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There's something in the animal instinct that sends many humans to war in a snowstorm. We all know they floor their cars, believing speed is the only way to plow through. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautions against driving as you normally do. Here are five steps to survival from various sources for days you'd rather stay in bed.

My wife, Eleanor, and I purchased a 2008 Pontiac Solstice three years ago. It is a convertible and an SCCA-SSB edition. It was a low mileage, one owner car and that cost $29,945 brand new.

There was a time when European cars, especially from Germany, performed so much better than what their makers exported to America that a short-lived “gray market” in Euro-spec cars sprang up here. This caused huge headaches for dealerships, who were asked to fix cars their mechanics hadn’t been trained on, sometimes with parts they didn’t even have — never mind that these were cars they hadn’t made any money on in the first place.

Weekly auto rail, with winter driving tips, a look at a solar-powered car and more.

Members of Patriots Nation let out a collective sigh of disappointment Sunday evening as time ran out at Sports Authority Field in Denver, leaving the Broncos with a 26-16 win over New England in the AFC title game. But the tough loss hit much closer to home for one group of diehard fans at T.K.O. Malley’s in Scituate Harbor.

About 20 South Shore students and 400 total eighth-graders joined Gov. Deval Patrick on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 for a day of community service and a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life.

Dating quandries? Lovelorn? Do you have boundary and comfort level issues in relationships?  "Love Letters" advice columnist Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe and Boston.com will share an entertaining talk on Saturday, February 1 at the Milton Public Library. Find out more about this free event.

The old Central Middle School, sewer-project funding and a councilor’s call for updates on the downtown project are among the items scheduled for Tuesday’s Quincy City Council meeting, the body’s first meeting in more than a month

Becky Curran, 29, a Weymouth native with dwarfism, says giving kids the chance to meet a little person for the first time can dispel many of their misconceptions and make life easier for younger little people who might be targets of bullying.

News on Sochi Olympics, California drought and Super Bowl ads.