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(AOL Autos) -- As long as people have been making cars, other people have been figuring out ways to evaluate what they're worth.

Kelley Blue Book offers one of the best online resources to find out how and why your car is worth X amount.

In the case of Kelley Blue Book, they've vehemently pursued vehicle values for over 80 years and offer one of the best online resources for companies and private individuals to understand how and why their cars are worth X amount of dollars.

We talked with Jack Nerad, the executive editorial director and executive market analyst for KBB.com, to explain some of the best ways that you can evaluate your vehicle's worth.

Don't fool yourself

Surprisingly, one of the problems in properly evaluating a vehicle's worth has nothing to do with the vehicle.

Think of the computer phrase IT guys like to use, "It's a PICNIC error." Which stands for "Problem-In-Chair-Not-In-Computer," meaning that nothing is really wrong with the computer, the real issue is the person using it. Nerad says that some people trick themselves into thinking their vehicle is worth more than it actually is.

"Where we get into difficulty is when people start fooling themselves about the condition of their car -- that they believe it is in excellent or pristine condition when actually if it has two or three years on it, it's going to have some miles on it, some wear and tear." AOL Autos: 2009 cars with best blue book values

You may have yelled at your family and friends every time they even considered bringing a coffee cup into the car, but it's still a used vehicle, uh, I mean pre-owned vehicle.

"Even if you've taken wonderful care of it, it's not going to be as fresh as it was when it left the showroom -- that's something people are going to have to keep in mind."

Know the true condition

Although you have to be honest with yourself about how your car compares with others on the road, taking good care of it can pay off when selling. "When you have a used car, condition, condition, condition are the three most important things," Nerad explained. AOL Autos: Best-selling sedans

"So actually assessing your car's condition is crucial to getting the right value, understanding the right value and arriving at the right value. The good news is that at our Web site we give you a checklist that you can essentially go through and it includes things like mileage, equipment levels and also an assessment of condition, which helps you arrive at the appropriate value."

Nerad said that the values KBB gives are estimated ranges of what the vehicle is worth rather than an exact dollar amount because they are factored remotely. Still, an estimate from the Web site is one of the best and simplest ways to calculate your car's worth. AOL Autos: 10 best cars of 2009

Body shops can help, but a wash and wax might be better

"Most often, it's been our experience that you're better off giving an honest discloser of the car's condition and selling it as is opposed to doing things like cosmetic changes, which can be pretty expensive and are kind of in the eye of the beholder," Nerad said.  AOL Autos: Cars with the worst values

He mentioned that the person purchasing your vehicle might not care as much about some of the minor cosmetic flaws and would rather hold onto their money than pay for a car in pristine condition.

"I don't think too many people who are buying used cars, especially over a few years old, are expecting a car to be in perfect condition or even nearly pristine condition. I think they're expecting to buy something that has a few miles on it in all senses of that term." AOL Autos: Car cleaning tips

There is a difference between taking your car to the body shop and taking your car to have a wash and wax job done, however. Appearance is still one of your car's best selling points, and you should do everything you can, short of spending more than your car's worth, to make it look good.

"I think the thing that most helps is appearance. It's kind of like the curb value of your home. Appearance is going to catch people's eyes, and it's going to give off the impression that the car was taken care of. If the car is dirty and there are scratches on it, inside and out, if it doesn't appear to be taken care of, that's going to have a negative effect on what you're liable to get for it," Nerad explained.

"The good news on that cosmetic stuff, washing the car, giving it a wax job, cleaning the tires, those kind of things are pretty inexpensive to do. Even cleaning the interior out helps the added value. It's certainly worth doing to put your best foot forward that way."

Understand the resale game

Since Kelley Blue Book released its 2008 resale value guide not too long ago, I asked Nerad about the assessment of car values. He explained that cars can have high resale values based on their actual resale value, their perceived resale value or simply their demand. The better you understand where your car fits into this system, the easier it will be to understand why your car is worth what is and how to sell it.

"For instance, a Honda, BMW or Volkswagen has a reputation for resale value in the marketplace, so it helps them to have good resale value," he said. Although not necessarily true for the brands just mentioned, Nerad notes that sometimes brand equity, the popularity of a particular brand, can override its current level of reliability, although it's not common.

"What we've found though, is there are really no major swings in this, there are changes, year to year changes and we adjust our site year to year, but they don't really move in a volatile way," he said. "It's something that has a degree of predictability about it."

