This year, only one V-8 engine made the cut for the annual Ward’s Auto 10 Best Engines List as most of the field was dominated by alternative-fueled and forced-induction powertrains. To qualify for the award, engines must be available in a regular-production, U.S.-specification models and be on sale no later …
Read More »Virgin Galactic Prepares to Unveil Space Liner
Virgin Galactic readies for Monday’s unveiling of SpaceShipTwo — the first-class space tourist’s wonder machine at the core of the space tourism firm’s suborbital fleet. The scene is spacecraft manufacturer Scaled Composites at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. No doubt, there’s plenty of pomp and circumstance that’s …
Read More »How to Fly 'All You Can'
If you blinked, you may have missed Jet Blue’s recent “All-You-can-Jet” pass. Travelers had until August 21, or while supplies lasted, to book the $599 pass, which enabled them to fly as much as they wished to the airline’s 57 destinations between September 8 and October 8. Unfortunately, supplies didn’t …
Read More »Heidi Montag Lets It All Hang Out in Miss Universe Performance
Montag’s Revealing Performance New Low for Pageant? She wasn’t a contestant on last night’s Miss Universe pageant, but that didn’t stop “Hills” star Heidi Montag from flashing her assets nonetheless. Montag donned tight sequined pants and a matching bra (exposing plenty of cleavage to the viewing audience) as she sang …
Read More »New Channel Challenges MTV
Move over MTV:The U Network (search)is coming to college campuses this fall, boasting what it calls a more intelligent, “clean” alternative for today’s young people. “They’ve dumbed [programming] down — I don’t know why,” said TUN creator Shane Walker, 38, referring toMTV (search). “But we’re going to change it.” TUN …
Read More »Nicole Miller on Fashion, Past and Present
NEW YORK – Fall is just beginning, but in the fashion world designers have already unveiled their spring 2005 collections. Word from fashionistas is thatthe “dress”will bethe must-have item when the snow thaws. Foxnews.com spoke to Nicole Miller, one of America’s leading dress designers, about her 2005 spring collection, which …
Read More »A Debt of Gratitude
I always wondered just how long it took after Abraham Lincoln was shot before they had the first “Abraham Lincoln’s Day Sale.” I suspect not long. I fear we’ve done much the same with Memorial Day (search). It’s now more prone to remember the sales and barbecues, than the sweat …
Read More »Ben Affleck: Did Friends Intervene?
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez|Steely Dan|Sightings Ben Affleck: Did Friends Intervene? Twice last week, before the idiotic B-Lo/J-Lo wedding was called off, I was told the same thing:Ben Affleck‘s close pals staged an “intervention,” the kind used for addicts, to stop his wedding toJennifer Lopez. It looks like they got through …
Read More »Mottola's New Deal Could Upset Mariah
Mottola’s New Deal Could Upset Mariah Mottola’s New Deal Could Upset Mariah I told you several weeks ago, months ago even, that Tommy Mottola had a new deal at Universal Music Group. It was back in April that Mottola managed to get a magazine article about Universal’s Doug Morris spiked. …
Read More »Dispatches From Iraq: Second Chances
Michael Yon is an independent journalist and former Green Beret who was embedded in Iraq for nine months in 2005. He has returned to Iraq for 2007 to continue reporting on the war. Here is a portion of his latest dispatch exclusively for FOXNews.com. A couple weeks ago, Lt. Col. …
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