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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 Honda bolsters Fit to boost crash resistance 08/21/2014 06:30pm • TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- When the subcompact Fit failed a crash test, Honda went back to the drawing board.The tiny Fit, redesigned for the 2015 model year, initially flunked the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's small overlap test, earning just a "Marginal" rating. The test Stocks gain...Labor Day travel expected to rise...Mortgage rates decline 08/21/2014 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are on pace for a fourth straight day of gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is on track to beat its record-high close set last month. Trading is light on Wall Street with many investors on vacation.UNDATED (AP) -- A trade group for the nation's big airlines predicts that Washington's Top News -- Wednesday, August 20, 2014 08/20/2014 03:37am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Floods force dramatic rescues in Phoenix area Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says Tuesday's floods in her state ``looked absolutely devastating.'' The Phoenix area was battered by torrential rain storms Tuesday that caused severe flooding across Kuchar healthy again after bizarre back injury 08/19/2014 06:59pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) -- Chalk this up to one of the more bizarre injuries in golf. Matt Kuchar missed the final major of the year when his back locked up on him from having to sit too long in traffic.Adding to this forgettable tale: He was shopping for a slip-and-slide.Kuc