Economy Improving? Luxury Pick-Up Truck Sales Suggest Something Is Afoot -- December 15, 2014

Simply a car article that Don sent me, but a lot of story lines. USA Today is reporting:

The "luxe truck" phenomenon, dressed-up pickups and SUVs, account for for most U.S. vehicle sales over $50,000.

Those trucks make up six of the 10 best-selling vehicles at that price level. It's a boon automakers, adding more profit to vehicles that are already cheaper to build than cars.

The biggest beneficiary: Ford. Ford is on track to sell 189,776 F-Series pickups this year at transaction prices over $50,000, more than sales of BMW's 3, 5 and 7 Series. Or, to put it another way, projected sales of Ford's F-series pickups are higher than the combined sales of Audi in the U.S. this year.

Ford sells deluxe pickups with names like King Ranch, Lariat and Platinum. While only one, the Platinum, has a list price above $50,000, buyers can load them up with so many extras that it isn't hard to hit the high price.

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Supreme Court: Cops Make Mistakes; Get Over It

Being tweeted right now, 10:30 a.m. CT, December 15, 2014: Supreme Court rules a police officer's mistaken idea of what is illegal, such as a broken tail light, doesn't make an arrest and a search invalid - @NBCNews

Also being tweeted, Barbara Walter's most fascinating person of 2014, Amal Clooney. I had to look her up on Wiki to confirm who I thought she was. I always thought her first name was Mrs.