Kevin Horan: June 2009 Archives

Electric cars are available for free test drives with admission to the Maryland Science Center now through July, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The cars don't go too fast and their charges don't last too long, the Sun reported. Top speed is 35 mph and the car travels 120 miles per charge.

Still, the program is a great way to draw attention to electric cars. The center will start a car-sharing program in August, according to the Sun.

Full-time workers in the York-Hanover metropolitan area made $19.12 an hour, on average, in October 2008, according to a survey released Monday morning by the U.S. Department of Labor's bureau of labor statistics.

According to the bureau, registered nurses made $29.21 an hour, general office clerks made $14.50 and fast food and counter workers made $8.23, all averages.

Visit the bureau's Web site to see how your profession fared.