Tuesday 3 April 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Claims Journal Daily Headlines
April 3, 2012
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Today's Headlines

National

Top Reasons Happy Couples File Wedding Insurance Claims

Vendor and venue problems are the most frequent causes of wedding day mishaps that result in insurance claims. Wedding insurance experts at ...

Feds Investigating Fire Reports in Cruze, Wrangler

The government is investigating reports of engine fires in the Chevrolet Cruze small car and Jeep Wrangler SUV. The National Highway ...

U.S. Coal Mines Slow to Deploy Real-Time Dust Meters

Some U.S. coal operators are quietly embracing a device that monitors the levels of explosive coal dust in their mines in real time, rather ...

FTC Targets Alleged Payday Scam, Race Car Driver

A payday lending operation that offers quick cash over the Internet to desperate people, and the race-car driver allegedly running it, are ...
East

Pennsylvania School Bus Driver Gets 2 DUIs Within 17 Hours

A western Pennsylvania man fired after he was charged with driving three busloads of students under the influence of alcohol has been ...

Pennsylvania Family Sues After Wrong Body Prepped for Viewing

A western Pennsylvania family is suing a hospital and funeral home after the wrong man's body was prepared for a viewing. Richard Tkacik's ...

Quarter Century Since Epic Maine Flood

Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst floods in Maine history. On April 1, 1987, major rivers overflowed their banks, ...

CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Fired After Assault Charges

A western Pennsylvania insurance company has fired the chief executive officer who was arrested a week ago after a fight with the husband ...
Midwest

Bill Would Help Illinois Residents Hit By Storm Damage

Southern Illinois property owners trying to rebuild after tornadoes and storms that hit in March would get a tax break under a bill passed ...

Septic Systems An Issue As Indiana’s Tornado Victims Rebuild

Southern Indiana residents who are considering rebuilding after devastating March 2 tornadoes may make a decision not based on the ...

Tornadoes Raise Home Insurance Rates in Missouri

Home insurance rates in Missouri are rising after last year's deadly tornadoes in the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the ...

Iowa Woman Indicted For $700,000 Health Care Fraud

The owner of an Iowa counseling center has been indicted on charges that she defrauded the federal government and health insurance ...

US Attorney Stephanie Rose Sued By Former Employee

A former assistant U.S. attorney alleges in a lawsuit that she was subjected to age discrimination and harassment by her boss, Stephanie ...
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Southeast

New Helmet Rule at Florida Equestrian Center

A South Florida equestrian center where a competitor suffered a fatal fall now requires helmets for anyone on horseback. The Palm Beach ...

Tornado Cleanup Costs Put Alabama County in Budget Crunch

Officials in the Huntsville, Ala., area say the cost of cleaning up after damaging tornadoes last month is putting a strain on the county ...

Fire Burns Tornado-Damaged Block in Western Kentucky

Authorities in western Kentucky say a fire that destroyed four buildings in Bardwell has raised their suspicion. The buildings had been ...
South Central

Texas Bus Inspections Get Lax Oversight Despite Crashes

Months after their state-certified vehicle inspection station was cited by federal authorities for failing to notice defects in a bus that ...

New Flood Maps Affect Thousands in Louisiana Parish

New federal flood insurance rate maps will go into effect today, affecting thousands of Livingston Parish, La., homeowners. The Advocate ...

Law Center Sues New Orleans Jail Over Conditions

The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a class-action lawsuit that accuses New Orleans jail officials of routinely subjecting prisoners ...
West

Residents Return to Homes Threatened by Colorado Fire

All residents displaced by a wildfire that erupted a week ago were allowed to return to their homes on Monday as crews neared full ...

Hawaii Police Focus on Burglaries After Fatal Fire

Hawaii investigators were focusing on previous Pearl City burglaries as they try to determine if burglars sparked a fire last week that ...

California’s Metrolink Trains Getting GPS Safety Devices

California's Metrolink says all its commuter trains will be outfitted with GPS-based tracking devices by next year, two years ahead of a ...
International

DIY Disasters Cost Brits Nearly $7 Billion A Year

Brits are having to fork out about $7 billion (USD) every year for the cost of botched DIY jobs. New research from Allianz Your Cover ...

Another Football Fan Shot Dead in Brazil

A football fan was killed in a fight between rival groups in central Brazil on Sunday, becoming the fourth casualty of fan violence in less ...

Russia: Siberian Plane in Crash Not De-Iced Right

The head of Russia's civil aviation agency says the airliner that crashed in Siberia, killing 31 people, appears to have been improperly ...

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