Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Floods May Damage Quarter of Thai Rice Crop, Exports Hit
Oct 28, 2011 -- Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation's worst flooding in decades, the government estimates, which could boost prices of the staple and further squeeze shipments from the world's top exporter. The flood damage to rice comes ... | | 2. | $15M Lawsuit in Mass. Pizza Delivery Killing
Oct 28, 2011 -- The family of a Boston, Mass., pizza delivery man has filed a $15 million wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Domino's Pizza Inc. and Deutsche Bank after he was lured to a vacant home owned by the bank, then robbed and stabbed to death. ... | | 3. | Texas Website Operator Indicted for Streaming Copyrighted Sporting Events
Oct 27, 2011 -- The operator of a website that allegedly streamed live, copyrighted sporting events on the Internet illegally was indicted on Oct. 22, 2011, for criminal infringement of a copyright. According to the indictment, between 2005 and Jan. 31, 2011, Bryan ... | | 4. | New York High Court Dismisses Dogbite Lawsuit
Oct 27, 2011 -- New York's highest court has dismissed a 4-year-old lawsuit against Marijane Reilly of Onondaga County and her Labrador-husky mix Mollie, citing a legal precedent known as "first bite." John and Lisa Smith sued because Mollie broke her leash and ran ... | | 5. | Japan Tsunami Debris Floating Toward Hawaii
Oct 27, 2011 -- Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on Hawaii's shores by early 2013, before reaching the West Coast, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists. A Russian training ship spotted the junk - ... | | 6. | Burst Money Bag Spreads Cash on I-40 in Oklahoma City
Oct 26, 2011 -- A bank bag burst and scattered cash on Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City - leading motorists to stop on the interstate and grab bundles of money. Emergency Medical Services Authority paramedic Shawn Altebaumer told The Oklahoman that he drove onto the ... | | 7. | Facebook Page at Miss. Crime Scene Leads to Arrest
Oct 26, 2011 -- A Facebook page left up on a computer at a burglary scene has resulted in the arrest of a Jackson, Miss., man. The Clarion-Ledger reports that prosecutors told a judge Monday that the Facebook page is a key piece of evidence against 30-year-old ... | | 8. | Workers’ Comp Insurer Agrees to Pay Joplin Injury Claim
Oct 26, 2011 -- Mark Lindquist, whose against-the-odds story of survival and heroism in the Joplin tornado touched people around the world, got some good news Monday: The insurance company that initially denied his medical claim agreed to pay. Lindquist, 51, was ... | | 9. | How to Manage a Large Fire Scene Investigation
Oct 25, 2011 -- Conducting a successful large loss fire investigation requires a combination of pre-planning and cooperation in dealings with public sector officials. It also means having previously identified a qualified expert familiar with large, not small, fire ... | | 10. | Scientist: German Satellite Must Have Crashed into Asia
Oct 25, 2011 -- A defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in Southeast Asia on Sunday, a U.S. scientist said - but no one is still quite sure where. Most parts of the minivan-sized ROSAT research satellite were expected to burn up as they ... | | |
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