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Saturday, January 8, 2011The technology developed in the past decade to sniff out terrorist bombs eventually could be used to combat another scourge: drunk drivers. Researchers funded by auto manufacturers and federal safety regulators are working on sensory devices - to be installed as standard equipment on all new vehicles - that would keep a vehicle from starting if the driver has had too much to drink. READ MORE >>
Saturday, January 8, 2011 HELENA, Mont. -- Laverl "Nick" Nicholson used to look out of his kitchen window at the weeping willows that mark the burial place of two of his two daughters. Then a debilitating car wreck left him unable to pay the $220,000 he owed on his northwestern Montana home. READ MORE >>
Saturday, January 8, 2011 Did you make any money mistakes this year? Here are five things I did wrong with my finances that you'll want to avoid in 2011. 1. Gambling with insurance I breathed a sigh of relief when we moved into a new home in 2010. We loved our old house but it was in a 500-year flood plain and we didn't have flood insurance. READ MORE >>
Friday, January 7, 2011
Concerns are emerging among flood control officials that a colossal Sierra Nevada snowpack could cause flooding problems this spring on the San Joaquin River, and a peek at that threat has already emerged.
Emergency repairs were expected to begin today on an eroding levee just south of the Sac... READ MORE >>
Friday, January 7, 2011 Only days into the job, state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones faced off with the health insurance industry Thursday, calling on Blue Shield of California to delay plans to raise premiums by as much as 59 percent on nearly 200,000 Californians who buy health coverage on their own. READ MORE >>
Thursday, January 6, 2011 "Good article on settiing 2011 goals" In my personal reading and research I've come across many books from famous sales and personal performance Guru's that quote a famous Yale study that extol the virtues of setting goals. I have even quoted this survey to give credence to my belief in goal setting as a practice worth pursuing. READ MORE >>
Thursday, January 6, 2011 Toyota Motor Corp. won a victory against a former company lawyer turned whistleblower as an arbitrator dismissed several claims and awarded the company damages, according to a statement from the automaker. Dimitrios Biller, who once headed Toyota's U.S. READ MORE >>
Thursday, January 6, 2011 Today, there are very less crisis that man cannot control or prevent. Technology has developed so much that any issue is easily managed. However, when it comes to the natural hazards like fire or flood man is still helpless. The attacks from the elements are so huge that either man cannot prevent it or when it happens he cannot control it. READ MORE >>
Thursday, January 6, 2011 It is amazing to me that no one ever publishes the truth about compulsory insurance. Workers compensation protects the employee in the event the employer does not provide a safe workplace. Flood insurance is written for the benefit of the mortgagee, in the event a home is damaged by flood. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Air bags and the economic recession have contributed to the biggest drop in road deaths in the United States since World War II, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
Changes in driving patterns and safety features both contributed to a 22 percent decline in road deaths between 2005 and 2009, Michael... READ MORE >>
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