Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Smash U.S. Record
Dec 9, 2011 -- America smashed the record for billion-dollar weather disasters this year with a deadly dozen, and counting. With an almost biblical onslaught of twisters, floods, snow, drought, heat and wildfire, the U.S. in 2011 has seen more weather catastrophes ... | | 2. | Louisiana Regulators Warn of Dangers if Neti Pots Used Improperly
Dec 8, 2011 -- State health regulators warned residents Tuesday about the dangers of using neti pots improperly. A neti pot, which looks like a genie's lamp, is commonly used to irrigate sinuses. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued its warning ... | | 3. | Research: Bed Bugs Can Thrive Despite Inbreeding
Dec 8, 2011 -- Bed bugs aren't just sleeping with you. They're sleeping with each other. Researchers now say that the creepy bugs have a special genetic gift: withstanding incest. It turns out that unlike most creatures, bed bugs are able to inbreed with close ... | | 4. | Chartis Obtains $575 Million of Reinsurance Coverage
Dec 7, 2011 -- Chartis today announced that it has entered into a reinsurance transaction with Compass Re, which will provide $575 million of protection to Chartis against U.S. hurricanes and earthquakes. This represents a substantial increase from the $275 ... | | 5. | Rogue Physicians' Impact on Medical Malpractice Claims
Dec 6, 2011 -- Medical malpractice claims related to the conduct of rogue physicians are on the rise. "It seems to be a growing problem," according to Linda E. Jones, executive vice president at RCM&D Healthcare, a Baltimore-based insurance consultant. ... | | 6. | Squatters Occupy Texas Houses Worth More than $8M
Dec 6, 2011 -- One person moved into a dead neighbor's house. Another came from Memphis, Tenn., to Fort Worth to lay claim to a $2.7 million mansion. Tarrant County, Texas, has become the go-to place for an assortment of squatters claiming other people's houses as ... | | 7. | New York Lawyer Gets Paid $1.50 for Civil Rights Victory
Dec 6, 2011 -- Attorney Harrison Williams should have made $75,000 for work he did on behalf of a prisoner who filed a lawsuit. Instead, an appeals court ruled, he earned $1.50. The prisoner, who claimed he had his religious rights violated when his dreadlocks ... | | 8. | Actress’ Lawsuit Puts Focus on Age as Job Barrier
Dec 5, 2011 -- A million-dollar lawsuit by an actress who claims her job prospects were damaged when she was outed online as a 40-year-old has run smack into conventional wisdom: If Sandra Bullock, 47, and Helen Mirren, 66, are getting steady work, bias against ... | | 9. | Mom: Amputation Decision in Pennsylvania Bus Crash ‘Excruciating’
Dec 5, 2011 -- An eastern Pennsylvania woman says the decision whether to have doctors amputate her 16-year-old daughter's leg after she was run over by a school bus was "excruciating'' and the "worst day ever of my life.'' Faced with that testimony, a Bucks ... | | 10. | Ocean Spray Expands Craisins Recall
Dec 5, 2011 -- Ocean Spray on Friday expanded its ongoing recall of some of its Craisins dried cranberry products to include five more "Best By'' code dates, because the packages could contain very small metal fragments. The recall involves 5-ounce, 10-ounce and ... | | |
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