N.J. cop charged with arson, insurance fraud for torching car
Essex County prosecutors say an East Orange police officer set fire to his personal vehicle last year to defraud his auto insurance company.
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Alameda DA Charges Attorney In Fake Car Crash Scam
OAKLAND, Calif. — An attorney and her office manager have been charged in connection with an insurance scam in which participants staged car crashes throughout Northern California and filed false claims.
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Insurance Office Robber Sentenced
KINGSVILLE – A man involved in the robbery of an insurance agency last year has plead guilty, and will serve 12 years in prison. Prosecutors say Gerald Clack and Sherrik Adair jumped the counter of the insurance agency last November and assaulted the clerk in an attempt to get the cash box. During the struggle, the clerk’s blouse was ripped off. She ran out the front door while the two men fled …
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Better Drivers Pay Less for Car Insurance with One-of-a-Kind Discount from Progressive
MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio—-Business travelers who park their cars at the airport several days a week. Families with an extra car they only drive occasionally. Drivers who avoid slamming on the brakes.
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Car Insurance Rates Going Up This Summer
Catastrophic coverage fee rising.
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Attorney charged in fake-crash insurance scam
A Los Angeles attorney and her office manager have been charged with participating in an insurance-fraud scheme in which car crashes were staged throughout Northern California. The attorney, Susana Ragos Chung, 59, has been charged in Alameda County Superior…
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Gap Insurance Is Must For Car Buyers
When getting a bank loan to buy a car, it’s always a good idea to make sure you also buy Gap insurance to help pay off your loan should your vehicle be totaled in an accident. But Local 12 Troubleshooter Howard Ain says an local man who did that has had nothing but problems.
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Rochester man accused of insurance fraud after car fire
A Rochester man has been charged with fourth-degree insurance fraud after filing a fraudulent $1,200 claim…
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Better Drivers Pay Less for Car Insurance with One-of-a-Kind Discount from Progressive
MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio—-Business travelers who park their cars at the airport several days a week. Families with an extra car they only drive occasionally. Drivers who avoid slamming on the brakes.
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Pottstown area hit hard by teen crashes
In the 20 days that spanned Nov. 23 to Dec. 12, 2009, tragedy struck twice. In two crashes on two major roadways in the Pottstown tri-county area, four young lives were extinguished, two more were ruined, and countless lives were left forever changed.
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Researchers at No. 1-Ranked U.S. Children’s Hospital Work with Industry to Develop a Child Crash Dummy that’s More …
Biomechanical Data Collection Informs Latest Advances, Detailed in New Report from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
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Wash. leaders split on sales tax hike for budget
With less than three weeks remaining to strike a deal, the state’s Democratic leaders are split over which taxes to raise as they work toward balancing a $2.8 billion budget deficit.
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City OKs contract with Gage
LA MARQUE The city council approved an $89,000-a-year contract for City Manager Eric Gage, despite some residents’ protests criticizing his management.
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Gov’t investigators sift haystacks of safety data
Scores of Toyota owners filed formal complaints with the U.S. government about mysterious problems with gas pedals, brakes and steering in recent years, sometimes after terrifying accidents. The complaints, often described in remarkable detail, exist inside… Toyota – Federal government of the United States – Government – United States – Business
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ASK THE LAWYER: Unclaimed final paychecks, drunk driving restitution
We have two employees who left without collecting their final paycheck. One check is still uncashed over a year later, and one has some monies that remain unclaimed in a retirement account. What do we do?
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The Immigrant’s Way
This book is meant to be read by all foreign borns, whether you aspire to come to America or are already here, whether you have legal status or not. You may feel disappointed in life and have not accomplished what you set out to do.
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ANICO VP killed in head-on crash
BACLIFF A League City woman was killed and her husband seriously injured in a head-on collision as they drove to church Wednesday night.
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Suspect arrested in Bandon couple’s slaying
COQUILLE — Gabriel Christian Morris made it 3,000 miles before authorities caught up with him Monday in a small town in northern Virginia. He, his wife and their 4-year-old daughter had been hunted for 12 days, ever since authorities discovered the bodies of Morris’ mother and her boyfriend at their …
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Abilene police blotter 2/23/10
Man accused of trying to run over policemanAn Abilene man was arrested early Sunday morning for attempting to run over an Abilene police officer, reports at the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office indicate.Kevin Dean Smith, 24, of Merkel, was reportedly intoxicated when a chase was reported by police. Smith reportedly tried to run over the officer at that time. The incident was called in at 1:53 a.m …
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Sean O’Grady: What would happen if the country really went bust?
