By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
From minicars to monster pickups, sales of new cars and trucks surged in June, and eased concerns that Americans would be turned off by slower hiring and other scary headlines.
"In the last two weeks we really went all-out," says Bill Underriner, who sells Volvos, Buicks, Hondas and Hyundais in Billings, Mont.