Eating fried chicken wings and french fries might not clean out your arteries, but it actually could help clean up the air, now that two local companies are transforming waste cooking oil from local restaurants into diesel fuel. Amereco Biofuels Corp. expects its first deliveries this month to commercial customers in Tucson and Las Vegas, said Bill Sheaffer, executive vice president of marketing for the plant, located west of Phoenix in the town of Arlington. And soon Chandler-based AZ BioDiesel expects to pass fuel-testing standards and begin production, said Christopher Rees, vice president of sales and marketing. .

Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Nearby, work crews were filling in what used to be the crawl spaces of two scraped homes for the future site of the Syringa Center. I wondered how much longer Branden's memorial would last. On Thursday evening, I had my answer. It was gone. The Syringa Center site was almost ready for construction. I'm sure it'll be a nice building. However, I'm glad bulldozers can't scrape away the memory of a young man who was the focus of so much love.

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Ryan Reynolds got suited up in his helmet and leather gloves to go for a ride around LA on his motorcycle yesterday. Scarlett wasn't in the mood to go cruising with her man, but rest assured that this hot new couple of 2007 is still going strong. They rang in '08 together at a party Scarlett hosted in LA, and while they weren't attached at the hip all night (or dressed in super cute themed outfits), they still managed to sneak in a NYE makeout session. We kind of love that these two have a balance between spending their time together and doing their own thing, and hopefully these pictures are a sign of more Ryan Reynolds to come in 2008.

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