Escalades Most Likely To Be Stolen, Insurance Group Says
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A midsize sedan and a luxury SUV that also comes as a pickup are the cars most likely to have problems with theft, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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NEW YORK, December 23  - Leading automobile manufacturer General Motors (XGM.NYS) announced today that it is recalling 717,302 vans, since the power sliding doors pose the risk of a wrist or arm injury for passengers.
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HellSpam writes &quot;Some robbers tried to burglarize a poor old lady and her 3 grandsons. Her grandsons happened to be playing Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas, and the sounds of the police from the game scared them away!
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By Sarah N. Lynch, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Feb. 3--Thieves looking to break into cars in downtown Mesa may want to think twice before they smash the glass.
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October 19th, 2004 - A popular car for celebrities seems to be a popular car for thieves as well. The Cadillac Escalade has the highest theft rate of new cars today.
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Police are investigating the possibility that the van used in the Northern Bank raid may have been stolen in Wales.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has added the Hyundai Santa Fe, a midsized SUV, to its list vehicles that earned the group's Top Safety Pick award.
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Too much traffic and too little parking have already made Washington area drivers among the most enthusiastic adopters of car sharing -- and the two leading car-share companies are betting millions that many more area drivers are willing to give up their car keys.
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ST. GEORGE -- Police are looking for the perpetrators after about 16 cars were hit with a paint-stripping chemical, causing nearly $32,000 in damage.  Investigators said the cars were sprayed last week with a chemical that left a 6-inch-wide strip of bubbling paint on the sides.
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SAN FRANCISCO Thousands of Wells Fargo and Company mortgage and student-loan customers may be at risk for identity theft after four computers were stolen last month from a vendor that prints loan statements.
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SOUTH OGDEN, Utah - Zachary Hayden liked the car so much, he only needed to stop at the bank to get some money. The problem is, police said, he didn't have an account there...
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By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO  ANAHEIM, Calif. - A wildfire burning among houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles was ignited by flames from a stolen car that was intentionally set ablaze during strong Santa Ana winds, a fire official said Monday.
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Janette Fennell became an auto safety crusader on the terrible night nearly a decade ago when she and her husband were robbed at gunpoint and forced into the trunk of their car. The Fennells escaped unharmed, and the experience led them to form a group that lobbied successfully to get the government to require release levers in trunks.
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How&#39;s this for rough justice: A video game named for an act of stealing was stolen. A version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, due to hit stores next week, ended up on the Web late Wednesday
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By Hiroko Sato, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 27--DUNSTABLE -- Leah Basbanes talked about it whenever she ran into  her neighbors at the transfer station over the past year.
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Police are investigating whether a number of car thefts in south Belfast are linked.
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(Washington-AP, October 19, 2004, 8:54 am) It seems as though lots of people want a Cadillac Escalade EXT. But those who have one didn&#39;t necessarily pay for it.