Keep in mind that your car's resale value is public information; anyone can go online and look it up in 2 minutes. If you let the online experts do their job in evaluating your vehicle's worth, you're likely to sell the vehicle a lot faster than if you overprice it or exaggerate its condition. Keep it clean and happy selling.

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An Italian news agency says al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri began planning Bhutto's killing in October.

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Earlier, DHS spokesman Russ Knocke said Bhutto's assassination had not prompted "any adjustments to our security posture."

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question: Who does the bulletin say made the claim to a news agency?

answer: al Qaeda Afghanistan commander and spokesman Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid

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question: what did fbi do

answer: an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination,

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question: Which associates made claim to news agency?

answer: Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid

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question: what are dhs officials comments

answer: an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination,

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question: What has not been confirmed?

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LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigeria's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program, said Dutch brewer Heineken's local unit which is sponsoring the show.

Anthony Ogadje, 25, and nine other contestants had gone to Shere Hills Lake in Nigeria's hilly Plateau State to prepare for the "Gulder Ultimate Search," which sets a variety of physical challenges for participants.

A statement from Nigerian Breweries on Monday said Ogadje died suddenly and he was thought to have drowned.

"All attempts to revive him by the attendant medical team and the lifeguards, including his fellow contestants, failed," said Nigerian Breweries, which is majority-owned by the Dutch giant. Broadcasting had been due to start on Thursday.

In the show, the weakest contestants are evicted one by one until a winner emerges. The prize money is a big attraction in a country where most people live in extreme poverty and benefit little from Nigeria's oil wealth.

The winner was to get 5 million naira (about $39,000) in cash, a four-wheel drive jeep and another 500,000 naira (about $3,900) to buy clothes. The winner could also have expected to become an instant celebrity, attracting sponsorship deals.

The Ultimate Search, which started in 2004, gets high ratings. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN)  -- Get out the coats, boots, and shovels; people in some parts of the country are in for it this winter, according to the Farmer's Almanac.

Break out your winter gear -- the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a rough winter for large parts of the U.S.

The longtime periodical, published since 1818 and famous for its long-range weather predictions, is out with its annual winter forecast, which says Old Man Winter is really going to hammer folks in the Midwest and upper Great Lakes region with very cold and very snowy conditions.

The almanac puts it this way:

"A large area of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians. The coldest temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

"But acting almost like the bread of a sandwich, to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with temperatures that will average closer to normal -- the West Coast and the East Coast."

But don't let your guard down if you live along the East or West coasts.

Farmer's Almanac managing editor Sandi Duncan says no one will be immune to the rough weather this winter.

"Even the areas that we say are going to be like the bread of the ice-cold sandwich are going to have bouts of stormy conditions. There's no way it's going to be that mild of a winter," she says.

Nasty weather is also in the forecast for late in the season as winter moves toward spring.

"We're actually predicting a possible blizzard in the northeast to the mid-Atlantic states sometime in February," Duncan says. "And it does look like the cool temperatures to the cold temperatures are going to hang on. And spring does look kind of rainy."

The Farmers' Almanac gets pretty specific about that late-season blizzard forecast.

According to Duncan, "February 12th-15th looks very stormy with blizzard conditions possible especially in New England but also going down to the mid-Atlantic coast."

The periodical says, "While three-quarters of the country is predicted to see near- or below-average precipitation this winter, that doesn't mean there won't be any winter storms! On the contrary, significant snowfalls are forecast for parts of every zone."

CNN's Ninette Sosa contributed to this story.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Attorney General Eric Holder was decidedly noncommittal Thursday as he was buffeted on Capitol Hill by alternating demands to release -- or not -- more secret documents related to alleged torture, and to prosecute -- or not -- Bush administration officials who wrote and approved those documents.

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before a U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday.

Holder was scheduled to appear before a House committee to discuss the Justice Department budget, but lawmakers threw away the script and overwhelmed him with pointed questions about the memos and accountability for the interrogation policies.

The toughest exchanges were with the top Republican in the session, Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia. Wolf insisted Holder provide still-secret documents which former Vice President Dick Cheney says detail valuable intelligence gained from the use of the harsh techniques against captured suspected terrorists.

"You have an obligation to release the rest of the memos," Wolf demanded.

