volvo is the only european automaker with an above-average reliability score. and ford ranked fifth, bolstered by its crash-test results and resale value. >> tom: it's probably happened to all of us. you're at the airport and hear an announcement that your flight is oversold. the airline offers you a voucher for giving up your seat. today, the government fined american airlines $90,000 for not telling passengers that redeeming the voucher would cost up to $30. it's the first time the transportation department has fined an airline for failing to disclose those fees. >> susie: more now on the budget battle in washington. as we reported earlier, it looks like there won't be a government shutdown this week. and tonight's commentator believes lawmakers should work together to come up with long- term spending solutions. she's alice rivlin, senior fellow at brookings and former vice chair of the federal reserve. she also served on president obama's deficit commission. >> squabbling over federal spending for the few months left in this fiscal year is a distraction from

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i'm worried about transfats in my diet, about my kids' education, about the noise coming from my volvo's transmission, about potential earthquakes and the leak in my basement. i frankly don't have any emotional capacity to take on any more problems. by the way, since i was planning to move to a warmer climate when i retire, maybe it's not such a bad problem that it's going to get warmer in san francisco. there are those who are convinced that it's a problem but they say there's little we can do about it. what does it matter what san francisco, the bay area, california, even the united states, does if china and india keep pumping pollutants into the air? there are some that are convinced that it is a serious problem but don't know what we as individuals or the organizations or corporations we work for can constructively do about it. i think that largely takes in where a lot of us are today. and then, finally, there are the entrepreneurs. those are the folks who realize there is either money to be made or costs to be avoided, like getting out in front of the competition on this issue. and

here actually i can i used to drive a volvo believe it or not which is like has no one in your listeners drive all those where i am sure were saying this seems like a weird time to bring this up again especially since these you know there's nothing actually new going on with n.p.r.'s funding is just they said something that a lot of conservatives don't like about how they respond i also think it's a great distraction for house republicans who in the fall promised to cut a hundred billion dollars from the budget revise that to sixty and now they can barely passed it now they're doing these extensions of the continuing resolution so this riles up the base well if you're speaking of. distractions there's a new t.v. show out there which basically looks at one hundred one different ways to get kicked off the show and every time somebody gets voted off the show you get to choose how they leave they can get like strapped to a boat fall off a plane all kinds of crazy stuff what does this say about our country jenny i think it says some things and i'm so excited. i don't know if you know i don't

volvo is the only european to make the top eight and ford is the only american brand that comes in at five. >>> pg&e says there's some confusion about the pre-paid debit cards it's been sending customers. the cards are rewards for customers who reduced their gas consumption when the utility had to lower pressure in the gas pipelines after the san bruno explosion. the debit cards are in addition to the credits on all the bills of all pg&e customers who reduced gas usage in january and february which is an annual program. >>> well, all day today in honor of national pancake day you can get free pancakes at most bay area i hop restaurants. part of a fund raising effort for the children's miracle network hospitals which includes the children's hospital and research center in oakland. the restaurant chain will serve a short stack of butter milk pancakes at no charge but it is asking you to donate what you would have paid usually a little less than $5 to the hospital. >>> great story. time now 5:52. if you use google's g mail and you lost some of your messages, you should have them back thi

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