Is Britain about to suffer a “Black Swan” event? This, if you follow trendy financial ideas, is the one that shocks observers who assumed such a thing could never happen, just as the first Western visitors to Australia to see a black swan were similarly startled.
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Swinton Commercial Survey Reveals Fish and Chips Are Top Takeaway for Van Drivers
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – 02/21/10) – UK van drivers are turning to traditional fish and chips as their favourite British takeaway, according to figures released today. An online survey of 1,200 customers by van insurance retailer, Swinton Commercial, found that a staggering 75% of van drivers voted for the traditional British takeaway. The poll found that another British …
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There’s no better time than the present for the young to solidify their financial future
With a few years of work under your belt, you’ve got some of the things that come with hitting your stride — a career, a car, maybe a marriage, children and a house.
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Buying a car is now just a click away!
Mjunction, the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and Tata Steel joint venture that offers a host of e-commerce services, will now sell cars online.
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Midwife proposals find broad support among Amish
Three bills empowering midwives are stuck in legislative committees again this year.
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Retail in the Spotlight
As we move towards the end of earnings season, the retailers with January year-ends will dominate the earnings picture.
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Older drivers find learning their own liabilities is key to survival
Because of the baby-boomer generation, there are far more 65-and-older drivers on the road, but these drivers are having fewer fatal car crashes than older drivers in previous generations.
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More People Buying Insurance For Pets’ Vet Bills
MADISON, Wis. — As pets get older or get sick, owners sometimes need to make difficult decisions as medical bills pile up. But buying pet insurance is a growing trend that could help owners keep their pets healthy while protecting their pocketbook.
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A Job, But There’s A Catch: A 1,000-Mile Commute
In the early dawn, after another week building cars, Michael Hanley leaves his job in Kansas. He quickly zips into Missouri, then heads up a ribbon of highway past grain silos and grazing deer, across the frozen fields of Iowa, over the Mississippi River and into the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Finally, he pulls into his driveway — 530 miles later.
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A tale of 2 citizens mired in mortgage upheaval
Jim Towsend and Talina Johnson each bought homes, planning their moves with care. But then, they got sucked into the nation’s financial crisis, and each is trying to navigate the government’s efforts to turn back the mounting number of home foreclosures.
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Wilmette property a car-accident hot spot
Good thing the Nelsons don’t live in a bungalow.For the second time this winter, a car has skidded off their Wilmette street and plowed into their front yard.Early Thursday, the Nelsons were jolted out of their bed on the second floor of their home by the sound of a car smashing through bricks into their living room.”Extremely loud noise scared the heck out of us,” Lloyde Nelson told FOX Chicago …
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Staveley Head: Ambulance Chasers Responsible For Increase In Van Insurance Premiums
FLINT, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – 02/18/10) – Car and van insurance premiums are set to increase dramatically in 2010, according to industry experts, even though premiums rose by an average of 20% last year. The blame for these increases is being placed upon the ever increasing cost of personal injury claims and the resulting legal costs of the lawyers who advertise extensively on television …
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Our community for 2/22/10
NORTHEASTERN Town hall meeting on truancy prevention A third town hall meeting will be held at 6:30 p.
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Va. House cuts hit schools, health safety net
(AP:RICHMOND, Va.) The Virginia House of Delegates on Sunday proposed a dire new state budget that slashes Medicaid funding and eligibility, and increases school class sizes while reducing public school funding, while a competing Senate plan also calls for big cuts to Medicaid but restores many of the cuts to education.
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A job, but there’s a catch: a 1,000-mile commute
(AP:JANESVILLE, Wis.) In the early dawn, after another week building cars, Michael Hanley leaves his job in Kansas.
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Carlyle’s Ta Chong Seeks Fivefold Profit Increase (Update1)
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Ta Chong Bank Ltd. , the Taiwan lender controlled by Carlyle Group LP, will woo retail customers with a “McDonald’s strategy” and boost profit fivefold by 2012 to attract potential buyers, President Edmund Koh said.
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Carlyle’s Ta Chong Seeks Fivefold Profit Gain, Awaits ‘Suitor’
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Ta Chong Bank Ltd. , the Taiwan lender controlled by Carlyle Group LP, will woo retail customers with a “McDonald’s strategy” and boost profit fivefold by 2012 to attract potential buyers, President Edmund Koh said.
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Fact Finder: DNR Deer Plans
For the first time ever, Michigan DNRE will soon have a comprehensive deer managment plan that will impact every hunter, driver, and almost every deer in the state.
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