But Holder said he had no knowledge of documents that might contain the information to which Cheney referred.

"I'm not familiar with those memos. I frankly have not seen them. I don't know that they exist," Holder said.

When Holder said he doesn't control all of the documents, Wolf complained Holder was trying to duck responsibility "just because the documents might be in a different building."

"It is certainly the intention of this administration not to play hide and seek, or not to release certain things," Holder replied. "It is not our intention to try to advance a political agenda or to try to hide things from the American people," he said.

As Republican lawmakers complained about the administration's release of four documents last week that had authorized waterboarding and other controversial methods, Democrats praised the release.

Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wisconsin, said torture is illegal and those responsible for its use have to be held personally accountable.

Representatives of liberal organizations including MoveOn.org, Democrats.com and the American Civil Liberties Union were in the hearing room seeking to cajole Holder and other administration officials to appoint a special prosecutor to press charges against Bush administration officials.

"The Justice Department is obligated to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate these crimes," said Mandy Simon of the ACLU.

She said representatives of the groups had provided to Assistant Attorney General Lee Loftus a disk containing the signatures of about 260,000 individuals demanding the outside prosecutor be appointed.

Holder was not asked whether he would seek an outside counsel, but indicated he was waiting for more information from pending reports.

He said a key report on the actions of Bush Justice Department officials involved in drafting the controversial legal guidance would be completed "soon" and he hopes to make it public.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama will invoke God when he takes the oath of office January 20, despite a lawsuit filed by atheist and non-religious groups, according to an attorney for Chief Justice John Roberts, who will administer the oath.

President-elect Barack Obama has asked to invoke the phrase "so help me God" at the end of his oath.

The groups have sued in federal court to block any mention of God during the inaugural ceremonies. Roberts was among those named in the suit.

However, Obama wishes to conclude the oath with the phrase "so help me God," Jeffrey Minear, an attorney and administrative assistant for Roberts, told a federal court in documents Friday.

The Constitution mandates the exact language to be used in the 35-word oath of office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Some chief executives have embellished the oath with "so help me God." It is not constitutionally required, unlike in other federal oaths.

Historians have been at odds over whether George Washington established precedent by invoking the phrase on his own at the first inaugural in 1789. The Library of Congress Web site says he did. Most presidents have used the phrase. iReport.com: Your photos from the inauguration

Inaugural officials and presidents or presidents-elect usually coordinate behind the scenes on whether the judge or government official administering the phrase will invoke it.

Michael Newdow, supported by several groups including the American Humanist Association, claims in his lawsuit that "so help me God" violates the constitutional ban on government "endorsement" of religion. He asked a federal judge to intervene and block references of God or religion in the formal ceremonies.

The lawsuit also opposes the traditional invocation and benediction to be delivered by pastors invited by Obama.

"There can be no purpose for placing 'so help me God' in an oath or sponsoring prayers to God, other than promoting the particular point of view that God exists," according to the lawsuit.

The federal government revealed in its response that Obama wants to use the phrase. The declaration was apparently aimed at blunting Newdow's concession that Obama could add the phrase on his own but that Roberts or any government official should not force or prompt him to say it.

Among those named in the lawsuit besides the 53-year-old chief justice are the Presidential Inauguration Committee; the Joint Congressional Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies and its chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California); and the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee and its commander, Maj. Gen. Richard Rowe Jr.

Newdow said December 31 that he did not name Obama in his suit because in addition to participating as a government official in the ceremony, Obama possesses rights as an individual that allow him to express religious beliefs.

"If he chooses to ask for God's help, I'm not going to challenge him," Newdow said. "I think it's unwise."

A decision from the federal judge is expected in the next few days.

The high court ruled against Newdow in 2004 after he tried to block the Pledge of Allegiance from being recited at his daughter's Sacramento, California-area public school because it contains the phrase "under God."

He argued the case himself before the justices, making an impassioned plea that the teacher-led pledge forces religion on impressionable youngsters and carries the stamp of government approval.

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(CNN) -- "I may have spoken too soon," Bob Orsa said the other afternoon, with a sardonic laugh that didn't carry much mirth.

He and I had first met exactly three years ago -- on September 18, 2008, toward the end of that frightening week when the American economy seemed to be on the verge of disintegrating. Lehman Brothers had collapsed, Merrill Lynch had been taken over by Bank of America, the stock market had plummeted, and the "too-big-to-fail" theory that would lead to the bailout of the major banks was forming. Things were a mess.

