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Study: The 20 most-ticketed vehicles in U.S. 10/01/2014 09:41am • WASHINGTON -- Move over, red sports cars. A new type of vehicle is whizzing by you on a list of the most-ticketed vehicles in the U.S. A study from Insurance.com looked at data from 526 models and more than 557,000 recent customers to determine which vehicles receive the most speeding tickets and Say Goodbye To Air Rights, Hello To Bethesda Crossing 10/01/2014 09:10am • The $30 million renovation is complete at the downtown Bethesda office complex formerly known as the Air Rights Center. Developer MRP Realty and equity firm Rockpoint Group unveiled the new-look Bethesda Crossing during a reception on Tuesday. The complex — which includes two buildings at 731 Are free credit scores really free? 10/01/2014 12:00am • Consumers tend to regard the offer of "free" stuff suspiciously, and rightly so, especially when it relates to credit cards. In the past, companies that have offered free credit scores or free credit reports have enrolled unsuspecting consumers into monthly programs that charged fees. The Feder 9 Ways to Reduce Your Insurance Costs 10/01/2014 12:00am • Insurance cost-cuttersIt's hard to get through life without paying for insurance. In fact, if you have a family, you probably have several insurance bills -- for your health, car, home and, of course, your life. You're always glad you have insurance when you need it, but on the days you don't, it's DC Council weighs giving bicyclists more rights 09/30/2014 07:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The D.C. Council is considering changing a law to give bicyclists a better chance to recoup medical costs after collisions with cars. A District liability law currently requires accidents to be 100 percent the driver's fault for a bicyclist to collect on insurance.The council's Plea in NYC speaker stabbing, but appeal planned 09/29/2014 03:00pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A man whose chance encounter with a despondent stranger led to a stabbing he called assisted suicide pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter after his murder conviction was overturned in a case that questioned the boundary between killing someone and he Top 5 things you can rent for extra cash 09/29/2014 12:00am • If you're in need of some extra cash to pay the bills or boost your savings, remember that lesson you learned in kindergarten: the value of sharing. By lending out what you already have lying around -- power tools, old college textbooks, even your home -- you can bring in that extra income you ne A look at regulations for mobile-based businesses 09/28/2014 12:40pm • The Associated Press CAR SERVICES:--New York City: Allows car services to operate so long as they follow the city licensing process for operating as a for-hire "black car" livery service.--California: Requires licensing from state public utilities commission as well as criminal background checks, d Businesses and investors pressing for green policy 09/26/2014 02:24pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.The idea, More legal woes for rideshare app Uber in Germany 09/26/2014 10:10am • BERLIN (AP) -- Popular ridesharing service Uber is facing more legal issues in Germany after a Berlin court upheld the capital's ban on the app.Berlin authorities in August banned Uber, saying it put customers at risk by allowing them to ride in cars that hadn't been checked, and with drivers neithe Abandoned truck dripping rancid chicken juice 09/26/2014 04:06am • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A truck dripping rancid juices from thousands of pounds of rotting chicken sat in the heat attracting flies Thursday at a western Montana truck stop, where an Idaho trucking company employee abandoned it.The driver left the trailer containing approximately 37,000 pounds of fr Middle-class squeeze: From day care to health care 09/25/2014 10:30am • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three years ago, Jason Prosser was stunned to discover the cost of child care for his newborn son -- so much so that he and his wife postponed having a second child.The day care center they found near their Seattle home tops $10,000 a yea 3 Myths and 3 Truths About FICO 9 09/25/2014 12:00am • Earlier this year, the company that produces the most widely used credit scores in the world, FICO, announced that its newest scoring model will lessen the impact of medical debt on credit scores. The new model, dubbed FICO 9, is set to replace the previous version later this year. By many accounts 3 Myths and 3 Truths About FICO 9 09/25/2014 12:00am • Earlier this year, the company that produces the most widely used credit scores in the world, FICO, announced that its newest scoring model will lessen the impact of medical debt on credit scores. The new model, dubbed FICO 9, is set to replace the previous version later this year. By many accounts 3 Myths and 3 Truths About FICO 9 09/25/2014 12:00am • Earlier this year, the company that produces the most widely used credit scores in the world, FICO, announced that its newest scoring model will lessen the impact of medical debt on credit scores. The new model, dubbed FICO 9, is set to replace the previous version later this year. By many accounts