instead, bhp will invest in itself by buying back its own shares.is the third time a major acquisition and bhp has collapsed, and a sign that companies remain reluctant to enter big deals despite having plenty of money. if you want a new car from a german automobile maker, be prepared to wait. demand for german automobiles abroad is outstripping supply here. a surprise to market analysts who have been expecting a slowdown. the boom is coming from emerging markets where motorists cannot get enough. >> audi has never had such a backlog of orders, and the waiting lists are growing longer. a new midrange a3 model now takes five months to arrive. audi is now the only car maker with difficulties. at volkswagen, their delivery delays. more than five months for a new golf. customers can spend four months on the waiting list for a new mercedes at around three months for a new opel. the bottleneck has taken many analysts by surprise. many had predicted hard times for the german auto industry after the end of the government's cash for clunkers program. but dem

it was to be the biggest takeover, but instead bhp is facing another high-profile failure. abandoning its efforts to take over the potash corporation local opposition. washington, d.c., and what has been termed a lame duck session. democrats do not hand over control to the republicans until next january. before then, the bush era tax cuts are threatening to expire and burden millions of americans at a time of continued turmoil. >> a ticking time bomb. the american government has been over-spending for years. the national debt is rocketing up words. the white house deficit commission put it this way. >> the debt is like a cancer that will surely destroy this country from within if we do not fix it. >> hens this growing anxiety is about to crashed headlong into taxes. tax cuts set forth by president bush expire in seven weeks and millions could face a tax increase. >> it would hurt me and my ability to pay my expenses. >> a republican voter that does not want his taxes to go up. >> not only does it hurt me, but it means i will not go out to dinner as much and take the waiter

the bhp has arrested 77 people for driving under the influence, 40 more than last year at this time. state-wide the numbers are also up. the crackdown continues through midnight tomorrow. >> a crackdown on underaged drinking aboard those party buses is now being proposed by a bay area lawmaker. san mateo assemblyman jerry hill says there is a hoop hole in the law that requires stricter enforcement in limos than buses. earlier this year 19-year-old brett studebaker was killed in a drunk driving accident after spending several hours drinking aboard a party bus. >>> and a familiar sight in the south bay. firefighters at 2010s collecting donations for burn victims. they say drivers at blossom hill and alma din expressway are especially generous filling the boots with cash and coins. the burn foundation from the firefighters started this several years ago and has raised thousands of dollars for the cause. >>> a much-needed makeover is about to get underway for a bay area landmark. today the cal bears played their final game in the old memorial stadium. well starting monday, the 87- year-o