Friday 16 September 2011

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September 16, 2011
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National

Toyota Announces New Safety Research Projects

Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) announced 10 new research initiatives to enhance the development, testing and ...

Deere Recalls About 15,500 Lawn Tractors

Deere & Co. is recalling about 15,500 lawn tractors sold since last December due to a problem involving mower blade brake assemblies ...

U.S. Airlines Say Pilot Fatigue Rule Would Cost Jobs

Big U.S. airlines told the Obama administration Thursday complying with a regulation in the works to combat pilot fatigue would cost $2 ...
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East

Lloyd's Syndicate Sues Saudi Arabia for $215M Over 9/11 Claims

Lloyd's of London's Syndicate 3500 filed a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, several Saudi charity and financial organizations and ...

Maine Harbor Owner to Seek Damages from Wakes

A Maine marina owner says he's going to seek reimbursement for damages to his docks and his customers' boats from the owners of the two ...

Delaware Town’s Police Say Metal Thefts on the Rise

Wilmington police say there have been nearly 200 cases of thieves stealing metal piping from vacant properties across the city this year. ...
Midwest

Indiana Fair’s Plan Short on Evacuation Details

An emergency response plan drafted 10 months before the Indiana State Fair's deadly stage collapse details how staff should handle ...

Calmer Winds Slow Growth of Minnesota Wildfire

Calmer winds, cooler temperatures and a few moments of sleet and light snow brought encouragement Wednesday as firefighters continued ...

Fired Contractor Blamed in Missouri Courthouse Soaking

A contractor fired at the federal courthouse in St. Louis a decade ago is blamed for installing a misaligned pipe that broke and flooded ...

Blaze at Wisconsin Co-Op Does $500,000 in Damage

An early-morning fire at a farmers' cooperative union prompted a brief village evacuation over concerns that the fire could reach chemicals ...
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Southeast

Florida Set to Tackle PIP Auto Insurance Reform Again

Florida state officials, insurers, medical providers, and consumer groups are preparing to re-examine the state's no-fault auto insurance ...

Georgia Official Estimates Tornado Damage at $15M

Authorities estimate that a tornado and strong storms in north Georgia inflicted at least $15 million in damage. Insurance Commissioner ...

Trial Starts on Damage Lawsuits in TVA Ash Spill

The first federal trial on lawsuits seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority's huge coal ash spill is set to start. A bench ...

Equipment Stolen from Disaster Relief Group

Police in western Kentucky are investigating after several thousand dollars' worth of tools were stolen from a disaster relief group. The ...
South Central

Storm Center Works Up Trends for Arkansas Tornadoes

Arkansas has had more tornadoes on average in the past decade, when measured against the prior 20 years, according to an analysis of ...

10 Years Since Accidental Collapse of Texas Bridge

South Padre Island Mayor Robert Pinkerton Jr. admits he does a double take when he sees barges and tugboats traveling near the Queen ...
West

California Border Crossing Shutdown Snarls Traffic

The morning commute threatened to be unusually long Thursday at the nation's busiest border crossing after all U.S.-bound traffic was ...

Colorado Farm Says Listeria Found in Cantaloupe

A Colorado farm is voluntarily recalling its cantaloupes after one of its melons tested positive for Listeria. According to KMGH-TV, Jensen ...

Oregon Trial Begins in Suit Over Stun Gun Use

A trial is under way in Eugene over a police officer's use of a stun gun to stop a man fleeing over a fence from a traffic stop. The ...

Suit in Fatal Nevada Amtrak Crash Says Door Locked

Another lawsuit filed against Amtrak in the fatal crash with a truck in Nevada this summer blames a locked door on the train for making the ...
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International

Oil Workers Survived Mexican Storm in Tiny Raft

A small, flat fiberglass raft was all 10 oil workers had to escape the leveling winds and towering waves of Tropical Storm Nate as it ...

2 Killed in Norway Cruise Ship Fire

Two people were killed and at least nine injured on Thursday in a fire on a cruise liner operating on a popular route along Norway's craggy ...

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