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Kia hamster actor charged with disability fraud 06/05/2014 07:20am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man who played a dancing hamster in Kia car commercials and was a backup dancer for Madonna has been charged with California disability fraud.The California Department of Insurance says 27-year-old Leroy Barnes of Los Angeles collected $51,000 in workers compensation benefits i Former Uber driver charged with assaulting rider 06/04/2014 10:30pm • TERRY COLLINS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man who drove for the ridesharing service Uber in San Francisco has been charged with assaulting a customer, prosecutors said Wednesday.Daveea Whitmire of San Francisco was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor battery of a transit passenger, Distric Business Highlights 06/04/2014 07:30pm • The Associated Press ___Will that be a 6-bedroom suite or just a couch?NEW YORK (AP) -- Private elevators, personal shopping assistants, six-bedroom suites with their own postal codes. Even helipads. This is what the super-rich have come to expect from hotels.For others, vacation now means renting Stocks edge higher...Fed Beige Book show economy improving...Data discrepancies in health coverage 06/04/2014 03:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street this afternoon. Trading has been muted following discouraging reports on hiring at U.S. companies and the trade deficit. Investors also appear to be holding back ahead of Friday's jobs report and the European Central Bank's decision on interes 41 charged in insurance scam involving dead deer 06/01/2014 09:50am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents.Ronald Galati Sr. is accused of running a $5 million scam out of his auto body shop.District Attorney Seth Williams said Wed Americans and their cars: A love affair on fumes? 06/01/2014 04:02am • ADAM GELLER AP National Writer The couple in the convertible sail down a pristine freeway, the pavement theirs alone. At the wheel, he smiles in suit and tie, while she leans closer, every blonde hair in place, her face a portrait of mobile bliss."To whirl along with all the joy your car has to offe Ky. man auctioning rare comic book collection 05/31/2014 06:54pm • DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The first glimpses of iconic heroes Superman, Batman and Flash are part of a rare comic book collection a Kentucky man is auctioning off to the highest bidders.Paducah insurance executive John C. Wise decided it was time to sell the collection he' Report: Car, truck crashes cost whopping $871B 05/30/2014 10:10am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economic and societal harm from motor vehicle crashes amounted to a whopping $871 billion in a single year, according to a study released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The study examined the economic toll of car and t Parks Looking For Corporate Sponsors 05/30/2014 08:15am • Montgomery Parks will seek Planning Board approval next week to start a corporate sponsorship program it thinks can eventually bring about $1 million a year. You won’t see corporate sponsors take over naming rights for Cabin John Regional or Caroline Freeland Parks, but the department is hopin 8 vehicles earn top rating for collision warning 05/29/2014 04:04pm • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- The 2014 Chevrolet Impala was the only non-luxury car to earn the highest safety rating in new tests of high-tech crash prevention systems.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested cars equipped with collision warning and automatic braking system Bond prices surge on Wall Street ... Economic growth report due ... Auto safety ratings 05/29/2014 07:41am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Bond prices are surging and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to its lowest in 11 months yesterday. At the same time, stocks are making modest gains. That's pushing major indexes to record levels. But yesterday, stocks edged lower. The S&P 500 lost two points, closing at 1 Waiting game: Why small businesses won't hire 05/29/2014 04:36am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Even as the economy extends its growth and small businesses slowly add jobs, most owners are still holding off on hiring.Small businesses have not been hiring at the pace that's needed for a robust economic recovery, and many owners have no p FTC wants more transparency for data brokers 05/29/2014 01:40am • JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies are collecting billions of pieces of information about consumers to create individual profiles to more effectively target individuals for coupons or product offers, decide whether a would-be buyer gets a car loan or help people check out Woman gets life term in 1996 car bomb killing 05/22/2014 05:40pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A once-prominent socialite convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 Tucson car bomb killing of her ex-husband was sentenced Thursday to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole.Pamela Phillips also was sentenced to 25 years to life for conspiracy to commit m Rules for Uber, Lyft to become law in Colorado 05/20/2014 10:02pm • IVAN MORENO Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Internet companies that connect riders to drivers with a few taps on a cellphone app will be regulated in Colorado with legislation soon to become law, putting the state at the forefront of a push to try to legitimize the flourishing tech startups.The entr