Monday 13 February 2012

Daily Headlines: Monday, February 13, 2012

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February 13, 2012
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National

U.S. Investigates Door Fires in 2007 Camrys, RAV4s

Federal safety regulators are investigating reports of fires in the driver's side doors of 2007 Toyota Camry sedans and RAV4 crossover ...

NHTSA: BMW Fined $3M for Untimely 2010 Recalls

German automaker BMW has agreed to pay $3 million for delays in reporting safety defects and recalls to the federal regulators, the ...

Nissan Recalling 39,000 Versa Small Cars

Nissan is recalling 39,000 Versa small cars because the transmissions can be shifted out of park without the driver's foot on the brake. ...

Ringler Associates Names New Board Members

Ringler Associates, Inc., a structured settlement company in the United States with over 130 consultants in more than 60 major cities,  is ...

RiskMeter Enhances Building Characteristic Report to Aid Insurers’ Cat Modeling Results

RiskMeter.com, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, announced it has added a second data source to its Building ...
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East

New York Leads 11 States in Suing EPA Over Soot Rules

New York and 10 other states filed a lawsuit Friday designed to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on ...

Judge: New Jersey Must Pay Whistleblower’s Legal Fees

New Jersey must pay nearly $1.3 million in legal fees to the attorneys who represented a former state official who won a whistleblower ...

New Jersey Judge Tosses Suit by Boxer Gatti’s Daughter

The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti's daughter can't sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the ...

Red-light Camera Tickets Create Court Strain for New Jersey Town

Court business has been too good since a New Jersey town installed a camera to catch motorists running a red light. Lawrence Municipal ...
Midwest

Minnesota Governor Dayton Vetoes Lawsuit Reform Bills

Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed four Republican-sponsored bills Friday that made major changes to the state's civil legal system, describing the ...

Kansas Officials Eye Disaster Relief Fund

Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback's administration to establish a fund to cover the state's share of ...

Crane Falls at Michigan Construction Site

A 250-foot-tall crane collapsed Friday morning onto a building at a construction site at the Kent County jail complex in Grand ...

Missouri House Approves Workplace Discrimination Bill

Despite several lawmakers voicing fears about reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains, the Missouri House approved a measure ...
Southeast

Texting While Driving Ban Up Again in Florida Legislature

Joyce Concklin has 10 good reasons why every state should pass a ban on texting while driving: That's the number of bones she broke when a ...

Georgia Researcher to Study Storm Vulnerability

A Georgia scientist has been awarded a government grant to help identify coastal areas most vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural ...

Alabama Man Charged With 20 Home Burglaries

Police say an Alabama man had been a very busy burglar until officers arrested him on charges of breaking into 20 homes across the city. ...

Woman Loses Malpractice Suit Against Kentucky Law Firm

A Louisville, Ky., jury has rejected claims from a woman who lost a leg in an accident that a law firm committed malpractice in pursuing ...

Kentucky Family Says Cemetery Dropped Deceased

A Frankfort, Ky., family is suing a cemetery they say dropped a casket during the burial, causing a body to fall out. The family of ...
South Central

Report: New Orleans Wasted Money on Life Benefits for Years

The city misspent around $500,000 on employee benefits during a span of eight years, according to a report released by the New Orleans ...

Louisiana Officer in Federal Insurance Fraud Probe Found Dead

The St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled that the death of a New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was a suicide. Officer ...

Student’s Fall From Texas Parking Garage Ruled Suicide

The Lubbock County medical examiner says the death of a Texas Tech student who fell from the upper levels of an 11-story parking garage was ...

Oklahoma Insurance Department Spokesman Resigns Over Offensive Email

Glenn Craven says he's resigned as the Oklahoma Insurance Department's spokesman after sending an official email to hundreds of people ...
West

Insured Arizona Dogs May Run Leash-Free

An amendment to the current leash law in Arizona could soon mean insured dogs will roam leash-free. If passed, SB 1065 would allow dog ...

3 Injured After Car Crashes into Arizona Salon

Authorities say a Scottsdale, Ariz., salon employee is seriously injured after a driver accelerated from a parking lot and crashed into the ...

Pace Cars Returning to Colorado Interstate Mountain Roads

Police pace cars are returning to eastbound Interstate 70 in the Colorado mountains in another attempt to reduce congestion as snow ...

Probation for Oregon Woman in Church Theft

A woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated theft in connection with $120,000 that disappeared from a Lebanon, Ore., church will ...

Disaster Declaration for Hawaii Vog Damage Renewed

Continuing vog has caused extensive damage to Hawaii's vegetable crops, like leafy greens, orchards, flowers and ranch grasses. In ...
International

U.S. Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Vatican Dismissed

Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have asked a court to dismiss their ...

Severe Weather Boiler and Burst Pipe Claims Remain Below 2010 Winter Levels

While levels of boiler breakdown and burst pipe claims have seen significant increases during the recent poor weather, volumes remain below ...

89 Million Insurance Telematics Subscribers Globally by 2017, Says ABI Research

The number of global insurance telematics users will grow at a CAGR of 90% from 1.85 million in 2010 to 89 million in 2017. Dominique ...

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