When it comes to travel insurance claims, Hannah Yun was about as sure as anyone that hers would be successful. She’d bought a gold-plated “cancel for any reason” policy for a trip to South Korea. When her boyfriend proposed and she decided to call off the trip to start planning her wedding, she thought that collecting a check would be just a formality. Read full article > >

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The Navigator: Travel insurance claims can hinge on the tiniest details

As a mere youth, I bought a used car in New York to drive to California to be with the woman of my dreams. Inexplicably, she decided to rush back to New York, so I promptly took the car back to the dealer. He made a shockingly low offer. The car had been in an accident, he explained. The chassis was bent. I was flabbergasted. I had just bought the car from him. If the chassis was bent, it was bent when I bought it. The salesman offered me a take-it-or-leave-it shrug. He probably now works on Wall Street. Read full article > >

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Wall Street is still playing us for suckers

Guess it takes a maverick to not believe any of the polls. Asked on Fox News Sunday if Sarah Palin could beat President Obama if she decided to run, McCain exclaimed, “Of course she can.” McCain praised his former running mate for inspiring “great…

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McCain: ‘Of Course’ Palin Can Beat Obama

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman hit back hard on Thursday on charges that she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant for nine years and only fired her once she decided to run for governor. Whitman laid blame for the charge at the feet…

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Whitman: Ex-Maid Is Lying