Monday 19 December 2011

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December 19, 2011
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National

Enservio: Top Ten Strangest Contents Claims for 2010

Enservio, a provider of software and services to property insurance carriers and policyholders nationwide, inventories and assesses the ...

Two Centuries After New Madrid Quakes

The United States was still a young nation when three major earthquakes rocked the central Mississippi River valley in the winter of ...

Company Recalls Ground Beef Over E.coli Concern

A Nebraska meatpacker recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef products distributed in 16 states after a test confirmed the presence ...

PLRB's New Online Continuing Ed Courses Feature Conference Classes

The cameras were rolling at the PLRB/LIRB 2011 Western Regional Adjusters Conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. While presenters ...
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East

Thieves Enter New Hampshire Convenience Store Through Roof

Police are looking for two men who broke into a New Hampshire convenience store through the roof before making off with cartons of ...

New Hampshire Woman, Children Win $8.5M in Lawsuit

A New Hampshire woman and her two children have won $8.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a trucking company. A federal court ...

Dozens of Street Signs Stolen in Vermont Town

Police in Vermont are investigating the thefts of dozens of street signs in the town of Washington. Vermont State Police say a citizen on ...
Midwest

Indiana Police Seek Men Suspected in Semi Theft

Police are searching for two men suspected of stealing a semitrailer rig carrying $1.7 million worth of tablet computers from a central ...

Nebraska City Says Newest Ambulance is Lemon

Grand Island officials are asking a Wisconsin manufacturer to replace the central Nebraska city's newest ambulance that has spent more time ...

Part of Parking Deck Collapses at Cleveland Casino

Part of a deck of a parking garage for a new Cleveland casino has collapsed. Cleveland Fire Department spokesman Larry Gray says the ...

Semi-Trailer Falls From Central Illinois Overpass

The trailer of a semi-truck has fallen from a central Illinois overpass, striking a van below and sparking an explosion and intense fire. ...

North Dakota Man Files Civil Lawsuit Over Rifle Injury

A Grafton, N.D., man says a gun manufacturer is liable for injuries he suffered when a rifle discharged while he was reaching to unload it. ...
Southeast

Heavier Bodies Mean Less Seats on Georgia Ferries

Passengers are getting heavier, so the Coast Guard is trimming the number of seats on Savannah, Ga.,'s ferryboats. The Savannah Morning ...

Alabama Woman Charged With Staging Robbery

An Alabama woman is facing a felony charge after police say she set up a robbery at the store where she worked. The Dothan Eagle reports ...

Failed Claims Bills Revived in Florida Legislature

Emotion-packed bills that would compensate two men whose lives were turned upside down by governmental mistakes will get another chance ...

Georgia Army Post Starts Repairs After April Tornado

Crews at Fort Benning are working to repair three buildings damaged by a tornado on the Georgia Army post eight months ago. The Columbus ...
South Central

Runaway Cart Plows Through Crowd at Texas Stadium

A runaway electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield at Cowboys Stadium and plowed into several people after a high school ...

Car Crashes Through Roof of Texas Business

Police responding to a burglar alarm found a car crashed through the roof of a Santa Fe, Texas, business. Investigators say the car was ...

Oklahoma Woman in Horse Thefts Now Faces Arson Charge

A 19-year-old woman facing charges in two states for the theft of five horses from Southern Arkansas University is also charged with her ...
West

Disaster Loan Office for Nevada Fire Closes Dec. 23

Reno residents victimized by last month's big wildfire have another week to get information and make applications for federal disaster ...

Alaska Cops Nab 148 Drivers Exceeding 100 MPH

Anchorage police enforcing traffic laws in the past year issued nearly 150 citations to drivers exceeding 100 mph. KTVA-TV reports officers ...

Debris From Japanese Tsunami Reaches West Coast

Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast. A black float about the size of a 55-gallon drum was found two ...

Survey: Fewer Wyoming Youths Drinking and Driving

Efforts to educate Wyoming youths about drinking and driving appear to have had an effect in the past two years, but getting youths to ...

Arizona Surgeons Win $12M in Defamation Case

Two Scottsdale, Ariz., doctors have been awarded $12 million from a former patient they accused of defaming them in internet postings. The ...
International

Philippines Storm Death Toll Exceeds 650; 900 Missing

As a storm that killed more than 650 in the southern Philippines raged outside the store where she works, Amor Limbago worriedly called ...

9 Dead in Gas Explosion at Chinese Coal Mine

A gas explosion at a mine in central China has killed nine workers. The accident happened Saturday afternoon at a mine in Hunan province's ...

Migrant Ship Sinks Off Indonesia; 200 Missing

Rescuers battled high waves Sunday as they searched for 200 asylum seekers missing and feared dead after their overcrowded ship sank off ...

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