Not that Bob Orsa was a player in those Wall Street and Washington machinations. He was a small businessman in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, a borough of about 18,000 people. Or -- more accurately -- he was about to become a small businessman in Chambersburg. In what would be described as the worst U.S. economic climate since the Great Depression, Orsa was getting ready to open the doors of a new restaurant on the town square.

I'd been in Chambersburg interviewing longtime merchants about what rough financial times meant for them. And it was the new guy on the town square -- Bob Orsa -- who sounded, in the face of everything, optimistic.

"Some time to open a new business, right?" he'd said as we had stood outside the restaurant looking at the old county courthouse across the way, as carpenters inside his building readied it for opening day. "But I feel good." Of the national economy, he'd said: "It'll all come back. History shows us that, doesn't it? It always comes back."

I'd been thinking about him in recent days -- wondering how his restaurant had ended up doing, and whether he is as upbeat as he had seemed three years ago. I wanted to talk with him not because he is an expert in the intricacies of global finance, but precisely because he is not.

He and small businesspeople like him are on the receiving end of the Wall Street decisions and convulsions that can lead to times as brutal as the ones the country has been dealing with. I just wanted to find out what was going on at his place on the Chambersburg town square.

"I never thought the bad economy would be lasting this long," he said.

The restaurant he opened is called Cafe D'Italia. It's not a big establishment: 36 seats, 11 tables, open for lunch and dinner.

"I had thought it would take us two years to become solid and feel that we'd made it," he said. "Now I'm thinking it will take four years or more. People aren't eating out at restaurants as much as they would be in good times, because it's a way they can cut back on their expenses."

He said he doesn't have to follow the stock market on a minute-to-minute basis to know how money worries and layoffs are affecting his customers.

"The first thing you notice is that people will come in less frequently -- they'll still be loyal and come, but not as often as they might. This is a small town, and I know my customers. I know when I don't see them.

"Going out to a restaurant is a luxury that can be scratched off. I'll see it in the individual dinner orders. A couple who would usually order two main dishes might order one and ask to split it. They'll skip the salad. Maybe they'll skip the dessert. I don't blame them -- it's a way to save a little more money."

He finds himself in the same position as his guests: "People are pinching pennies out of necessity, and I am, too. I have 13 people working for me -- cooks, servers, hostesses, utility people. Ideally, I should have 17. But to warrant new hiring, I've got to have the right amount of business coming in, and I don't.

"I just spent $18,000 to put in a walk-in refrigerator/freezer. That's a huge chunk of change for a small operation like mine. I waited 2 1/2 years to take that plunge.

"Would I love to have another chef on staff? Absolutely. But my sales figures don't justify it. I can't afford it. I do the cooking myself two or three nights a week."

Orsa is 56 and has been in the restaurant business for 30 years, he says, "and I'd be the first to know if I thought my quality was down, or the service was not what it should be. That's not it. Even in good times, if you have a good product, a good location, good service, making a business a success requires good luck, too. No one guarantees that you're going to make it.

"But in this economy, with this kind of joblessness, making a go of a small business becomes even more of a challenge."

He feels a little cynical about the too-big-to-fail mantra that bailed out the major banks.

"There's no 'too small to fail' for businesses like ours. No one's going to save us if we can't make it."

He said that since opening he has always met his payroll and always paid his vendors, but that with revenues about 20 to 25 percent less than what he would like them to be, "there have been more than a few weeks when I haven't been able to pay the last person who gets paid: me."

When things are tough, he doesn't have to ask his customers to explain, because "I can see it. You know how people look when it's been raining for two straight weeks -- tense, a little down? That's the look, even when the sun is out."

Yet the high hopes he had for his business when he and I met three years ago are still there, and so is the pride in what he -- like so many small business people across the country in this economy -- is trying to do:

"Just being proud of what you've built. Being a part of the life of the town. I like it that I have afforded 13 people a living for almost three years now. Winter's coming, and sales tend to go down in the winter, at the same time the energy costs for heating this place go up. But that's all right. We've got a business right here in the center of town, and it wasn't here before we built it, and we're going to make it."

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene.

