Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | 9/11′s Costly Insurance Impact
Sep 9, 2011 -- According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), 9/11 was the largest claims payout in global insurance history. The terror attack produced insured losses of about $32.5 billion; the cost exceeded only by Hurricane Katrina. 9/11-related ... | | 2. | Florida Judge Tosses Negligence Lawsuit Against SeaWorld
Sep 9, 2011 -- A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by New Hampshire parents who claimed their 10-year-old son suffered emotional distress when he witnessed a killer whale drown a SeaWorld trainer. Last week, Judge Julie O'Kane ruled that Suzanne and Todd ... | | 3. | 5 Women Sue Boy Scouts Over 1970s Montana Sex Abuse
Sep 9, 2011 -- Five women who were sexually abused by a scout leader in the 1970s when they were children in a Montana co-ed program sued the Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday, saying the organization should be held responsible for the man's actions. The women, ... | | 4. | Rains Flood Maryland Roads, Strand Drivers
Sep 9, 2011 -- Firefighters were among those who had to be rescued as storms flooded roads Wednesday, trapping cars in rushing water and filling basements in a region still cleaning up from Hurricane Irene less than two weeks ago. A swift water rescue boat ... | | 5. | Texas Fires Kill 4, Destroy More Than 1,600 Homes
Sep 8, 2011 -- One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history has left more than 1,600 homes in ruins and stretched the state's firefighting ranks to the ... | | 6. | California Gold Fever Sweeps the Criminal Underworld
Sep 8, 2011 -- Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket. "I am not afraid,'' the former ... | | 7. | Someone Spiking Roads to Louisiana Deer Camps
Sep 8, 2011 -- Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen says vandals are spiking roads to hunting camps in the Plain Dealing area, damaging more than 20 tires and creating a dangerous hazard for people. He says the vandalism started last year. With deer season around the ... | | 8. | New Border Fence Proving to be a Big Obstacle in Arizona
Sep 7, 2011 -- The higher the wall, the harder they will fall. That's what border crossers trying to scale the new border fence at Nogales are painfully finding out. The imposing new border fence running through Nogales is proving to be a treacherous obstacle for ... | | 9. | $3.4M Jury Verdict in Texas Case Against Medical Malpractice Insurer
Sep 7, 2011 -- A doctor was awarded $3.4 million after jurors found that a Texas-based medical malpractice insurer committed unfair and deceptive practices when it wrongly denied insurance coverage after the doctor was sued by a former patient. In the verdict, ... | | 10. | Florida Meter Reader Sues National Enquirer
Sep 7, 2011 -- The Orlando meter reader who found 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's remains is suing a tabloid newspaper for defamation. Roy Kronk filed the lawsuit Thursday against the National Enquirer over a headline the tabloid ran in December 2009 that said "Meter ... | | |
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