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A man died after crashing into a parked car in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.
Police are still trying to figure out what caused 22-year-old Tyler Buchi to swerve or drift into the opposite lane of travel and hit an unoccupied car near 1200 West and 400 South just after 10:45 p.m., said Salt Lake Police Lt. Rich Brede.
The impact pushed both vehicles into a pole, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Brede said. No one else was injured.

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LENAWEE COUNTY -
Thinking of buying a smaller, more fuel-efficient car to replace that gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle? Better be prepared to shell out a little more cash.
A national survey shows the price of used small cars is rising as gasoline prices have steadily climbed to a record nationwide average of almost $3.80 per gallon.
In the past year, the average used small car price has gone up 2 percent, from $9,278 to $9,470, according to wholesale auto auction information collected by the National Automobile Dealers Association. There’s evidence the price increase is accelerating, according to recent data from J.D. Power and Associates.
Local used car dealers have noticed the price escalation as well.
“Cheaper cars that get half-way decent gas mileage … cars that are economically more feasible,” have gone up in price, said Eric Long, owner of Long Motor Sales on North Evans Street in Tecumseh.
These increases are in contrast to used, full-size SUVs, whose prices have dropped $1,600 to $2,000 in the past year, said Paul Taylor, the NADA’s chief economist.
“Bigger cars are cheaper now because no one wants them,” Long said, adding that people are “parking their gas guzzlers” because in a year the smaller car pays for itself with what it saves on gas.
For the past three years, small and midsize used car prices would rise with seasonal oil price increases, then drop when fuel prices moderated, Taylor said. But gas prices haven’t dropped and continue to rise this year, which has kept the small-car trend going, Taylor said.
Some used car dealers have differing opinions about the reason for the price jump, however.
“The market (for small cars) is drying up,” said Bob Evans, owner of Pelham Auto Sales on North Adrian Highway north of Adrian. “People are buying used cars instead of new. You have to buy new cars to create more used ones.”

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EXHIBITIONS AT THE HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE: “Morena Moderna: Virgin de Guadalupe,” a photographic exhibit by Diana Molina that documents Our Lady of Guadalupe as an important cultural image and a venerated religious symbol, continues through April 20. “Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia,” an exhibition focusing on the history and culture of Ethiopia, continues through April 27 and features the fossil of Lucy, ancient manuscripts and royal artifacts from a dynasty Ethiopians believe goes back to the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. “CSI: The Experience,” an interactive forensic science exhibition related to the popular CBS TV show, continues through April. The exhibition invites visitors to use real science to solve hypothetical crimes in a multimedia environment featuring cast members of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigations.” Visitors enter a “crime” scene to identify and record evidence, go to a “laboratory” for scientific testing, into an “autopsy” room for pathology analysis and to the “office” to build a case based on the scientific evidence. Tickets for the special exhibition are adults $15, children 3-11, seniors 62 and older and college students with valid ID $12. “Revealing Character,” Robb Kendrick’s series of tintype photographs documenting the lives of modern-day cowboys in Texas, continues through May 4. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens,” a photographic exhibition by William Burt featuring flowers, birds and other wildlife creatures, as well as the lyric details of the marsh, continues through May 11. “Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius,” an exhibition that reveals the ingenuity and brilliance of a man ahead of his time, on view through Sept. 1. The exhibition explores the amazing inventions of the original “Renaissance Man,” such as flying machines, robots, submarines, underwater breathing gear and solar powered industries. Visitors can explore more than 50 custom-built wooden models of da Vinci’s most innovative designs and inventions, including a hang glider, helicopter, military tank and elegant bridge structures - many of which can be seen realized in today’s technology. These models have been produced in vivid detail from his original drawings by artisans in Italy. Many models will be interactive and hands-on. Tickets for the special exhibition are adults $15; children 3-11, seniors 62 and older and college students with a valid ID $12. The museum is at One Hermann Circle Drive across from the Miller Outdoor Theater in Hermann Park in Houston. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission to the museum is $8 for adults, $4 for children 3-11 and seniors 62 and older. Some exhibitions have separate admission charges. (713) 639-4600, (713) 639-4629 or www.hmns.org

