Friday 13 January 2012

Daily Headlines: Friday, January 13, 2012

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January 13, 2012
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National

Aging Workforce May Not Be So Bad for Workers' Compensation, Says NCCI

The aging workforce may not have the negative impact on loss costs that workers' compensation insurers have feared. New research from the ...

Snow, Rain Can’t Free U.S. South From Drought

Heavy snow and rain through parts of the U.S. South in the last week helped ease a historic drought, but little long-term relief was ...

Class-Action Versus American Honda Thrown Out

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used ...

General Star Launches Accountants Professional Liability Program

General Star Management Company announced its Accountants Professional Liability program. Effective January 28th, the product will be ...
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East

Maine Officials Push Youth Driver Safety

In the wake of a deadly weekend on Maine's highways for young motorists, Gov. Paul LePage and Secretary of State Charles Summers Jr. are ...

New Hampshire Fatal Accidents Drop in 2011

The number of fatal traffic accidents has dropped in New Hampshire. Department of Public Safety statistics show that 88 people were killed ...

Teen Pulled From Connecticut Pool During Gym Class Dies

Authorities say a teenager pulled out of his Connecticut high school's swimming pool during gym class has died. East Hartford Fire Chief ...

2011 Vermont Traffic Deaths at Lowest Level Since 1944

The number of people who died on Vermont highways last year dropped 22 percent last year, to 55, the lowest number since 1944, officials ...
Midwest

South Dakota Deputy Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft by Deception

A South Dakota sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft by deception for submitting fraudulent applications to an ...

Indiana Nose Doctor Sues Alabama Insurance Company

A former nose surgeon from northwestern Indiana accused of billing insurers and patients for procedures he didn't perform is suing his ...

Boats Burn at Northern Illinois Marina

More than a dozen boats burned when a fire broke out at a northern Illinois marina. Firefighters got word of the blaze at about 1 a.m. ...

Handcuffed Man Who Took Indiana Police Cruiser Still Gone

A handcuffed drug suspect who stole and wrecked a police cruiser in northwest Indiana is still on the loose, but he did not take any loaded ...
Southeast

Amish Men Say They Won’t Budge on Buggy Fight

On Jacob Gingerich's farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an ...

Storms Injure 15 in Western North Carolina

At least 15 people were injured and at least 60 buildings damaged when a possible tornado struck in western North Carolina, the National ...

Florida Traffic Deaths Hit 33-Year Low Last Year

Preliminary figures show Florida traffic deaths dropped to a 33-year low in 2011, although the state's population doubled in that span. The ...

University of Florida Student Injured When Chemistry Lab Explodes

A student received minor injuries during a chemistry lab explosion inside the University of Florida's Sisler Hall. The Orlando Sentinel ...
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South Central

Another Teen Arrested in Louisiana Street Sign Thefts

Deputies have arrested a fourth person in connection with the recent theft of about five dozen street-name signs. Maj. Archer Lee of the ...

Workers' Comp Fraud Scheme Costs Texas Business $149K

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Granbury Contracting & Utilities, Inc., of Granbury, Texas, pled guilty to workers' ...

4 Injured in Explosion at Oklahoma Business

Authorities say four men have been injured in an explosion at a business in south Edmond, Okla. Edmond firefighter Kelly Lewis told ...
West

Washington Lawmakers Seek Ban on Toxins in Kid Products

Washington state legislators announced plans Wednesday to ban a suspected carcinogen from being used as a flame retardant in children's ...

Stolen Meteorite Recovered in New Mexico

A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has been located. ...

Feds Order Closure of Accident-Prone Idaho Mine

Federal safety inspectors have ordered one of the nation's deepest underground mines closed in northern Idaho following an investigation ...

Fire Set at Washington Home Under Construction

A fire Tuesday night at a home under construction in Arlington,Wash., was arson. The city says that fire was set and attempted arsons were ...
International

2012 Starts With Bad Weather Signs for Insurers

Damaging hailstorms in Australia. Unprecedented tornadoes in the southeastern United States. Constant windstorms in northern Europe. Sound ...

Few Major Haiti Reconstruction Projects Have Begun

The billions of dollars in aid that flowed into Haiti after its shattering earthquake were meant to build a new nation with thriving farms, ...

Russian Spacecraft to Crash Soon, Risks Unclear

A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the ...

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