We climbed out of the white Lincoln Navigator ready to be thrilled. The two-hour ride from the Red Rock country of Sedona was behind us, and the alien grandeur of the Grand Canyon was just yards ahead. It was early December and beyond chilly, but we had prepared for any weather eventuality. Or so we thought. Read full article > >

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Winter, a grand time to see the Grand Canyon

The plane smashed into a Ferris wheel outside Canberra, trapping a pair of children and two people in the aircraft as it hung suspended from the ride.

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Small Plane Crashes Into Ride During Festival in Australia

America, you are the Honda Civic. (Ignore the obvious logical problem that America is not Japanese.) The car had been one of Consumer Reports’ Top Picks in five of the last 10 years. It was regularly among the publication’s highest-ranked small sedans. But this month, the 2012 redesign was released — the Honda Civic LX — and reviewers found that the ride was choppy and the interior was chintzy. In fact, Consumer Reports decided , it scored too low to be recommended at all. Read full article > >

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America isn’t alone in the downgrade shame spiral