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Note the Mamba-shaped shadow on the side of the car facing the camera…
That’s ok Kobe. Even if you use camera trickery to jump near a car (a sweet move regardless) you’re still my MVP.
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Ball Don’t Lie and True Hoop are all over the Kobe jumping over a car YouTube clip I’ve posted below. Personally I like Henry Abbott’s take on why it has to be fake. Highlights include:
However, I think there is one reason why this has to be fake and a Nike ad instead. The clip makes it seem like Kobe Bryant has friends. We all know that’s not true. Thank you, thank you very much.

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<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">The song goes on</span></strong></p><p><strong>David Hernandez’s </strong>stripper past wasn’t even mentioned during the live telecast of “American Idol” Tuesday. However, acerbic judge <strong>Simon Cowell </strong>did mutter something about stripping, off camera, immediately after Hernandez finished <strong>Celine Dion’s </strong>“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”</p><p>Fox and the producers have declined to comment about Hernandez.</p><p>The women performed Wednesday, and tonight 16 semifinalists will be narrowed down to the final 12 contestants. (See the blog on backtorockville.typepad .com for more.)</p><p>On a video posted on American Idol.com, Hernandez said he lived out of his car before auditioning for “Idol.” And, when asked in a Q&amp;A posted on the site which talent he would most like to have if he couldn’t sing, Hernandez responded: “Dancing! I’m horrible at that.”</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Busy busy busy</span></strong></p><p>When <strong>Greg Berlanti </strong>learned last spring he would be running three prime-time dramas at the same time, he remembered some advice he once got from veteran series juggler <strong>Norman Lear.</strong></p><p>“He just sort of said, ‘You just do it,’ like, ‘It just gets done,’ ” says the 35-year-old executive producer of ABC’s “Brothers &amp; Sisters,” “Dirty Sexy Money” and “Eli Stone.”</p><p>“But really, there was no kind of experience that would have prepared me or any conversation probably with anybody that would have prepared me for this.”</p><p>The year became even tougher when the Writers Guild strike hit. “Eli” had its scripts finished so production continued. Yet Belanti wasn’t able to make any fixes. Now there’s no break because the “Brothers &amp; Sisters” writers are hustling to do four new shows that will start airing April 20.</p><p>“Then we’ll go right into breaking stories for the first six (episodes) of next year and do like 10 straight weeks full force.”</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Too soon</span></strong></p><p>Adolescence was difficult for <strong>Christina Ricci</strong>, and working non-stop didn’t help, said the “Penelope” star.</p><p>“I was very self-conscious when I was a teenager, and it was just at the age — when I was 15, 16, 17 — that I was doing more adult movies that dealt with sex and sexual issues,” she said. “I’d be doing an interview and somebody would be asking me about sex or my body or about being held up as a sex symbol.</p><p>“And I was just, like … I just want to go into a hole. It was very embarrassing for me and the way I dealt with that was by being very glib and shocking, a little jaded and world weary and cynical. I think that really was me trying to protect myself because I felt so uncomfortable.”</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Ironic, isn’t it?</span></strong></p><p><strong>Will Arnett</strong>, still loved in certain circles for playing the crazy brother in “Arrested Development,” now has a recurring role on “30 Rock.” He plays a gay studio executive who happens to be a jerk, too. He told <em>Radar </em>he never asked his NBC boss, <strong>Jeff Zucker</strong>, if there’s a problem with that.</p><p>“I do think those guys have a pretty good sense of humor. They must,” he said. “(But Devon) is a fun character. Having been on a show that was always on the ropes, like ‘Arrested Development,’ it felt like we were always fighting for our lives. Now, to be able to play this network (jerk) … yes, it’s ironic.”

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