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November 7, 2011
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National

Evaluating Injury Causation in Low Speed Automobile Collisions

Low speed motor vehicle collisions are a common occurrence. The use of cellular phones, text messaging, and e-mailing while driving has ...

GM Recalling 38,000 Pontiac G8s Over Airbag Issue

General Motors Co. is recalling 38,400 Pontiac G8 models made in Australia to reprogram the front-passenger airbag module. The National ...

NRSF: Drowsy Driving as Dangerous as Drunk Driving

With daylight savings time ending yesterday comes the increased likelihood of driving drowsy while driving in early morning darkness, ...

Murphy Joins Great American Insurance as Divisional VP

Great American Insurance Group's Corporate Claims has hired Emmet M. Murphy as a divisional vice president responsible for the ...
East

Police to Pay Vermont Man $7,000 Over Taser Complaint

The Vermont State Police have paid $7,000 to settle a complaint about the use of a Taser on an uncooperative man with Down syndrome and ...

Official: N.J. Couple Killed by Generator Fumes

Authorities on Friday blamed fumes from a gasoline-powered generator for the deaths of an elderly couple discovered hours before ...

Maine Deputy Suspended for Hitting Deer at 92 mph

A Maine sheriff's deputy has served a one-day suspension after striking a deer with his police cruise while driving more than 90 mph. ...

Latino Church Sues Mass. City Over Discrimination

A predominantly Latino church filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Lynn city officials Thursday, saying authorities have been ...
Midwest

Wisconsin Teen Settles Lawsuit Over Police Dog Bite

A Wisconsin teen who sued after he was bitten by a police dog has settled the case for $210,000. Seventeen-year-old Nate Livermore suffered ...

Michigan Dog Owner Wins Lawsuit Over Bite, Severed Finger

An Upper Peninsula man who wanted straw says he ended up with a knee injury and a severed finger, all related to a dog bite. Three years ...

N.D. Man Says Defective Equipment Led to Injuries

A Dickinson man is suing the maker of a battery booster for a 2005 explosion he says left him injured. Jared Shypkoski has filed a federal ...

35 People Sickened After Buffet at UW-Madison

Thirty-five people reported symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea after sharing a buffet line at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin ...

Ohio Thieves Leave with Valuable Mausoleum Doors

Thieves in northern Ohio absconded with an unusual item from a cemetery - the doors to several mausoleums. The Morning Journal of Lorain ...
Southeast

FMSCA Orders N.C. Van Company Off the Road For Safety Violations

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared North Carolina-based ATA Trail ...

Helicopter Crashes in Florida Yard

Federal investigators are examining the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the front yard of a West Palm Beach home. No serious ...

Settlement Near in Sago Mine Disaster Lawsuit

A West Virginia judge will consider approving a settlement in the six remaining wrongful-death lawsuits filed by the families of miners who ...

Mississippi Courthouse Plumbing Problem Floods Office

A valve malfunction in the plumbing system at the Hinds County Courthouse sent water cascading from ceilings. Desks in Circuit Clerk ...
South Central

Texas Troopers Interviewing Bus Crash Survivors

Survivors of a deadly bus crash are being interviewed, but it will take time for investigators to determine why an Abilene Christian ...

USGS: Three Earthquakes Give Oklahoma the Shakes

A moderate earthquake early Saturday in central Oklahoma knocked pictures off walls and woke people and pets as it shook an area that ...

Halliburton Sued Over Okla. War Missile Casing Site

Halliburton Co faces lawsuits over groundwater pollution near a now-closed facility in Oklahoma that cleaned missile casings for the U.S. ...
West

Exxon Mobil Expects Montana Spill to Cost $135M

Exxon Mobil said it expects that its response to a July oil spill into the Yellowstone River in Montana will cost about $135 million, the ...

Police Try to Resolve Fault for Calif. Crosswalk Crash

Police were reviewing grainy surveillance video Friday to help them determine who was at fault when a car plowed into two women and the two ...

Wyoming to Adopt New Workplace Drilling Safety Rules

Wyoming's workplace safety office is adopting new safety rules for oil and gas drilling during a year in which accidents have killed five ...

Bus Fuel Spill Sickens Northern Calif. Students

Authorities say a fuel leak on a bus carrying dozens of Northern California high school students sickened or injured at least 11 youths who ...

Colorado Man Arrested in Downtown Building Fires

Authorities said Friday that a Fort Collins man is suspected of starting a fire that caused an estimated $10 million in damage to two ...

Sex Industry Mogul Sues Curator Over Appraisal

Sex industry mogul Harry Mohney has sued an art curator, claiming her faulty appraisal of items he donated to the Erotic Heritage Museum in ...
International

Naples Braces for Flooding After Heavy Rains

The mayor of Naples ordered a much-awaited soccer match scrapped Sunday for fear tens of thousands of fans could be trapped by flooding, ...

Spain Evacuates Homes in El Hierro Island

The regional government of Spain's Canary Islands has ordered the evacuation of homes and road closures near the southern tip of El Hierro ...

Landslide in Colombia leaves at least 14 dead

A Red Cross official says a landslide caused by heavy rains in northwest Colombia has killed 14 people and left dozens more missing. Cesar ...

AIR Worldwide Launches Inland Flood Model for Germany

AIR Worldwide (AIR), a catastrophe risk modeling firm, released an inland flood model for Germany that determines the likelihood of flood ...

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