Wednesday 30 November 2011

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November 30, 2011
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National

St Jude Advises Doctors of Defibrillator Leads Failures

St Jude Medical Inc has sent a letter to doctors advising them that its Riata leads that connect implanted defibrillators to the heart have ...

Facebook Settles Privacy Case with U.S. FTC

Facebook has settled complaints that it disregarded its users' privacy, agreeing to establish a raft of measures to better protect its 800 ...

Safety Oversight of Government Aircraft Lacking

Nonmilitary government agencies operate more aircraft than the world's largest airline but are subject to little federal safety oversight - ...

BP, Others Face More Citations in Gulf Spill

The Obama administration says BP and two other companies are likely to face new citations for alleged safety and environmental violations ...

Liquid Claims Introduces New Forecast Plus Software Tool

Liquid Claims LLC, a claims settlement services provider for investors involved in securities class action suits, has launched Forecast ...
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East

Looking for Love Hazardous for New Jersey Deer and Drivers

It's the time of year when New Jersey's deer population is looking for love, and sometimes in all the wrong places - like on the roads. The ...

Vermont High Court Rules State Police Can Be Sued

Two Vermont State Police troopers who went to the wrong house when asked the check on the welfare of an elderly woman can be sued over her ...

2 Workers Seriously Injured in Fall at Connecticut Campus

State police say two construction workers were seriously injured after falling 30 to 40 feet off scaffolding in Storrs near the University ...

Virginia Gets $2.1M for Storm-damaged Roads, Bridges

Virginia is getting federal help to pay for repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Department ...
Midwest

Wis. Court: Claims Can Go to Attorney General’s Headquarters

Talk about your legal technicalities. Three state doctors are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to ...

Fire Crews Respond to 6 Suspicious Michigan Fires

The Detroit Fire Department says it responded to six suspicious fires at vacant homes on the city's north side. Arson Unit Lt. Dennis ...

Bus Vandalism Closes Indiana School District

Authorities say thieves stole the batteries from more than two dozen buses belonging to a suburban Indianapolis school district, leading it ...

Jury Awards $27M in Damages Over Indiana Explosion

A jury has awarded $27 million in damages to a family over a propane explosion at a central Indiana horse farm that killed a man and ...

Towering Fire Hits Ohio Insulation Factory

A massive and fast-moving fire at an Ohio insulation factory sent flames shooting two stories high and caused the building's walls to ...
Southeast

Subcontractor Owes Mississippi Navy Base for Stolen Tools

A 61-year-old Long Beach man has been fined $1,000 and ordered to repay the Navy nearly $5,000 for tools stolen while he worked as a ...

U.S. to Pay $2.5M in Florida Man’s Anthrax Death

The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the widow and family of a Florida tabloid photo editor killed in the 2001 anthrax ...

Sheriff: Drag Racing Big Problem for Georgia County

Authorities say drag racing is a serious problem in Burke County, where two people were killed when a car careened out of control during a ...
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South Central

Arkansas Man Sues City for Putting Sewer Part in Yard

An Ashdown, Ark., resident is suing the city for installing a sewer lift station in his backyard without permission. Dale Ford said he ...

Child Injured at Louisiana State Fair Released from Hospital

A 4-year-old boy injured on a ride at the State Fair of Louisiana has been released from the hospital. Sheldon "SJ'' Lewis, of Coushatta, ...

Arkansas to Get $1M to Repair Storm Damage to Roads

Arkansas members of the U.S. House and Senate say the state will get a $1 million grant to repair and rebuild federal highways and roads ...

Texas-based Oil, Gas Contractor Cited in North Dakota

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Houston-based oil and gas contractor for two ...
West

Blast Tied to Tofu Pan Puzzles Oregon Officials

Fire investigators in Portland, Ore., are trying to figure out how cleaning a pan of tofu could cause an explosion that broke out a window ...

Lawsuit Targets Colorado Cantaloupe Grower

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs, N.M., woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food safety auditors gave a ...

Arizona’s Fiesta Bowl Racks Up $5M in Legal Bills

The Fiesta Bowl has spent more than $5 million on lawyers since reports began surfacing nearly two years ago that employees were illegally ...

Tobey Maguire, Others Settle Over Poker Winnings

Tobey Maguire has decided to fold 'em and settle a lawsuit over his winnings from a convicted con man during high-stakes Hollywood poker ...
International

Marmite Accident Closes Major British Highway

It was not your typical road accident. A tanker carrying yeast extract - the key ingredient in that uniquely British spread Marmite - ...

Japanese Judo Coach Fired for Alleged Harassment

Retired two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Masato Uchishiba was fired on Tuesday as a university coach because of sexual harassment ...

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