By AL SWANSON To avoid a meltdown in 2006, Ford Motor Co. mortgaged the farm putting up its assets - including its Blue Oval logo, and F-150 pickup and iconic Mustang trademarks - to secure $23.5 billion in credit. The big gamble paid off and Ford was the only Detroit car maker that didn't accept government bailouts two years later.

Tweet Four people have been arrested after a man was shot dead and three others were hurt in an attack at a pub where a 60th birthday party was being held. Mark Short, 23, was killed when a gunman wearing a balaclava walked into the Cotton Tree in Droylsden, Greater Manchester and began shooting. He opened fire on a group of men standing near a pool table. A post-mortem examination found Mr Short, who was believed to have been

The News Tribune DAVID MADEIRA President, CEO Duties: Top dog. Steered museum's development and directs all operations. Year manufactured: 1950 Roads traveled: Lawyer; vice president for Advancement, University of Illinois at Chicago; fundraiser, fundraising consultant.

STACIA GLENN; Staff writer STACIA GLENN It started with a Model T, and then it multiplied - a lot. Over the years, cars, trucks, buses and even military vehicles were hauled onto Harold LeMay's sprawling Parkland complex.

ROB CARSON; Staff writer ROB CARSON The News Tribune The phone rings at the LeMay Family Collection Foundation office in Spanaway, and Trudy Cofchin, the foundation director, picks it up. For what seems to her like the thousandth time, she has this exchange: "When are you opening?" "We're already open, and we have approximately 500 vehicles on display," Cofchin says.

By Associated Press SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police said late Saturday they had found four bodies in a wooded area and believe they are those of a missing man, his girlfriend and his two young children. Police said in a news release that the bodies were found about a mile from where the man's missing 2003 Chevy Venture van was discovered Friday night near Carl, in Nicholas County.

By the Editors of Consumer Reports Many celebrity-branded products cost two or three times the price of leading national brands.

Scott Goodson, Contributor Scott Goodson is the founder of StrawberryFrog. His first book, Uprising exploring Movement Marketing has been published by McGraw Hill. (Image credit: via @daylife) Looking out into the world today, it's easy to see why brands are more important now than at any time in the past 100 years.

From left: Vihiga MP Yusuf Chanzu, Housing minister Soita Shitanda and Deputy Prime Minister while meeting western Kenya KNUT officials in Kakamega on May 26, 2012.

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said politicizing technical issues only aims to destroy the current constructive atmosphere. Soltanieh said some traces of 27 percent enriched uranium seen in Fordo site is a technical issue.