With the recent popularity of car sharing pay-as-you-go programs here in the United States some California lawmakers are thinking of applying the same idea to auto insurance. California's Department of Insurance has issued legislation that would allow the state's drivers ... [full story]

Drunk driving deaths in California dropped for a third straight year in 2008, the state Office of Traffic Safety said Thursday, but motorcycle fatalities continued a decade-long rise that mirrors national trends. Overall, traffic deaths dropped by 14% in 2008, ... [full story]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A large Alaska wildfire sparked by lightning more than three weeks ago continues to increase in size but firefighters are keeping the blaze from taking off. The Railbelt Complex fire 12 miles from Nenana is actually three ... [full story]

 A weather forecaster is warning Southeast and Gulf Coast residents to be alert next month for quick forming tropical storms that could materialize with little warning as summer temperatures rise. Joe Bastardi, AccuWeather.com’s chief meteorologist and long range forecaster, said that ... [full story]