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A car turned in as a clunker sits in a recycle dumpster at Capitol City Buick Pontiac GMC in Berlin, Vt. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Car and truck owners looking to junk their gas guzzlers flocked to dealerships to take advantage of the government's
A car turned in as a clunker sits in a recycle dumpster at Capitol City Buick Pontiac GMC in Berlin, Vt. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Car and truck owners looking to junk their gas guzzlers flocked to dealerships to take advantage of the government's "cash for clunkers" program. (Toby Talbot / Associated Press)

Well. That didn't last long. If you were hoping for the government's help to buy a new car, it looks like you're out of luck: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/30/officials-cash-clunkers-set-run-out-gas/

Update: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/31/no-cash-for-clunkers/

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.