Tuesday 13 December 2011

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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December 13, 2011
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National

How to Boost Salvage Recoveries

Because each salvage claim is unique, handling salvage recovery can be difficult and organization is the key to optimizing recoveries, ...

A Few Chinese Hacker Teams Do Most U.S. Data Theft

As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, do the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks ...

In Wash. Base, Securing the Country’s Cyber Space

In the next war, one of the battlescapes is likely to include a brick building shaded by fir trees, not far from Interstate 5, north of ...

Riegler Joins XL as President of North America Primary Casualty

XL Group plc's North America Property & Casualty unit added Ken Riegler as president of its North America Casualty group. Riegler will ...
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East

18 People Arrested on Workers' Comp Fraud Charges in New York

New York State Department of Financial Services announced last week that 18 people in 13 New York counties have been arrested on workers' ...

Massachusetts Men Accused of Stealing Storm Grates

Two men are headed to court to answer charges that they stole 22 metal storm grates from several southeastern Massachusetts communities and ...

Cameras in New Jersey Jitneys Valuable to Law Enforcement

Surveillance cameras installed in Atlantic City, N.J.,'s jitneys a year ago have proved to be a valuable tool for law enforcement. One ...

Vermont To Give Post-Irene Updated Budget Estimate

The top budget official in the administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to give lawmakers the state's best estimate of how ...
Midwest

Tenants Warned Troubled Ohio Mall May Be Shut Down

Tenants at an Ohio shopping mall have been told to be ready in case county officials decide to shut the place down. Wood County ...

Missouri Town Recovering After April Tornado

The same Good Friday tornado that slammed into Lambert Airport and damaged hundreds of homes in St. Louis County made its first stop in the ...

Nebraska Police Still See Problems with Texting Ban

Law enforcement officials continue to grapple with how to enforce a 2010 state law that bans texting while driving. The Telegram reports ...

Experts: Little Oversight of Class Labs in Minnesota

A science demonstration that went bad in a Maple Grove middle school this month has drawn attention to the fact that there's little ...
Southeast

Alabama Judge Grants Probation to 4 in Oil Spill Fraud

Four people will spend five years on probation after being convicted of pocketing money from Gulf oil spill claims. The Press-Register ...

Crews in Alabama Town Continue Tornado Cleanup

Work crews in Auburn, Opelika and Lee County, Ala., are continuing to clear debris from a November tornado. In Auburn, city engineer Jeff ...

About 45 Displaced After Metro Atlanta Fire

About 45 people were displaced from their homes after fire roared through a Marietta, Ga., apartment complex. Authorities tell CBS Atlanta ...

MSHA Skirted Questions on Methane at West Virginia Mine

Newly disclosed records show U.S. Labor Department officials stopped independent investigators from questioning how federal regulators ...
South Central

Man Dies in Crash with Oklahoma City Ambulance

A man was killed Saturday in Oklahoma City when the car he was driving collided with an ambulance that was en route to an emergency call, ...

Arsonist Sentenced for Houston Blaze

A judge has sentenced a Houston man who had been suspected of setting a series of fires to 40 years in state prison for one of the blazes. ...

Louisiana Property Damage Case Against Army Corps Will Be Heard This Week

A lawsuit alleging the Army Corps of Engineers ruined property in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward in Louisiana, after it built a ...
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West

California Family Who Lost 4 Sues Over Military Jet Crash

A family that lost four members when a military jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 is suing the U.S. government for compensation ...

Colorado Lawsuit Claims Troopers Covered Up Crash

A Littleton, Colo., family injured in a car crash involving the former Garfield County sheriff claims the officer got special treatment by ...

New Mexico City’s Police Suits Cost $7M in 2 Years

Albuquerque, N.M., has paid nearly $7 million in the past two years settle lawsuits triggered by police officers' actions. The lawsuits ...

Car Fire Spreads to Washington Home

A fire that damaged a Spokane, Wash., home started with a car fire. The occupant was working on the car Saturday, trying to cut off the ...
International

AIR: Northern UK, Scotland Battered by Windstorm Friedhelm

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a red alert was issued for winds in Scotland and the Northern UK by the Met Office. ...

India Official: We’re Trying to Avoid Future Fires

The top official in India's West Bengal state told mourners Monday that her government was working to ensure that a hospital fire that ...

More U.K. Households at Greater Risk of Winter Flooding This Year

The soaring cost of energy bills is being blamed for the 1.6 million homes at greater risk of winter flooding caused by a burst pipe as ...

Navigators Launches International Defense Costs Coverage

The Navigators Group Inc. has created an international defense costs policy for individual directors in the wake of developments in ...

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