Tuesday 22 November 2011

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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November 22, 2011
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National

Wireless Alarms Take Aim at Preventing Copper Thefts

A small copper theft can lead to an enormous claim - literally making a mountain out of a mole hill. Whether residential or commercial, ...

FDA Says Avastin Not Safe for Breast Cancer Treatment

The FDA has revoked the agency's approval of Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer, after concluding that the drug has not been ...
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East

Injured New Hampshire Hunter Drops Lawsuit

A hunter who was seriously hurt when a tree stand he was using collapsed has dropped his lawsuit against the landowner because someone else ...

25 Sickened by Carbon Monoxide at Pennsylvania Tractor Pull

Fire officials had to close down a tractor pull event at the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex after carbon monoxide sickened more than two ...

Officials Say Western New York Tornadoes Cost $760K

The Chautauqua County Office of Emergency Services says tornadoes that touched down in three western New York communities a week ago caused ...

Attorney: Truck in Connecticut Tailgating Death Faulty

A rented U-Haul that struck and killed a Massachusetts tailgater at a Yale-Harvard football game malfunctioned as a Yale undergraduate ...

FEMA Sizing Up Quake’s Damage in Virginia Epicenter

Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are going door-to-door in Louisa County collecting information on property damage ...
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Midwest

Oil Patch Trucks Being Inspected in North Dakota

Highway Patrol officers this week are conducting wide-scale truck inspections in northwest North Dakota and northeast Montana. Truck ...

Reward offered in Missouri Country Club Fire

Investigators in the Missouri Bootheel town of Kennett are offering a reward of up to $5,000 in the search for those responsible for a fire ...

Illinois Gets Highest Rating from MADD

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has given Illinois its highest rating for the state's efforts to combat impaired driving. Illinois Secretary ...
Southeast

Tennessee Audit Shows Public Disaster Recovery Funds Slow

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency knows about a state audit that shows public disaster recovery money is getting paid slowly but a ...

Georgia City Pays More than $1M for Damage Claims

The city of Atlanta has shelled out about $1.25 million since 2010 to settle damage claims related to broken water meter covers, potholes, ...

Amish Teen Killed in Kentucky When SUV Strikes Buggy

An Amish teenager was killed when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle in south-central ...
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South Central

Oklahoma Elementary Students Escape Burning Bus

About 20 Tulsa, Okla., elementary school students escaped without injury when the bus they were riding to school caught fire. Bus driver ...

Oklahoma State to Examine Travel Rules After Deaths

Oklahoma State University officials will examine the school's travel policy in the wake of a plane crash that killed women's basketball ...

Louisiana Traffic to Increase During the Holidays

With Thanksgiving only a few days away and Christmas and New Year's about a month away, state highway officials are urging area residents ...

Cleanup in Fatal Arkansas Building Collapse to Begin

Work is scheduled to begin Monday on the cleanup from two buildings that collapsed in Morrilton, Ark., earlier this year, killing a ...
West

Nevada Fire Fully Contained at Nearly 2,000 Acres

The southwest Reno fire that forced thousands to flee and destroyed 32 homes is fully contained at nearly 2,000 acres, fire officials said ...

FEMA Maps Show Some Phoenix Metro Homeowners Live in Flood Areas

Federal officials are telling hundreds of property owners across the Phoenix metro area they live in a designated flood plain that could ...

Oregon City Behind on Accessible Curb Ramps

City officials in Bend, Ore., say it could be a few decades before all curb ramps in the city meet the federal requirements of the American ...

Insurance Won’t Cover Idaho County Sheriff for Personnel Claims

Owyhee County's insurer told the county commissioners it would no longer cover the sheriff against any claims involving personnel matters, ...

Montana Ski Resort Can’t Open Without Insurance

Officials with Teton Pass Ski Resort say the facility will not open this season because of a problem obtaining insurance for the 2011-2012 ...
International

Brazil Official Sees $28 Million Fine for Chevron

Rio de Janeiro state's environment secretary says Brazil is expected to fine Chevron nearly $28 million for an ongoing offshore oil spill. ...

Japan OKs 3rd Extra Budget for Tsunami Recovery

Japan has approved a 12 trillion yen ($156 billion) extra budget to fund reconstruction after the March 11 disasters and nuclear crisis. ...

Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Rattles Northeast India

India's Meteorological Department says an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has shaken parts of India's remote northeast. There were no immediate ...

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