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A little fussing. I'm trying to start a side gig doing auto detailing. I like to do this while a lot don't. I'm guessing around one or two customers a month. I'm trying to do this the right way....register with the state, the irs, etc. Went to the local county business office to get the license and that's when the train begins to come off the tracks. Have to meet with the water and then the planning department. The person at the planning dept said they'd never had anyone ask about this before. Know why....????? Everyone else is doing it...

<p>COLLIER COUNTY, FL (WTXL/RNN) - A Florida woman has been arrested after robbing a postal worker with a plastic toy gun and fleeing on a tricycle.</p> <p>Leida Crisostomo, 52, of Naples, was arrested on Saturday by the Collier County Sheriff's Office.</p>

Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO), announced on Thursday that it has appointed automotive industry veteran, Jeffrey W. Johnston, as its new vice president of engineering Elio ParkedIn his new role, Johnston will be responsible for all engineering of the full Elio vehicle, validation, safety, program management and vehicle launch. Johnston has more than 30 years of experience working for Top 10 automakers and suppliers in the international automotive arena. Founder and CEO of Elio, Paul Elio stated: “Johnston’s personal values of high product quality, exceptional value and on-time delivery perfectly align with those of Elio Motors, making him a natural...

Tricycles might seem pretty tame but they send thousands of kids to emergency rooms each year and are even linked to a handful of deaths, new research shows. Here are three things to know about tricycle risks: THE NUMBERSMore than 9,000 tricycle-related injuries were treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 2012 and 2013, or nearly 5,000 each year, according to the study by researchers at Medical College of Georgia and Emory University. [Snip] THE ADVICEThe American Academy of Pediatrics says most children don't have the balance or coordination to ride a tricycle until around age 3. Tricycles that are low...

The folks from Elio Motors dropped by the Philadelphia Business Journal offices in Old City on Monday to show off their new concept car (see attached photo gallery). Small in stature and containing three wheels (two in the front, one in the back), the car costs just $6,800 and gets 87 mpg highway (49 mpg city). Although still in the concept and fundraising stages, Elio’s top brass has been showing off the vehicle across the country – from its headquarters in Shreveport, La. to New York to Detroit. For the first time, they revealed a prototype of the car’s engine,...

Aircraft enthusiast Bill Lishman says his latest invention can deliver supplies in emergency situations - quickly, easily and cheaply PURPLE HILL, ONT. — Bill Lishman's workshop has more than a touch of mad inventor to it. Scattered around the glowing forge are cast-off parts from contraptions that have included everything from the frame of an underground home to a Cessna-sized steel albatross. Then there's the pneumatic refrigerator that pops up out of the counter like a frozen jack-in-the-box, and of course the see-through ultralight plane he built to lead Canada geese through the sky - a quest that made him...

Cross a motorcycle with a small car, and you get a new kind of hybrid -- the three-wheeler Auto makers -- even some big ones, like Daimler-Chrysler's (DCX ) Mercedes-Benz -- have been developing car-motorcycle hybrids and other three-wheeled vehicles for years. But what's different now is that some of these concepts, such as the Volkswagen GX3 unveiled this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show, could actually make it to the marketplace (see BW Online, 1/12/06, "Concept Cars Are Getting Real"). And the GX3, backed by VW's global distribution capability, would stand a chance to develop a niche market....

AP - Fri Apr 29, 2:33 PM ET This undated illustration provided by Purdue News Service shows the 16-inch-wheel bicycle, designed by Scott S. Shim, assistant professor of visual and performing arts at Purdue University. The new bicycle design created at Purdue University could erase the need for parents to hold on to the back of a two-wheel bicycle as their child learns how to ride. The bike, called SHIFT, was created by Shim and two students. Their design topped 853 entrants from 56 countries to win the $15,000 first prize in the 9th International Bicycle Design Competition in...