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text: wanted

text: to

text: talk

text: with

text: him

text: not

text: because

text: he

text: is

text: an

text: expert

text: in

text: the

text: intricacies

text: of

text: global

text: finance

text: but

text: precisely

text: because

text: he

text: is

text: not

text: He

text: and

text: small

text: businesspeople

text: like

text: him

text: are

text: on

text: the

text: receiving

text: end

text: of

text: the

text: Wall

text: Street

text: decisions

text: and

text: convulsions

text: that

text: can

text: lead

text: to

text: times

text: as

text: brutal

text: as

text: the

text: ones

text: the

text: country

text: has

text: been

text: dealing

text: with

text: I

text: just

text: wanted

text: to

text: find

text: out

text: what

text: was

text: going

text: on

text: at

text: his

text: place

text: on

text: the

text: Chambersburg

text: town

text: square

text: I

text: never

text: thought

text: the

text: bad

text: economy

text: would

text: be

text: lasting

text: this

text: long

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: restaurant

text: he

text: opened

text: is

text: called

text: Cafe

text: D'Italia

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: a

text: big

text: establishment

text: seats

text: tables

text: open

text: for

text: lunch

text: and

text: dinner

text: I

text: had

text: thought

text: it

text: would

text: take

text: us

text: two

text: years

text: to

text: become

text: solid

text: and

text: feel

text: that

text: we

text: 'd

text: made

text: it

text: he

text: said

text: Now

text: I

text: 'm

text: thinking

text: it

text: will

text: take

text: four

text: years

text: or

text: more

text: People

text: are

text: n't

text: eating

text: out

text: at

text: restaurants

text: as

text: much

text: as

text: they

text: would

text: be

text: in

text: good

text: times

text: because

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: way

text: they

text: can

text: cut

text: back

text: on

text: their

text: expenses

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: follow

text: the

text: stock

text: market

text: on

text: a

text: minute

text: to

text: minute

text: basis

text: to

text: know

text: how

text: money

text: worries

text: and

text: layoffs

text: are

text: affecting

text: his

text: customers

text: The

text: first

text: thing

text: you

text: notice

text: is

text: that

text: people

text: will

text: come

text: in

text: less

text: frequently

text: they

text: 'll

text: still

text: be

text: loyal

text: and

text: come

text: but

text: not

text: as

text: often

text: as

text: they

text: might

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: small

text: town

text: and

text: I

text: know

text: my

text: customers

text: I

text: know

text: when

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: see

text: them

text: Going

text: out

text: to

text: a

text: restaurant

text: is

text: a

text: luxury

text: that

text: can

text: be

text: scratched

text: off

text: I

text: 'll

text: see

text: it

text: in

text: the

text: individual

text: dinner

text: orders

text: A

text: couple

text: who

text: would

text: usually

text: order

text: two

text: main

text: dishes

text: might

text: order

text: one

text: and

text: ask

text: to

text: split

text: it

text: They

text: 'll

text: skip

text: the

text: salad

text: Maybe

text: they

text: 'll

text: skip

text: the

text: dessert

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: blame

text: them

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: way

text: to

text: save

text: a

text: little

text: more

text: money

text: He

text: finds

text: himself

text: in

text: the

text: same

text: position

text: as

text: his

text: guests

text: People

text: are

text: pinching

text: pennies

text: out

text: of

text: necessity

text: and

text: I

text: am

text: too

text: I

text: have

text: people

text: working

text: for

text: me

text: cooks

text: servers

text: hostesses

text: utility

text: people

text: Ideally

text: I

text: should

text: have

text: But

text: to

text: warrant

text: new

text: hiring

text: I

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: have

text: the

text: right

text: amount

text: of

text: business

text: coming

text: in

text: and

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: I

text: just

text: spent

text: to

text: put

text: in

text: a

text: walk

text: in

text: refrigerator

text: freezer

text: That

text: 's

text: a

text: huge

text: chunk

text: of

text: change

text: for

text: a

text: small

text: operation

text: like

text: mine

text: I

text: waited

text: years

text: to

text: take

text: that

text: plunge

text: Would

text: I

text: love

text: to

text: have

text: another

text: chef

text: on

text: staff

text: Absolutely

text: But

text: my

text: sales

text: figures

text: do

text: n't

text: justify

text: it

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: afford

text: it

text: I

text: do

