Monday 2 April 2012

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April 2, 2012
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National

Restoring a College Library Collection Damaged by Fire

The Facts Who: Enservio Commercial What: $2.5 million damage to Columbia International University's G. Allen Fleece library Where: ...

Report: Despite Record Storm Losses, Homeowner Claims Customer Satisfaction Increases

Overall customer satisfaction with the property claims experience has significantly increased from last year, despite a record number of ...

FDA Rejects Call to Ban BPA From Food Packaging

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical ...

Conning Research: Insurance Mergers & Acquisitions Up in 2011

Insurance mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. continued to gain momentum in 2011, with a focus on strategic transactions. Transactions ...

MasterCard Tells Banks of Possible Security Breach

MasterCard Inc is investigating a potential security breach related to a third-party vendor and has alerted banks and law enforcement ...
East

Vermont High Court Rejects Claim of Slain Girl’s Father

The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a slain 12-year-old girl's father who claimed the ex-wife of the man charged in her ...

Police in Vermont Town to Focus on Pedestrian Safety

Police in a Vermont town that has seen a rash of pedestrian accidents is cracking down on pedestrian safety. Two pedestrians have died in ...

Lawsuit Challenges Minimalist Shoemaker’s Claims

A company that makes minimalist running shoes featuring pods for each toe faces a federal class action lawsuit in Massachusetts. The civil ...
Midwest

Indiana School Project Aims to Ease Bus Safety Concerns

A Kokomo, Ind., elementary school plans to spend $1.5 million this summer to improve traffic patterns that officials say will keep students ...

$5M Lawsuit Filed in North Dakota Arena Fire

The owners of the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., have filed a $5 million lawsuit over a fire in the building last summer. The ...

Contract Awarded for South Dakota Causeway Repairs

A Rapid City, S.D., company has landed a $2.6 million contract to rebuild a flood-damaged causeway that connects the city of Pierre to ...

EEOC Accuses AutoZone of Disability Discrimination

A federal agency is accusing auto-parts retailer AutoZone Inc. of illegally firing an employee because of her disability. The U.S. Equal ...
Southeast

Mississippi Court to Review Car-Horse Accident Case

The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to review a George County case of an accident involving a car and a horse. The personal-injury ...

Demand for Storm-Related Businesses in Tennessee Increasing

Bad weather means good business for some entrepreneurs in Middle Tennessee. The area was hit with tornadoes in late February that were ...

Attorney Questions West Virginia Monsanto Settlement

An attorney is challenging a $93 million settlement between Monsanto Co. and thousands of West Virginians. Thomas Urban II represents some ...

Ex-Mine Chief Pleads Guilty to 2010 West Virginia Blast Charge

The former superintendent of the West Virginia mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal ...
South Central

Rail Crossing Collisions Down in Louisiana

Officials with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission say collisions at rail crossings in Louisiana fell in 2011from 106 in 2010 to 96 ...

Tiny Gulf Coast Town Struggling With Ike Recovery

Every spring, Karen Littlejohn boxes up her family's winter clothes in their FEMA trailer, shuttles them to a tiny, dank room at church, ...

Settlement Reached Over Death of Oklahoma Teen

An Oklahoma mother has reached a settlement in her lawsuit against the pharmacy where her 16-year-old son was fatally shot during an ...

Texas Securities Adviser Hit With $719,000 Restitution

The Texas State Securities Board has ordered a Corpus Christi securities adviser pay $719,000 in restitution and serve 10 years of ...
West

Washington Will Close Illegal Mountain Bike Trails

Despite their popularity, Washington State's Natural Resources department is moving to close illegally built mountain bike trails in a ...

Wyoming Workforce Services Posts 9 Safety-Related Jobs

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is getting ready to hire nine people as part of its effort to turn around the state's grim ...

FEMA Denies Disaster Assistance to Oregon Homeowners

The federal government has denied assistance to owners of hundreds of private homes damaged in a fierce January storm, many of whom lacked ...

State Will Cut Speeds on Wyoming Road

Wyoming Department of Transportation is looking at lowering the nighttime speed limit on state highway in the Jackson Hole, Wyo., area. ...
International

UK Internet Group: Surveillance Program in Works

Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress. An official with Britain's Internet ...

Japan Experts Warn of Future Risk of Giant Tsunami

Much of Japan's Pacific coast could be inundated by a tsunami more than 34 meters (112 feet) high if a powerful earthquake hits offshore, ...

Stricken Cruise Ship Repaired, Heading to Malaysia

A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that drifted in southern Philippine waters for 24 hours after being disabled by a fire was headed ...

Hungarian University Head Resigns Over Plagiarism

The head of the university that revoked the doctorate of Hungary's president due to plagiarism says he is resigning his position. Tivadar ...

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