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An automobile insurance discount initiative, more than 99% bankrolled by the chairman of Mercury Insurance, has qualified to go before voters on Novembers ballot.

Officially sponsored by a trade group, the American Agents Alliance, the proposal would provide motorists, who switch insurance companies, with a discount if they had been previously insured.

Passage of the initiative, whose petitions got signatures from almost 505,000 registered voters, would make the automobile insurance market more competitive, supporters argue.

It rewards consumers for following the law and allows a new discount for continually having automobile insurance, said alliance President Ken May.

Critics,...

As reported on Sheepshead Bites last week, State Senator Marty Golden and the citizen consumer group New Yorkers Stand Against Insurance Fraud (NYSAIF) asked the state legislature to once again tackle auto insurance reform in 2012.

In its last session, the legislature failed to pass a measure aimed at combating auto insurance fraud, which is reportedly one of New York’s fastest growing crimes. According to NYSAIF, fraud has cost more than one billion dollars over the last several years and resulted in New Yorkers paying more than 50 percent higher insurance rates than drivers in other states. It may also be why you can spot an inordinate number of motor vehicles in our community...

Question:

I had some tools that were stolen from my truck. They
took a chainsaw, two gas cans, a maul and three chainsthat
are worth about $1,160 altogether. I have a $500
comprehensive deductible. Is this the coverage that this
would all go under?

Answer:

While
comprehensive coverage

is the portion of a car insurance policy that theft goes under,
unfortunately, its unlikely that it would cover your tools that
were stolen. Its possible that your homeowners insurance might,
though.

Personal auto insurance policies normally do not cover personal
contents that are stolen out of your vehicle. The rule of thumb is
if its not bolted...

Volunteers from Wintercraft have been on site adding special decorative touches to the house and surrounding grounds.

The ice house, located behind the Fitgers Complex in Duluth, is near completion, despite the set backs from Mother Nature.

You hate to wish for cold and snow, but we could use definitely a little more cold. The optimal temperature for welding ice and getting it to stick together is 8 degrees and we are about 30 degrees past that it seems like today, said Daryl Yankee, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, Twin Ports.

A silent auction will also be held to raise money to support this years real house projects.

Hot chocolate, bon fires, and other...

Monday through Thursday, at 8PM | 7C, AMC presents Story Notes — real-time on-air trivia about your favorite movies. Tonights movie was Young Guns.

Biographical Notes
Only 21 years old when they filmed this, Kiefer Sutherland was the youngest of the young guns.

Casey Siemaszko (Charlie Bowdre) has martial arts training in Hapkido, Judo and Tai Chi.

Sutherland would later become used to seeing blood after 7 seasons playing agent Jack Bauer on 24.

Screenwriter John Fusco has a passion for Native American culture. He went on to write Thunderheart (1992) and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).

Dermot Mulroney (Steve) would go on to star in My Best...