The tragic Megabus accident that killed four passengers early Saturday morning just outside Syracuse, N.Y., didn’t have to happen. The crash occurred when a Megabus driver became lost along his intended route and was apparently using his personal GPS unit to figure out where to go next. The bus was headed to Toronto from Philadelphia,…

As the ninth anniversary of the horrors of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and rural Pennsylvania approached in the last several months, our attention was diverted by a small town Florida preacher who threatened to burn copies of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, on this somber American day of…

For the first time in almost 60 years, fewer people died in traffic accidents on U.S. roadways last year than in any year since 1950, according to new statistics released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The death toll for 2009 was 33,308 people, which was a 9.7% decline from 2008 when 37,423 people…

Sure, we all may love to fantasize about being at work and just quitting on the spot when a boss or customer gives us a hard time. Country-western singer, Johnny Paycheck, sang a song of revenge for all of us when he belted out the song, “Take This Job and Shove It,” back in 1977.…

Do you really think insurance companies are on your side? If you do, think again. Take Progressive Insurance for example. They recently proposed a plan in Pennsylvania where they’d offer you a 30% discount on your auto insurance – if you install a wireless monitoring device in your vehicle that would let them keep track…

Claims For Catching Contagious Diseases Including Swine Flu Whether you have spent a couple fretful days wrestling with a nasty bug, or sat by a loved one’s bedside after he or she was hospitalized with serious complications from the flu, you might have wondered whether the whole episode could have been prevented had the classmate,…