Friday 13 April 2012

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April 13, 2012
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National

Feds Expand Jeep Wrangler Fire Investigation

U.S. safety regulators have expanded an investigation into 23 complaints of fires in Jeep Wrangler SUVs. The National Highway Traffic ...

Another Grim Link Between Death and Taxes: Fatal Car Crashes

More than 200 years after Benjamin Franklin declared the only things certain in life are death and taxes, Canadian researchers have ...

U.S. Appeals Court Backtracks on Car Arbitration

Car owners with warranty claims faced a setback on Wednesday when a federal appeals court withdrew a controversial ruling that had struck ...

U.S. Says Intellectual Property Supports 40 Million Jobs

U.S. movie studios, drug manufacturers and other companies that depend heavily on copyrights, patents and trademarks to protect their ...

Rain and Hail Announces Executive Management Promotions

Rain and Hail, the agricultural insurance division of the ACE Group headquartered in Johnston, Iowa, announced several promotions among its ...
East

Maine Company Recalls a Ton of Beef

A Maine meat distributor has announced that it is recalling more than a ton of beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli ...

Arson Fire Heavily Damages Maryland Church

Baltimore County fire officials say a blaze that dry conditions and wind help spread at a church was deliberately set. The three-alarm ...

Bad Stove Connection Caused Connecticut Fire

Officials say a bad wood stove connection caused a fire in Canterbury, Conn., that destroyed a three-story home built in the 1700s. Tuesday ...

Cuomo Says New York to Cover More Flood Costs

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will cover more local costs for recovery from the storms that flooded parts of New York last summer. His ...
Midwest

88 Ticketed in Kansas City Effort to Enforce Seatbelt Law

Kansas City, Kansas, police say they ticketed 88 young people during an aggressive enforcement campaign geared toward making teenagers wear ...

OSHA Fines Illinois Pasta Plant After Explosion

Federal workplace-safety officials are levying a $231,000 fine against a company that operates a southern Illinois pasta plant for ...

Authorities Say Wisconsin Church Fire Was arson

Authorities believe a fire at a church in Oconto County of northeastern Wisconsin last month was set intentionally. The Brazeau Fire ...

Concrete Truck Tips Over, Fatally Pinning Worker in Indiana

Authorities say a construction worker has died after a concrete delivery truck tipped over into the pit for an in-ground swimming pool near ...
Southeast

Hot Start to Spring Brings Mulch Fires in Kentucky

Firefighters in northern Kentucky have been responding to a rash of mulch fires. Officials say unusually warm and dry weather has created ...

Mississippi All-Terrain Vehicle Law Questioned

Most people who ride their four-wheelers do so on their own property. WTVA-TV reports that occasionally someone will drive them on the ...

Public’s Help Sought in West Virginia Fire Probes

Investigators are asking the public for help in solving more than 40 suspicious fires in Huntington, W.Va. Assistant state fire marshal ...
South Central

Alligator Visits Louisiana Motel, Bites Guest

Authorities in Louisiana say a 6-foot alligator showed up at the front door of a Super 8 Motel outside Baton Rouge and bit a guest. West ...

Louisiana School Board Considers Insurance Options

The St. Landry Parish School Board has voted to begin receiving quotes for the Louisiana district's property, casualty and liability ...

Farmers Insurance Asks for Louisiana Rate Hike

Farmers Insurance Exchange is asking for an average 39 percent statewide increase for its 25,500 insured homeowners in Louisiana. The state ...
West

Los Angeles Firefighter Charged With Insurance Fraud

Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter and mixed martial arts fighter has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly filing ...

Big Island Zip Line Co-Owner Vows Course Safety

The co-owner of a Big Island zip line course where a construction worker was killed while testing the attraction says the business will ...

No Damage Reported in Quake Far Off Oregon Coast

An earthquake far off the Oregon coast has not caused any reported damage. The 5.9-magnitude quake was reported at about 3:40 p.m. on ...

NAS Appoints Jill Linhardt, Senior Vice President of Claims

Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services named Jill Linhardt, senior vice president of Claims. Linhardt has been with NAS since 1994 and is a ...
International

Bus Collides With Truck in East China, Killing 23

A state news agency says at least 23 people were killed when a bus collided head-on with a truck in eastern China in the latest serious ...

Strong Earthquake Strikes Off the Coast of Mexico

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico on Thursday, waking up residents living near the Gulf of California, only hours after a ...

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