Thursday 15 March 2012

Daily Headlines: Thursday, March 15, 2012

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March 15, 2012
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National

Mock Adjuster Deposition Highlights Commonly Asked Questions

"Evidence is anything that a juror wants it to be," according to Franklin D. Patterson, a Colorado-based trial attorney. Everything that ...

Subaru Recalls SUVs in U.S. Over Seat Belts

Subaru is recalling about 275,000 Forester SUVs in the United States to replace a rear seat belt part that may not allow proper ...

Securities Fraud Settlements Dropped in 2011: Study

Angry investors are seeing far fewer financial benefits from lawsuits accusing corporate America of securities fraud, but may be on the ...

Deloitte: Younger Consumers Twice as Likely to Switch Auto, Home Carriers

Age is the most significant factor in carrier loyalty, according to Deloitte's "The Voice of the Personal Lines Consumer: Buyers in the ...

Mitchell Announces Acquisition of National Health Quest, Inc.

Mitchell, a provider of technology, connectivity and information products to the P&C claims and collision repair industries, announced ...
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East

Pennsylvania Guard Suspended Over Insurance Fraud Charges

A guard at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been suspended without pay because police say she filed a false claim that her ...

Pennsylvania Diet Supplement Firms Closed for Inspection

The U.S. Justice Department has closed a dietary supplement company based in Pittsburgh, Pa., citing numerous manufacturing violations. A ...

Boston Police Clamp Down on Slam Dancing

Police recently cited a city club for allowing violent mosh pit dancing and vowed a crackdown on what they called "dangerous behavior" and ...

Got a Gripe? Massachusetts Consumers Had Many in 2011

As a home improvement contractor himself, Robert MacKerron would seem like one of the last consumers who might fall victim to a contractor ...
Midwest

11 Hospitalized After Missouri School Bus Wreck

A Missouri schools superintendent says 11 students are hospitalized after their school bus slid off a narrow two-lane highway and ...

Indiana Can’t Afford to Add Seat Belts to Buses

Indiana officials said Tuesday that they would love to require safety belts on every school bus, but they just can't afford it. The ...

Nebraska Man Gets Prison for House Damage

A Lincoln, Neb., man who claimed he'd been hired to work on a vacant house is going to prison for causing $10,000 damage by tearing ...
Southeast

North Carolina Municipal Immunity Questioned Where County Acts Like a Business

At a time when businesses have taken on traditional government tasks, from running schools to space launches, North Carolina's Supreme ...

Mississippi House Passes Insurance Discounts for Strong Homes

The Mississippi House passed a bill Tuesday to require insurance companies to offer discounts on costly hurricane coverage in five southern ...

Florida Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Trafficking Counterfeit Goods

A Tampa, Fla., woman was sentenced to two years in prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods, following an investigation by U.S. ...
South Central

New Stats Show Arkansas Had Most 2011 Flood Deaths

Statistics released by the National Weather Service this week show that 18 Arkansans died in floods in 2011 - the largest amount out of any ...

Ex-NFL Players’ Concussion Suit Transferred to Pennsylvania

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly a dozen former NFL players living in Louisiana has been transferred from New Orleans to ...

Arkansas Authorities Looking Into Cause of Restaurant Fire

The Arkansas state crime lab will analyze evidence from a fire that gutted a Hot Springs restaurant last week. Fire officials wouldn't say ...
West

Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths in New Mexico Slightly Up

State records show that alcohol-related deaths from traffic crashes in New Mexico rose slightly. Preliminary Traffic Safety Bureau records ...

Federal Aid Likely for Hawaii Wild Weather Damage

Hawaii Civil Defense officials are still compiling damage totals from recent days of wild weather, but preliminary figures show the state ...

Oregon Owner Paid Pair to Set Mobile Home Fire

Police say an Aloha, Ore., mobile home owner is at the center of an arson-for-hire conspiracy in which she agreed to pay two people $3,000 ...

Washington Reports Historic Low in 2011 Workplace Deaths

After years of steady decline, deaths in Washington state due to fatal workplace injuries fell to 51 in 2011, the lowest number of ...

Feds: Idaho Mine Missed Safety Check Before Rock Burst

A federal inspection report shows that officials at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho failed to conduct the second of two daily ...
International

UK Homeowners Warned of Drought Risks

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is urging homeowners not to worry unnecessarily, but to be aware of the ongoing drought ...

Olympic Builders Fed Porridge to Stop Worksite Accidents

Porridge. Breakfast of champions? Olympic organizers gave construction workers working on the Olympic village discounted porridge ...

31 Dead, Dozens Missing in Bangladesh Ferry Crash

A ferry packed with about 200 people collided with a cargo boat and capsized in a Bangladeshi river Tuesday, killing 31 people and leaving ...

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