Tuesday 8 November 2011

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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November 8, 2011
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National

Congress Moves to Create New Farm Subsidy

Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops - an unprecedented ...

Madoff Ex-clients File $19B Suit Against JPMorgan

Former customers of Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme filed a class action lawsuit on Monday seeking to recover $19 billion from ...

Health Costs of 6 U.S. Climate Disasters Totals $14B

Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the ...
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East

Report: Safety Lapses Factors in Virginia Worker’s Death

A new report says safety lapses and equipment failures contributed to the death of a Norfolk, Va., sanitation worker. Fifty-one-year-old ...

R.I. Police Department Replacing Aging Bulletproof Vests

The Providence Police Department is stepping up efforts to replace outdated bulletproof vests that could expose officers to injury in case ...

Report: Va. Nuclear Plant Owner Knew of Faulting

Federal regulators and the operator of a Virginia nuclear power plant rattled by an Aug. 23 earthquake covered up knowledge of geologic ...

Car Crashes Into Empty Pennsylvania Church

Police say an out-of-control car slammed into the front of an empty western Pennsylvania church but no one was inside at the time. ...

BDO Appoints Schweers Head of Insurance Claim Services Practice

BDO Consulting, a professional service organization providing litigation, investigation, insurance claims, business restructuring and risk ...
Midwest

Trial Delay for Nebraska Woman in School District Fire

A trial has been delayed for a former Lincoln Public Schools worker accused of starting a fire that destroyed the district's headquarters. ...

Illinois Didn’t Investigate Most Hospital Complaints

The Illinois Department of Public Health didn't investigate 85 percent of the 560 hospital complaints it received last year even when the ...

Mich. Supreme Court Puts an End to Broken Ankle Lawsuit

A man who broke his ankle near the Detroit River won't be getting any money from the city of Detroit. The Michigan Supreme Court says it ...

November Has Most Vehicle-deer Collisions in Iowa

Iowa drivers should be extra careful in November, according to the state Department of Natural Resources, because the month has the highest ...
Southeast

Bike Fatality Prompts Stronger Look at Miss. City’s 3-foot Rule

The death last month of a bicycle rider in a traffic accident has led city leaders in Oxford, Miss., to take a stronger look at bicycle ...

Carpet Glue Makes Fla. Country Club Workers Sick

Fire officials say fumes from glue used to install carpet caused several employees at Boca West Country Club to feel sick. Palm Beach ...

N.C. Teen Dies After Fall from Conn. Dorm Window

Police say a North Carolina teenager has died of injuries he sustained after falling from a fourth-floor dormitory window at a Connecticut ...

West Virginia Nursing Home Challenges $91M Jury Award

A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an elderly woman hours after ...
South Central

Lawsuit Alleges ‘Fight Club’ at Louisiana School

Parents of a student at a junior high school in Gray, La., say in a lawsuit that their son was taunted into fighting a fellow student in ...

Motorcycle Stunt Rider McNeil Dies in Texas Accident

A motorcycle stunt rider has died from injuries suffered during practice for an exhibition at Texas Motor Speedway. Jim McNeil was taken by ...

La. Suit Filed Over 2010 Death at Community College

A man whose son was killed in an accident last year during a class at River Parishes Community College has filed a lawsuit. The Advocate ...

GEICO Hiring 100 Employees in Dallas, Texas

GEICO's Dallas management team plans to fill 100 positions in sales, service and claims between now and the end of January. GEICO will be ...
West

Colorado Listeria Lawsuits Could Target Grocers, Auditor

An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe blamed for the deaths of 29 people could be costly for grocery stores, a distributor and an auditing ...

Stolen Idaho Heron Sculpture Returned

A stolen public art piece of a great blue heron valued at $3,000 has returned to its roost in northern Idaho. The 3-foot heron made of ...

Utah Tries to Put Out 70-year-old Underground Fire

Utah officials are making a new push to extinguish an underground fire that has been burning in an old coal mine since 1941. Louis Amodt of ...

Calif. Pipe Bursts in Test, Closes Freeway Lanes

A 2-foot-wide section of pipe burst Sunday during a high-pressure water test along the same Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline in Northern ...
International

Moderate Quake Sparks Panic in Philippine City

A moderate earthquake in the southern Philippines has injured one person, knocked out power and prompted the evacuation of dozens of ...

Kenyan Official Gleans Safety Ideas from S.C. Visit

A delegation from the Republic of Kenya is visiting South Carolina to learn about ways to improve the East African nation's automotive ...

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