and onions. According to the government's import price indexes released this morning, prices for those veggies on a whole are up 35 [...]