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A long-lost Lamborghini Miura P400 featured in the classic 1969 heist flick, “The Italian Job,” has been rediscovered and restored just in time for the classic film’s 50th anniversary this June. The bright orange coupe can be seen being driven by Rossano Brazzi through the Great St Bernard pass connecting Switzerland and Italy as the opening credits roll, up until he drives into a dark tunnel and crashes into a bulldozer, which pushes the car off of a cliff. But it wasn’t the same car. According to Lamborghini, the filmmakers purchased an already wrecked Miura to destroy and borrowed a...

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? No, this isn't a commercial for a cell phone service. I am talking about if you can hear the Democrat Party message. What happened was that, against all expectations, the Democrats lost ground in 2002 despite the fact that historically the out of power party normally gains congressional seats during the off-year elections. So sure was the Democrat Party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, of defeating his number one target, Governor Jeb Bush, that he was already gloating about the defeat BEFORE the election. Uh, Terry, the time to gloat is AFTER the results are actually known....