Massachusetts may end auto insurance appeals (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The state's insurance commissioner, addressing a concern of some insurers, is considering eliminating the unique right under which Massachusetts drivers have been able to appeal auto premium surcharges they consider unfair for accidents caused by bad weather, road problems or some other abnormal circumstance.

FSU quarterback Ponder OK after auto accident (Miami Herald) Four days after leading Florida State to a victory at Miami, sophomore quarterback Christian Ponder found himself in a harrier situation.

Business Briefs (Kearney Hub) MINDEN — The Krull Agency in Minden is now an independent agent for auto insurance from AAA. n—Discounts for AAA members, accident-free drivers, airbag-equipped cars, car alarms, insuring multiple vehicles and students with a grade-point average of B or better.

Woman hit by NHP car to get $13,000 (Las Vegas Sun) Thu, Oct 12, 2000 (10:16 a.m.) CARSON CITY -- A Las Vegas woman injured in an auto accident when a Nevada Highway Patrol officer started to reach for his cell phone will get $13,000 from the state, the Board of Examiners decided Wednesday.

Mass. may end auto insurance appeals (Cape Cod Times) The state's insurance commissioner is considering eliminating the unique right under which drivers have been able to appeal auto premium surcharges they consider unfair.

Briefs | Auto Racing: Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick scuffle at Lowe's (Seattle Times) Auto racing Edwards, Harvick fight in garage: Witnesses said Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick scuffled Thursday in the Nationwide Series garage...

Texas sex offender arrested in Canton (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A sex offender from Texas was arrested by authorities in Cherokee County after he was involved in an auto accident. Deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office arrested Joshua Garza, 35, on Wednesday after an early morning wreck on Bells Ferry Road in Canton. They determined that Garza, the driver, was a sex offender from Texas, according to a press release from the sheriff's office. ...

Significant Amount of Cash Found at Scene of Accident (KIII Corpus Christi) Police say they've never seen anything quite like it. An early morning accident destroying at least 9 accident sending a nearby utility pole careening into a nearby house.

Vernon woman is bilked out of $4.5K by man claiming to be her grandson (The Star-Ledger) An elderly Vernon woman was scammed out of $4,500 when she sent the money to a man who posed as her grandson and claimed to have been in an auto accident in Canada, police said. The suspect sounded upset and...

Auto racing: Photos show Edwards had Harvick by the neck in scuffle (Honolulu Advertiser) CONCORD, N.C. — Photographs of the scuffle between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick show a more physical confrontation than witnesses described, with Edwards at one point grabbing Harvick by the throat.