Norway parking sticker shock: $148,000
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When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000.
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Social workers in Paris were astonished to find more than 68,400 euros (94,250 dollars) on a homeless woman when they moved her off the street last week, police said.
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It should come as no surprise that the pricier the car, the more it will cost to insure it. But just how much may come as a shock.
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Ford will return hundreds of electric cars to Norway after protests about its plans to scrap them. Also: IBM and SCO Group tussle over Unix lawsuit & hellip;. Former Enterasys Networks CEO pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy charge & hellip;. and more.
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By Murray Kelso  Yet another hapless driver has been caught out by rising tides at Holy Island causeway - less than a week after shock signs were put up to stop it happening.
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By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 16--Upper Arlington residents will face several fee hikes next year, including paying 60 cents more per sticker for trash collection.   Residents must buy a sticker for each trash bag they place at the curb.
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PARIS -- It didn't take long for sticker shock to hit Allan and Christine Britton.
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AUSTIN, Minn. - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces. Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
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Car buyers will face a new form of sticker shock when they browse dealer lots next year: Mileage estimates will be down, reflecting the way people actually drive.
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LANCASTER, Calif. -- "Who pays for that?" Bubba Bell asks, in all seriousness, considering the financial ramifications of hitting a car on Highway 14 with a baseball. "Whose fault is that?"
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OSLO, Norway - With young Norwegians more likely to send a mobile phone text message than a post card, the postal service Tuesday revealed text message theme stamps in a bid to draw them back to letter writing.    A new 6-kroner ($0.88) stamp features the smiley face, :-), that mobile phone users often send with their text messages to friends...
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While the crap is beaten out of the housing market Letters Surprisingly, not much has been troubling you this week, but the trawl of the mailbag did uncover one topic that's driven you right round the bend - Tony Blair's latest online petitions website, which this week chalked up more than one million signatories protesting against the mooted introduction of road pricing. Pull over, road rage to follow:â¦
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The Washington Post gives the automaker a bruise.
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A Bangladeshi immigrant put himself in the driver's seat by  paying a record $360,000 at a city auction Monday for a New  York taxi medallion, which is required by the city to own a  taxicab. Most cabdrivers in the city work for taxi fleets or  lease time from a medallion owner.
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Se og Hoer, a Norwegian magazine, has offered a 100,000 crone (12,100 Euro) reward for the safe return of Edvard Munch&#39;s (1863-1944) &quot;Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna,&quot; two paintings that were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
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Drivers of 4x4s, high-powered sports cars and other high-emission vehicles will have to pay $49 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge.
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A senior executive at Finland's third largest bank Sampo was handed a fine of 14,624 euros (17,951 dollars) for speeding by the Helsinki appeals court, Finnish media reported.