The 2007 Lowrider Tour is an annual art exhibit on wheels sponsored by Lowrider magazine. Hundreds of gleaming, tricked-out cars - some barely inches off the ground but with a lift system to change the height at will - as well as trucks and motorcycles will be primped for onlookers at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Sunday.

Lowriders celebrate Good Friday with annual trip

Arthur "Lo-Lo" Medina and his wife, Joan, carry a pan of beans for frito pies past their '76 Cadillac lowrider painted with the stations of the cross as pilgrims pass on the way to El Santuario de Chimayó. Good Friday brings out the walkers each year, but it also brings out the Española area's finest lowriders in a once-a-year display.

Planning for a new nuclear age

As the World Nuclear Association prepares to discuss how to meet the huge surge in demand for nuclear power, the BBC's Humphrey Hawksley wonders if the so-called "nuclear renaissance" could also prompt a complete re-examination of global nuclear policy.

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Editorial: Want heavier trucks? Fully fund highways

Business interests are back in St. Paul this year arguing in support of a Pawlenty administration proposal to allow heavier trucks on Minnesota highways. The Legislature's answer should be simple and direct: Put your proposal away until Minnesota's highways and bridges are fully, adequately funded to handle existing commercial traffic.Minnesota currently restricts most truck weights to 80,000 pounds (the same as the federal limit on freeways), and Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration proposes raising that to 100,000 pounds. Opponents (including railroads, naturally) argue against the change, citing worries about road wear and tear, and the safety risks that heavier vehicles would entail.There are economic benefits that would accrue from allowing the heavier vehicles, however, and the concerns could be answered -- were Minnesota's roads, and especially its bridges, in top shape.

Custom 2000 Ford F250 Crew Cab - Mega-Insane

Adam Nitte is the kind of guy who is running at 100 mph, even when he is stationary. Every time we have talked to him, he is off doing something fun or on his way to going somewhere cool. Born in Cuba and raised in Florida, Adam has been nonstop ever since his childhood.

Down in Miami, Adam's cousins and uncles had auto shops, and they were always working on crazy projects like stuffing a Chrysler 440 six-pack engine into a small '71 Datsun pickup. These sort of oddball buildups interested him in volunteering his time. He enjoyed helping his family so much that he would end up skipping school to go hang out with them. Because they were always building these wild, experimental projects, they never knew how well they would work until they put them together. That mystery is what kept their interest to make these creations.