Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Extreme Weather Makes Portable Generators a Hit
Sep 30, 2011 -- Alex Iwashyna didn't realize how many of her neighbors in Richmond, Virginia, had backup generators until her own family bought one in the dark days after Hurricane Irene. As she endured the drone of a combustion engine in her backyard, she noticed ... | | 2. | Reebok to Pay $25M Over Toning Shoe Claims
Sep 29, 2011 -- Reebok International Ltd. will pay $25 million to customers to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it made deceptive claims in ads that its toning shoes would measurably strengthen the legs and buttocks of those who wear them. ... | | 3. | Nationwide and Harleysville Combine
Sep 29, 2011 -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement under which Harleysville will combine with Nationwide. Under the terms of the agreement, ... | | 4. | Man Sues Missouri Diocese Over Priest’s Affair With Wife
Sep 28, 2011 -- A Missouri man is suing the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese a year after learning a Roman Catholic priest fathered a child with the man's wife half a decade ago. The civil lawsuit filed in Cass County Circuit Court claims the church knew about the ... | | 5. | Facebook Policies Tricky for Employers, Workers
Sep 27, 2011 -- In the age of instant tweets and impulsive Facebook posts, some companies are still trying to figure out how they can limit what their employees say about work online without running afoul of the law. Confusion about what workers can or can't post ... | | 6. | Police: Driver in Deadly Conn. Crash on Cellphone
Sep 27, 2011 -- Bridgeport police say a driver charged with fatally injuring a woman as she stepped off a city bus was talking on his cellphone at the time. Police say 41-one-year-old Michael Maddox of Newtown was charged Friday with negligent homicide, operating a ... | | 7. | NTSB Due to Release Early Report on Reno Air Crash
Sep 26, 2011 -- Federal investigators are expected to release a preliminary summary of their probe of a racing plane crash that killed 11 people in Reno, Nevada and injured at least 80. A National Transportation Safety Board official says there won't be any ... | | 8. | Satellite Likely in Ocean, But May Have Hit U.S.
Sep 26, 2011 -- It's as big as a bus and weighs 6 tons, but officials probably will never be able to pinpoint exactly where a massive NASA satellite plummeted to Earth. NASA space junk scientists believe that all - or nearly all - of the parts of their 20-year-old ... | | 9. | CDC: Scores Got Sick, 1 Died Trying to Kill Bedbugs
Sep 26, 2011 -- Bedbugs don't make you sick. But the poisons used to kill them can. A government study released Thursday found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18 cans of chemical fogger to ... | | 10. | New York Judge Tosses 7 WTC Suits
Sep 26, 2011 -- In tossing out a negligence lawsuit, a judge on Friday cited the "strange, improbable" events that destroyed a 47-story World Trade Center building a decade ago on Sept. 11, several hours after the 110-story twin towers fell. The claims by the ... | | |
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