Friday 4 November 2011

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November 4, 2011
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National

U.S. Report Blasts China, Russia for Cybercrime

Cyber-attacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts ...

GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to $3B Settlement with U.S.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed in principle with the U.S. government on a $3 billion settlement of investigations into the company's sales ...

AIG Loses $4B on Planes, Weak Markets

Insurer American International Group lost more than $4 billion in the third quarter, as its aircraft leasing unit took an impairment charge ...
East

Judge: Man Suing Facebook Must Return to US

A man who's been staying in Ireland while his lawsuit claiming half ownership of Facebook is argued has been told to come home. The Buffalo ...

Mass. Lt. Gov. Crashes State Car

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray escaped serious injury when he lost control of his state-issued vehicle and crashed after hitting a ...

NRC: Virginia Nuclear Reactors Could Restart Next Week

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says two nuclear reactors shut down since the August earthquake could be restarted as early as next week. ...

Pa. Woman Faces Sentence for Arsonist’s Alibi

A western Pennsylvania woman is set for sentencing on charges that she provided a false alibi for a man later convicted and sentenced to ...
Midwest

Indiana Fair Stage Collapse Legal Claims Reach 100

The deadline for victims of the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse to file legal claims with the state has passed, and officials say ...

Nebraska Grain Elevator Accused of Safety Failings

Federal regulators have proposed $126,500 in penalties for a south-central Nebraska grain elevator that's accused of safety violations. The ...

OSHA Cites Wisconsin Sandblasting Company

A federal workplace-safety organization has cited a Waukesha sandblasting company for 42 safety and health violations, including four ...

Missouri Utility Fire Releases Carbon Monoxide

Three employees of a Springfield power plant have been released from the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a fire ...

USDA Declares 44 Illinois Counties Disaster Areas

Summer's drought and excessive heat have led the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 44 Illinois counties natural disaster areas. ...
Southeast

Alpha Says Safety Improving at Legacy Massey Mines

The number of mine injuries has been cut in the five months since Alpha Natural Resources bought Massey Energy, which had owned the coal ...

Kentucky City Tearing Down Garage Where Concrete Panel Fell

A 30-year-old Lexington parking garage where a concrete panel fell from an upper deck to the sidewalk last spring is being torn down. Mayor ...

Feds Agree to Flood Insurance Re-inspections in N.C.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its flood insurance arm will re-inspect more eastern North Carolina homes and businesses ...

Restoration Brings Back Fire-damaged Fla. Theatre

When the downtown Milton fire of January 2009 was over, the historic Imogene Theatre stood blackened, broken and soggy. "The fire was our ...
South Central

Fatal Sewer Line Accident in North Texas

One worker is dead and another is missing after they were apparently overcome by fumes while working on a sewer line in North Texas, ...

Oklahoma Residents Sue Company Over Fly-ash Pit

Residents in a southeast Oklahoma town have filed a lawsuit to close an old mining pit where fly ash from a nearby coal-powered plant is ...

Arkansas Company Settle Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by a former Heifer International executive has been dismissed with the parties reaching a mediated settlement. Arkansas ...

Child Critically Injured at Louisiana State Fair

A young boy was critically injured Wednesday at the Louisiana State Fair after he wound up trapped under a ride in the fair's children's ...
West

Arizona DPS Warns Drivers of Potential Dust Storms Today

The Department of Public Safety is warning drivers that potential dust storms Friday may lead to hazardous driving conditions on southern ...

Suit Says Oregon State Hospital Patient Mistreated

A $10 million lawsuit alleges a patient at the Oregon State Hospital was overmedicated, mistreated and as a result suffered permanent ...

29th Person Dies in Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak

The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in ...

Arizona Man Sentenced in Warehouse Break-ins

A Tucson man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into four warehouses last year. Pima County prosecutors say 47-year-old ...

Alaska Officials Warn of Hospital Building Collapse

City officials are warning that the old hospital building in Ketchikan is deteriorating and likely will collapse, perhaps as early as this ...
International

All Rescued in Egypt Ferry Fire On the Red Sea

All 1,200 passengers who were on board a ferry that caught fire on the Red Sea en route to Egypt's port of Nuweiba were rescued and the ...

Boeing 777 Slides Off Munich Runway

A spokesman for Munich airport says a Singapore Airlines flight with some 200 passengers aboard slid off the runway just after landing but ...

Police Recover 2 Stolen Paintings by Dutch Masters

Police recovered two stolen paintings by Dutch masters and handed them back Thursday to the provincial museum they were stolen from five ...

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