INDIANAPOLIS - Fatal motorcycle accidents have become more common over the last decade as the vehicles become more popular - leading some to ask whether it’s time for Indiana to consider a mandatory helmet law.

With gasoline now nearing and sometimes above $4 a gallon in Carson City, some might be considering light motor bikes as an alternative mode of transportation.

The Lake County Fairgrounds were relatively quiet Sunday morning, with only a classic car show drawing a small crowd to the east side of the property. But on the south side, a plywood sign posted outside a locked gate featured a message scrawled in orange

Florida residents soon could face increased surcharges on their home, auto and other insurance policies because the state's catastrophe fund requires more money to pay claims from past hurricanes.

Higher gasoline prices are likely to accelerate the continuing upswing in motorcycle ownership in North Carolina and increase a motorcycle death rate on the state's highways that already ranks as the eighth worst in the nation, according to an analysis b