text: the

text: cooking

text: myself

text: two

text: or

text: three

text: nights

text: a

text: week

text: Orsa

text: is

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: in

text: the

text: restaurant

text: business

text: for

text: years

text: he

text: says

text: and

text: I

text: 'd

text: be

text: the

text: first

text: to

text: know

text: if

text: I

text: thought

text: my

text: quality

text: was

text: down

text: or

text: the

text: service

text: was

text: not

text: what

text: it

text: should

text: be

text: That

text: 's

text: not

text: it

text: Even

text: in

text: good

text: times

text: if

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: good

text: product

text: a

text: good

text: location

text: good

text: service

text: making

text: a

text: business

text: a

text: success

text: requires

text: good

text: luck

text: too

text: No

text: one

text: guarantees

text: that

text: you

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: make

text: it

text: But

text: in

text: this

text: economy

text: with

text: this

text: kind

text: of

text: joblessness

text: making

text: a

text: go

text: of

text: a

text: small

text: business

text: becomes

text: even

text: more

text: of

text: a

text: challenge

text: He

text: feels

text: a

text: little

text: cynical

text: about

text: the

text: too

text: big

text: to

text: fail

text: mantra

text: that

text: bailed

text: out

text: the

text: major

text: banks

text: There

text: 's

text: no

text: too

text: small

text: to

text: fail

text: for

text: businesses

text: like

text: ours

text: No

text: one

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: save

text: us

text: if

text: we

text: ca

text: n't

text: make

text: it

text: He

text: said

text: that

text: since

text: opening

text: he

text: has

text: always

text: met

text: his

text: payroll

text: and

text: always

text: paid

text: his

text: vendors

text: but

text: that

text: with

text: revenues

text: about

text: to

text: percent

text: less

text: than

text: what

text: he

text: would

text: like

text: them

text: to

text: be

text: there

text: have

text: been

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: few

text: weeks

text: when

text: I

text: have

text: n't

text: been

text: able

text: to

text: pay

text: the

text: last

text: person

text: who

text: gets

text: paid

text: me

text: When

text: things

text: are

text: tough

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: ask

text: his

text: customers

text: to

text: explain

text: because

text: I

text: can

text: see

text: it

text: You

text: know

text: how

text: people

text: look

text: when

text: it

text: 's

text: been

text: raining

text: for

text: two

text: straight

text: weeks

text: tense

text: a

text: little

text: down

text: That

text: 's

text: the

text: look

text: even

text: when

text: the

text: sun

text: is

text: out

text: Yet

text: the

text: high

text: hopes

text: he

text: had

text: for

text: his

text: business

text: when

text: he

text: and

text: I

text: met

text: three

text: years

text: ago

text: are

text: still

text: there

text: and

text: so

text: is

text: the

text: pride

text: in

text: what

text: he

text: like

text: so

text: many

text: small

text: business

text: people

text: across

text: the

text: country

text: in

text: this

text: economy

text: is

text: trying

text: to

text: do

text: Just

text: being

text: proud

text: of

text: what

text: you

text: 've

text: built

text: Being

text: a

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: life

text: of

text: the

text: town

text: I

text: like

text: it

text: that

text: I

text: have

text: afforded

text: people

text: a

text: living

text: for

text: almost

text: three

text: years

text: now

text: Winter

text: 's

text: coming

text: and

text: sales

text: tend

text: to

text: go

text: down

text: in

text: the

text: winter

text: at

text: the

text: same

text: time

text: the

text: energy

text: costs

text: for

text: heating

text: this

text: place

text: go

text: up

text: But

text: that

text: 's

text: all

text: right

text: We

text: 've

text: got

text: a

text: business

text: right

text: here

text: in

text: the

text: center

text: of

text: town

text: and

text: it

text: was

text: n't

text: here

text: before

text: we

text: built

text: it

text: and

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: make

text: it

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Bob

text: Greene

question: When did Bob Greene meet Bob Orsa?

answer: September 18, 2008,

text: September 18, 2008,

question: when did Greene meet Orsa?

answer: September 18, 2008,

text: September 18, 2008,

question: Orsa has how many employees?

answer: 13

question: where did the two meet?

answer: Chambersburg town square.

text: Chambersburg town square.

question: Who met Orsa in 2008?

answer: Bob Greene.

text: Bob Greene.

question: who says he met Bob Orsa?

answer: Greene.

text: Greene.

question: Who opened a restaurant?

answer: Bob Orsa

text: Bob Orsa