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Four of the top five cars sold under the program are foreign cars. Aug. 4, 2009 -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood adamantly declared today that the Cash for Clunkers program will continue, ...

Still wanting to trade in your gas-guzzler for a new fuel-efficient ride? Worry no more. The U.S. Senate is coming to the rescue, "Deal to extend cash for clunkers.'' The world's most deliberative ...

At first glance it seemed like the cash for clunker bike promotion at Daniel Boone Cycles was little more than a spoof on the government program to get some advertising for the bicycle shop. Turns out ...

The future of the CARS program after that will depend on the U.S. Senate. The House of Representatives has already passed a $2 billion extension, taking the money from a renewable-energy loan program.

New-car dealers in the area have seen varied sales activity generated by the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program. Ward Muscatell Kia of Moorhead saw quite a bit of activity the first couple of days ...

Even those who thought it up were surprised by how successful the “Cash for clunkers” program was. Not me. I knew it would be huge. This wasn’t because I thought it would be so easy for people to take ...

But the federal program quickly changed that rule, he said, so that the dealers could get approval before seizing up the trade-in clunkers' engines. "That was a positive change," Motzkin said of the ...

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President Obama on Friday signed a bill extending the wildly popular "cash for clunkers" plan after the Senate approved a $2 billion refill to the rebate program. An initial $1 billion was used up ...