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How to Buy a Car With Low or No Credit 09/04/2014 12:00am • Like mortgage lending, auto financing got tougher after 2008, especially for those with low or no credit. Many Americans held onto their cars rather than upgrading because they couldn't get financing or worried about taking on an auto loan amid layoffs, hiring freezes and other uncertainty. But as t The Problem With Health Care Prices 09/04/2014 12:00am • After being diagnosed with diverticulitis at an urgent care facility in Brevard, North Carolina, last year, Lucia Gerdes' thoughts shifted from the pain in her gut to her lack of insurance. Rather than go directly to the hospital for tests, antibiotics and pain meds as the physician had advised, Ge Comcast to sponsor NASCAR's Nationwide Series 09/03/2014 05:10pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Comcast Corp. on Wednesday signed a 10-year agreement to replace Nationwide Insurance as the title sponsor of NASCAR's second-tier racing series.The series will be known as the NASCAR Xfinity Series through 2024. The deal matches the longest Spotting a pet in a hot car creates tough choices 09/03/2014 12:10pm • SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Imagine walking to your car after running errands and spotting a dog, panting and helpless, shut inside a hot car. Smashing the window might be your first impulse, but calling police or animal control will protect you from injury and possible lawsuits 3 types of insurance you need -- and 3 you don't 09/02/2014 12:00am • There isn't a lot of talk about insurance in school. So when we become adults, we're left to consider the dizzying array of insurance policies on our own and wonder if we need all of them, just some, or none of them. It's almost as confusing as learning the Pythagorean theorem and the periodic t Tesla Motors dealing as states play factory poker 09/01/2014 07:46am • JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From the start, little has been typical about Tesla Motors' plan for a $5 billion factory to make batteries for a new generation of electric cars.It's not just the project's massive scale, the cutting-edge technology, or even the bonanza of 6,500 USDA launches new dairy insurance program 08/28/2014 01:40pm • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Dairy farmers squeezed in recent years by low milk prices and high feed costs can begin signing up next week for a new program replacing old subsidies that didn't factor in the price of corn.Signups for the new program will run Sept. 2 to Nov. 28, U.S. How to adjust your budget when your income drops 08/28/2014 12:00am • The economy has been on the mend for some time, but it's a fact of life that not everyone's personal economy will be in concert with the rest of the world. Maybe you're expecting a baby and you or your spouse plan to take time off from work to be a stay-at-home parent. Perhaps you are being laid 10-step checklist for Labor Day car shopping 08/28/2014 12:00am • Labor Day is a federally-recognized holiday which celebrates hardworking Americans with a day off from work. Unofficially, this day also marks the end of summer and is considered one of the best times to buy a new car. TrueCar.com estimated that Labor Day weekend last year would boast 1.13 milli Bet on Positive Expected Outcomes and Retire Earlier 08/27/2014 12:00am • Let's say someone made you an offer that goes something like this: He will flip a coin and if it comes out heads, you lose $5, but if it lands on tails, you win $10. You further find out that there are absolutely no gimmicks to this game, meaning that there is an exactly 50/50 chance of the coin la Parents of Reston kart driver battling insurer to bring son back to Va. 08/25/2014 01:00pm • More than $11,000 has been raised to help injured Reston go-kart driver Ayrton Climo, but the teen’s parents are having trouble obtaining insurance authorization to transport their son back to the United States, The Washington Post reports. Climo, 18, graduated from South Lakes H 1 in 4 millennials lacks health insurance 08/25/2014 09:22am • WASHINGTON - Adults under 30 are the least likely to have any type of insurance. Nearly 1 in 4 is not covered by a health insurance policy, a new survey finds. The survey done for InsuranceQuotes.com by Princeton Survey Research Associates International finds 24 percent of millennials don't hav Back To School Driving Safety Tips 08/25/2014 07:10am • Monday is the first day of the 2014-2015 school year in Montgomery County, which means more than 150,000 kids will be walking, riding and driving to school. With that in mind, the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service put out a reminder of school-related driving safety tips. According to the Na Fantasy explosion has some giving up day jobs 08/23/2014 06:00pm • TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer Cory Albertson was cruising at 30,000 feet and, like others on the plane to Detroit, taking care of some business on his laptop.His spreadsheets contained names familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Pitchers, catchers, maybe a center fielder Albertson thought might b ND teacher of the year charged with 5 felonies 08/22/2014 09:50pm • DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A reigning North Dakota teacher of the year was charged Friday with five felony counts for allegedly having sexual contact with a female student more than five years ago.A complaint filed in East Central District Court charges Aaron Knodel, an E