Tuesday 13 March 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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March 13, 2012
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National

Consumer Reports Taps Ire Over Faulty Medical Devices

Consumer Reports, the 76-year-old publication best known for its reviews of automobiles and refrigerators, is trying to galvanize the ...

Safety Probe Begun Into Ford Taurus Stuck Throttle

U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into an estimated 360,000 Ford Motor Co. Taurus sedans for a potential problem with the ...
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East

Massachusetts Bill Would Require Insurance for Tunnels

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a bill that would require privately-owned tunnels to be insured if the tunnels are used by the ...

Wires Fall on New York School Bus When Truck Hits Pole

Authorities say a man has died after his pickup truck hit a utility pole outside Syracuse, N.Y., causing power lines to fall onto a school ...

Wind Gusts Force Down Small Airplane in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's Allegheny County Airport has reopened after wind gusts pushed a small plane off the runway. An airport spokeswoman says a ...
Midwest

Indiana City’s Costly Fire Truck is Problem-Plagued

A southwestern Indiana city is trying to rid itself of a sophisticated fire truck that's saddled its fire department with more than ...

Ohio VA Clinic Paid $940K in Cases Over 8 Deaths

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs paid out $940,000 in cases related to the deaths of eight patients at the Dayton VA Medical Center, ...

New Exotic Animals Rules Ban Proposed in Ohio

An Ohio lawmaker plans Thursday to introduce a proposal to ban new ownership of exotic animals in the state, months after authorities shot ...

Future of Accident-Prone North Dakota Deputy Uncertain

Dunn County, N.D., officials are debating the future of a sheriff's deputy who has crashed patrol cars three times in a little more than a ...
Southeast

Wiring Issues Cause Problems at Georgia Jail

A report to Georgia's Floyd County Commssion from the county sheriff's office reveals concerns about safety issues at the county jail. ...

Tennessee Fire Department Installing Alarms for Disabled

The Murfreesboro Fire Department, in Tennessee, has begun installing special alarms for those who have hearing or vision impairments. ...

North Carolina Agent Investigated Over Fender Bender is Fired

A special agent for North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement has been fired after wrecking his state car while driving with a revoked ...

Florida AG Hires Legal Team for Florida Oil Spill Claims

Attorney General Pam Bondi has hired four law firms to help with Florida's claims related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill two years ago. ...
South Central

Federal Disaster Audit Recommends Texas Repay $9M

A federal audit has recommended that Texas repay $9 million in alleged overcharges related to administration of hurricane recovery funds. ...

Texas Mutual Rewards Three Safety Groups With $435K in Dividends

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that three workers' compensation safety groups have earned a combined $435,324 in ...

Hazmat Crews at East Texas Petroleum Firm After Fire

Officials say nobody has been hurt in an explosion and fire at an East Texas petroleum company that destroyed much of the business. ...
West

2 Arizona Agencies Consider Replacing Ballistic Vests

Two police agencies in Arizona plan to replace their ballistic vests for some of their officers after a particular brand of vest failed a ...

17 Displaced by California Apartment Building Fire

A fire at a northern San Diego, Calif., apartment building has displaced 17 people and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. The North ...

Idaho Board Investigates Botched Autopsy Complaints

The Idaho Board of Medicine is investigating complaints that an eastern Idaho doctor who is also an Idaho State University faculty member ...
International

14 Construction Workers Killed in Fire in Turkey

An official in Istanbul says 14 construction workers have died in a fire in the Turkish city. Necmi Kadioglu, the mayor of Istanbul's ...

Van Bakel Appointed COO of Crawford & Company’s Canadian Operations

Pat Van Bakel has been appointed to the position of chief operating officer, Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc., the organization ...

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