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Becoming the victim of a robbery will ruin your vacation faster than a bad case of the swine flu. One woman found this out on a recent trip to Hawaii, where her rental car was broken into - and she suspects she's not the only one who's been ripped...
Offending Party: Thrifty Car Rental...
When she returned her vehicle to Thrifty Car Rental at Honolulu International Airport, Carter says she was told by a counter clerk that vehicular larceny "happens quite often" on the island. Carter also filed a report with the Honolulu police and says an officer confided that there are four or five models of cars that every thief on Hawaii knows are rentals, and that those are most often targeted...
...what's the deal? Are rental-car break-ins as rampant in the Aloha State as mock luaus? And if so, are rental agencies knowingly renting theft-prone cars...
...Three automakers on the verge of collapse and Detroit's unemployment rate a staggering 22%, the film industry is providing a rare economic boom. Community colleges now offer courses in set-building and stage-lighting for the out-of-work construction workers and electricians. Car-rental companies, caterers, hotels, carpenters, dry cleaners and other service providers are all getting a needed boost. In the suburb of Troy, 20 miles (32 km) north of Detroit, one hotel was getting ready to cut staff when Gran Torino came to town. Instead of laying people off, the hotel ended up hiring 15 additional...