Car Insurance - Car demand may boost prices

Car demand may boost prices
Northwest Indiana Times Business - Sep 24 10:31 PM
DALLAS | Consumers on the battered Gulf Coast will need to buy at least 250,000 used cars and trucks as the area begins to recover -- and the demand will probably push up prices.

ID's lock some out of voting
The Sanford Herald - Sep 26 9:11 AM
If you live in America's fortunate half - the half whose household earnings are above the median of $44,000 or so a year - you probably own a house, one or two cars and have health insurance. So it's hard to imagine that some Americans are too poor to have an automobile.

Bush urges fuel conservation as New Orleanians trickle back home
The Times Leader - Sep 26 6:42 PM
NEW ORLEANS - (KRT) - President Bush called on Americans Monday to conserve fuel and cut non-essential car trips in the wake of two major hurricanes as residents and business owners of this storm-ravaged city trickled into reopened neighborhoods to resume the massive challenge of restarting lives and rebuilding the Big Easy.

Insurance: Can't do without, but can overdo, overspend
Chicago Tribune - Sep 25 4:03 AM
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there's been hand-wringing about whether Americans have enough insurance, especially flood insurance. That's mostly a good development, if it prompts consumers to take a critical look at their insurance.