pre-orders

They've waited years for this. Today, Verizon customers can pre-order their iPhone 4s. The phones should arrive on or before Feb. 10. So far, the supply is holding up, though some frustrated customers were greeted with an error message.

A part-quality issue forced Ford Motor to temporarily halt shipments of its recently introduced Fiesta subcompact, causing the second such delay since its U.S debut last May.