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Enter our Peeps show contest!

Easter is coming, and that means plenty of Peeps. Purple Peeps, pink Peeps and yellow Peeps, squishy and sugary.

In honor of the power of the Peeps, were holding a Peeps diorama contest.

Think of a scene. Buy the appropriate number of Peeps. Make your diorama using a shoe box or comparable item. (Dress up the Peeps, if you want. Pick a theme, be creative and have fun.)

Take a couple of photos of the diorama and e-mail them in jpeg format to bgilhooly@th-record.com with Peeps in the subject line. Include your name, daytime phone number and home town, plus the dioramas title.

Deadline is Monday, March 19.

Best diorama wins a $50 prize.

Get cracking, peeple.

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Car trouble? Help available online

NORTH AURORA -- One of life's most frustrating -- and expensive -- propositions is getting your car to the shop for regular maintenance. Or worse -- getting your car repaired.

But a new company says beleaguered motorists no longer need rely on the phone book or an Internet search to determine which shop will give them the best price and most responsive service.

Ianauto.com (International Automotive Network +auto) has arrangements with professional mechanics who provide online estimates for needed repairs in just a few minutes, says Drew Turnbaugh, president.

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Pink slips arrive for distraught buyers

Titles for cars bought at Monterey Motors in San Luis Obispo over the past few months have started arriving in the mail.

"The pink slip showed up in the mail today," Ron Garcia said last week. "What a relief."

Garcia's girlfriend, Sandra Lee, was one of about two dozen people who had not been able to register their cars because Monterey Motors did not provide them with the title.

Anyone who hasn't yet received a title for a car bought at the now-defunct dealer should have them by the end of the week, as an agreement has been reached with the auto companies that had been holding the titles, according to an attorney for the dealership's owner.

The problem arose last year when dealership owner Ron Curtis had a falling out with his business partners, attorney Dave Hurst said.

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An Israeli lesson in animation

Anyone who's ever dabbled in video animation with the hopes of one day becoming the next Walt Disney can be thankful for a secret superhero ally.

AniBOOM, an Israel-based start-up has created a video-sharing site for user-generated Flash animation videos. The site offers social networking elements, tools for uploading, and revenue sharing for content creators, based on the number of times their videos are viewed.

Touted as a cross-media, cross-platform animation content project, AniBoom is the first of its kind which focuses solely on animation in the hyper world of user generated content and Web 2.0.

"AniBOOM was created to change the distribution chain so that young talent can expose their work to animation fans and industry professionals," said the company's CEO Uri Shinar.