It was devastating all around. So we wanted to do something to help since we couldn't be there to hold her hand throughout her time in need.

She has friends in England and prayer groups up and down the East Coast. So it's not just a Rocky Mount thing, Nash County thing or North Carolina thing.

Donations have been pouring in. People from the school, parents and the community have been supportive. One woman raised more than $600 from a bake sale. I didn't know a bake sale could bring in so much. We have a Web site, but it only reaches so many. But the support has been amazing.

These five gasoline-electric hybrids stood apart as most worthy of consideration for the 2006 Green Car of the Year distinction. While hybrids represent but one type of vehicle expected to be finalists in future Green Car of the Year award programs, they clearly dominate the field at this point in time.

Honda is an engineering company; Toyota is a marketing company. It really is just the Honda way.

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