Never Pay a Speeding Ticket Again?

Those whirling blue lights in the rearview mirror usually mean just one thing: It's traffic ticket time. The worse the violation, the more your car insurance costs may rise because it's more likely you'll be considered a bigger risk to the insurer.

"The Minnesota Senate commerce committee approved legislation by a vote of 10-4 that prohibits a ticket issuer from restricting for resale or the offering for resale an event ticket held by the lawful possessor.  The bill would allow ticket holders to resell or exchange their tickets without needing to get the approval from the event vendor who sold it.

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Despite some encouraging signs, the UK economy remains in trouble, reports The Telegraph.

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No one present at next week’s swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as president is supposed to pay a dime to attend the event. But some attendees may be paying thousands of dollars for the privilege. Earlier this week, The Hill reported that scalpers have been trying to sell tickets to the January 21 swearing-in ceremony of President Obama for thousands of dollars each.