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November 3, 2011
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National

Debit Card Claim Payments Increase Efficiency While Saving Money

It costs an insurer up to $10 for each payment issued as a check. Besides the price of a stamp, this figure also takes into account behind ...

Study: Car Wrecks Cost Americans $300 Billion Annually

The costs of motor vehicle crashes is three times higher than the costs associated with traffic congestion, according to a study examining ...

Treasury Receives $972 Million Repayment from AIG

American International Group on Monday repaid $972 million to the U.S. Treasury. The latest repayment brings the insurance giant's ...
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East

Tug Pilot Gets Year in Deadly Pa. Duck Boat Crash

A tug pilot distracted by cellphone calls amid a family emergency was sentenced Tuesday to one year and a day in prison for a deadly river ...

Rules to Handle Youth Concussions Nears Law in Pennsylvania

Coaches are likely to get new rules shortly on how they handle concussions sustained by Pennsylvania student athletes. The state Senate ...

New Hampshire Family Treated for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Fire officials say a New Hampshire family has been treated at a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning, which they attribute to a gas ...

Feds Sue Mortgage Broker, Alleging Lending Fraud

The federal government has sued one of the nation's largest privately held mortgage brokers in New York. It says the company committed ...
Midwest

St. Louis E.coli Probe Focuses on Grocery Salads

Investigators were looking into a possible link between salad bars at a major grocery chain and 33 suspected E. coli cases in the St. Louis ...

Missouri Burglary Suspect Causes Wreck While Fleeing

A St. Louis, Mo., burglary suspect and two others are seriously injured but expected to survive after the suspect allegedly ran a red light ...

Michigan Mayor Says Halloween Fires Down

Detroit, Mich., Mayor Dave Bing says fires during the Halloween period fell 44 percent from a year earlier. Bing told reporters Tuesday ...

N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency Reverses Deputy Decision

North Dakota's workers' compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County ...
Southeast

Florida Governor Wants Answers on Citizens’ Downsizing

Gov. Rick Scott wants the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to recommend ways to shore up the troubled insurer. Scott, who ...

Florida Governor Hears PIP Horror Stories

A consumer insurance advocate says Florida's motor vehicle no-fault personal injury protection insurance is riddled with fraud and becoming ...

Flood Insurance Issues Cause N.C. Officials to Write

Two North Carolina state officials want flood insurance claims adjusters to return to areas pummeled by Hurricane Irene to ensure home and ...

Group Wants Action to Prevent N.C. Farmworker Deaths

A farmworker advocacy group is calling on North Carolina officials to be more consistent in inspections and penalties for operations that ...
South Central

Report Details Flash Flood that Killed 20 in Arkansas

A flash flood that killed 20 people last year in southwest Arkansas was caused by as much as 4.7 inches of rain falling in the upper Little ...

Millions Awarded in Louisiana Oil Lawsuit

A Terrebonne Parish judge has awarded more than $11 million to a Houma family stemming from a dispute over unpaid oil royalties. The ...
West

Auto Storage Yard Fire Flares Again in Nevada

Henderson firefighters are again dousing an auto yard fire in an industrial area near the U.S. 95 freeway. Fire officials say the blaze ...

Lawsuit Filed in Nevada Air Race Crash

The family of a Texas man killed when a racing aircraft crashed into spectators in the National Championship Air Races in Reno filed a $25 ...

Judge Allows Montana Fraud Suit Against BP

A Montana judge will allow a fraud complaint to go forward against oil giant BP, but he cautioned that the state has a long way to go to ...

APEX Investigation Welcomes Fischer as New President

APEX Investigation, a California based business specializing in insurance, workers compensation, liability and human resource ...
International

English Tremors Blamed on Shale ‘Fracking’

The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial ...

Shell Uses Internet to Show Nigeria Oil Spill Data

Royal Dutch Shell PLC long has argued that thieves are to blame for most of the oil spills coming from pipelines in Nigeria's ...

Thai Flood Holdouts Complicate Relief Efforts

There's no food left for sale anywhere near Thipawan Pipatkul's house. In fact, there's not much of her house left above the surface now ...

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