Ends and odds, 2/6/07

As if it wasn't bad enough thieves are stealing copper, now they're going after your catalytic converter. Interesting point in this story. Scrap value $100. Price to have a new one installed to replace the stolen one, $2,100. (CORRECTION: AP quoted someone as saying replacing catalytic converter and repairing damage caused by thieves was $2,100. My bad.).

Ford's new boss says it was a mistake to ditch the Taurus. Now he plans to bring it back. But Taurus was dying for years before Ford got rid of the nameplate. If it's the same name on a boring car, what's the point?

Folks opposing table game gambling in West Virginia rallied today. Will it work?

Again, the Legislature is talking about taking tolls off the West Virginia Turnpike permanently. Me, I'm waiting to see what's in this report that Gov. Joe Manchin's consultants are preparing. But eliminating the tolls sounds like a good idea here.

Some headlines make you say, "Well, duh." Like this one.

Again, from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
The Bengals will draft 18th, and team president Mike Brown told The Enquirer late last month that the Bengals might pass on players with character issues this year in spite of their on-field skills. Six of the 16 players drafted by the Bengals in 2005 and 2006 have been arrested since joining the team.