"A Russian deal to pipe oil directly to Germany has caused dismay in central European countries that will be bypassed, potentially leaving salads undressed."
- David Vasileff
"In 1999, UC-Davis civil engineer David Phillips was grocery shopping when he noticed something peculiar. Healthy Choice Foods was offering frequent-flyer miles to customers who bought its products. But a 25-cent pudding would bring 100 miles — the reward was worth more than the product itself."
- David Vasileff
"Several weeks ago, I broke the TV. Or at least this is what I told Adelaide over breakfast one rainy monday morning. She listened to me intently, took it all in and then... her face broke, her shoulders slumped, and she cried and cried. Sobbed. Much to my amazement.. I was not really expecting this kind of reaction from her at all. How could the TV have become that important to my little two-year-old?"
- David Vasileff
"Neighbors said that the area was draped in fog at the time of the crash. Gregor said it would have been up to the pilot to decide how safe it would have been to take off. "That decision would have been up to the pilot," the FAA spokesman said. Patricia Armistead, who lived in the neighborhood, heard the explosion and raced outside. "You couldn't really see anything because the fog was so thick," she said, although she did see a few flames."
- David Vasileff
"All right, then. I present to you perhaps the most fun available on four wheels: The 2010 Lotus Evora. No, not fun. Joy. Inexpressible, diamond-showering, running-naked-through-a-field-of-virgins ecstasy. Handling perfection. This is transit gloria, and it is sick. In my career as an automotive journalist, I've never written these words: I am going to buy one."
- David Vasileff
"Mr. Pewtherer's 80-year-old building in the Mission District, like thousands of other old homes in the Bay Area, was built with the technological equivalent of kryptonite in its walls: chicken wire. Metal wiring inside old plaster walls blocks wireless signals, frustrating San Francisco residents as wireless-equipped devices like iPhones and laptops proliferate."
- David Vasileff