Tuesday 20 March 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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March 20, 2012
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National

Media Liability Coverage and Entertainment Litigation

Many are surprised to learn that media liability insurance was created in Kansas City and not Hollywood, Calif. During the 1920s, a book ...

SaferBus App Helps Consumers Review Bus Safety Record

As the peak spring travel season begins and consumers look to commercial buses to reach popular destinations, the U.S. Department of ...

Cisco to Secure Employees’ Personal Devices

Cisco Systems is expanding its services to enable companies to manage and secure private mobile devices used by employees at work, aiming ...
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East

White Powder Coats Maine Gas Station

Authorities are trying to figure out what caused a Maine gas station's fire-suppression system to discharge, sending one woman to the ...

Report Cites Dangerous Dust at New York City Site

A report has found that an air sample taken underground at the Second Avenue subway construction site had excessive levels of a dangerous ...

Upstate New York Yogurt Plant Faces $178K in OSHA Fines

Federal inspectors have proposed fining a yogurt maker $178,000 safety violations at its upstate New York plant. The Occupational Safety ...

New York Settlement With Insurer on Lead Screening

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office has reached a settlement with Excellus BlueCross BlueShield that requires the ...
Midwest

Michigan Fire Chief: 207 Homes Damaged by Tornado

Officials now say 207 homes were damaged in last week's tornado in Dexter, Mich., and about 20 will need to be demolished. Dexter Area Fire ...

At Least 3 Injured by Nebraska Twisters

The second twister from a storm cell derailed or knocked over 31 railroad cars at the mammoth Bailey rail yard on the west side of North ...

Michigan Government Board OKs $200,000 for Tornado Cleanup

A Michigan government board has approved $200,000 for cleanup from a tornado that hit Washtenaw County last week. AnnArbor.com reports the ...
Southeast

3 Killed During Weekend Regatta in Central Florida

Two boaters have died in a collision at a central Florida regatta, bringing the number killed at the weekend event to three. Florida Fish ...

Alabama Looks to Ban School Bus Driver Cell Phone Use

Alabama is looking to join a host of other states that prohibit school bus drivers from using mobile phones while transporting children ...

Alabama Lawmakers Mull Coastal Insurance Legislation

The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would dole out up to $2.5 million to private insurance companies that write policies for ...
South Central

Part of Texas Hotel Evacuated Due to Carbon Monoxide

Part of a Dallas-area hotel has been evacuated after some people got sick from possible carbon monoxide exposure. An Irving Fire Department ...

Float Collapses in Louisiana Parade, 2 Injured

Police say flat tires caused a float carrying close to three dozen riders to collapse during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in ...

Four Involved in Texas Ambulance Wreck Taken to Hospital

Authorities say a cardiac patient and three Central Texas medical personnel have been hurt after their ambulance flipped on a rain-slick ...
West

Wildfire Nearly Contained, Colorado Town Evacuation Lifted

Evacuated residents of the small Colorado town of Eckley have been allowed to return home after firefighters contained most of a wildfire ...

Hirsig Appointed Wyoming Insurance Department Director

Gov. Matt Mead has appointed Tom Hirsig as director of the Wyoming Insurance Department. Hirsig replaces Ken Vines in overseeing the ...

California Man Pleads Guilty in Driver’s License Fraud Scheme

A Fresno-area man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from his role in a scheme to sell fraudulently obtained ...

Worker at California Plant Hit by Metal Dies

California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a man at a Berkeley metal forging and tool manufacturing plant. ...
International

Chinese Man Gets 13 Years for Palace Art Theft

A Beijing court sentenced a Chinese farmer to 13 years in jail on Monday for stealing art pieces from the Forbidden City, the heavily ...

Taiwan Gravel Ship Sinks, Killing 6

Officials say a Taiwanese gravel ship has sunk off the northern coast of the island, leaving six crew members dead and two missing. Seven ...

South Dakota Court to Hear Appeal of Kevin Costner Art Ruling

A court in the U.S. will hear an appeal of a ruling that actor Kevin Costner did not breach a contract with an artist whom he commissioned ...

St. Patrick’s Party Mob Battles Police in Ontario

Revelers set a large street fire and battled police and fire crews who tried to intervene after St. Patrick's Day celebrations got out of ...

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