Wednesday 4 April 2012

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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April 4, 2012
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National

Feds: ‘Meterological March Madness’ Mostly Random

Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming ...

Residential And Public Safe Rooms More Common Now

It's been more than 20 years since a massive tornado decimated about one-third of Andover, killing 13 people in the Golden Spur mobile home ...

Facebook Launches Patent Counterattack Against Yahoo

Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook's patents, according ...

Austin Mutual Insurance Company to Become Affiliate of The Main Street America Group

The Main Street America Group, a regional property casualty insurance carrier, and Austin Mutual Insurance Company, a Minnesota-domiciled ...
East

Flying Car Gets Closer To Reality With Test Flight

Woburn, Massachusetts-based Terrafugia Inc. said that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer ...

Wakefield Man Helps Rescue People From 7 Alarm Boston Fire

A Wakefield, Mass., man is being called a hero for running into a burning East Boston apartment building and helping residents escape. ...

OSHA Proposes $171,300 in Fines for Maine Business

Federal workplace safety officials are proposing $171,300 in fines for Maine's Bath Iron Works for safety violation at the shipyard. The ...

Insurance Broker Admits Bribing New Jersey School Official

A Maryland insurance broker has admitted making more than $1 million in bribes to a former school superintendent in southern New Jersey. ...

Customer Describes Plane Crash at Florida Supermarket

Firefighters and investigators were expected Tuesday to inspect the damage at a central Florida supermarket where a small experimental ...
Midwest

Agents Urge Caution on Missouri Insurer Changes

Some insurance agents are urging caution for Missouri lawmakers considering changes to a state-created workers' compensation firm that has ...

Fire at Missouri Auto Parts Store Destroys Strip Mall

A fire that began at an auto parts store has destroyed a Columbia, Mo., strip mall and caused an estimated $6.5 million in damage to stores ...

Ohio Company's Refusal to Protect Employees Results in Court Action

An Ohio judge has ordered Gray Container, a 55-gallon drum manufacturer, to discontinue its operations for repeatedly refusing to maintain ...

Report: Michigan Foreclosures Add Homes To Demolition List

A newspaper's analysis finds more than a quarter of Detroit, Mich., homes with loans that failed during the foreclosure crisis in 2006 and ...
Southeast

N.C. Industrial Commission Under Fire to Review Workers' Comp Enforcement

Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers' compensation coverage ...

Lawnmower Catches Fire, Injuring Florida Landscaper

South Florida fire officials are working to determine what caused a lawnmower to burst into flames, severely burning the commercial ...

West Virginia Women Admit Power Surge Scams

The government says two West Virginia women have pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent claims against a power company totaling nearly ...
South Central

Texas Police Say Shoplifting Ring Shattered

Texas police say they've smashed an international shoplifting ring that pilfered such goods as laundry detergent, batteries and cosmetics ...

$90M Program to Improve New Orleans Area Roads

A $90 million program has been started to repair, restore and improve more than 60 roadways in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. Many of the ...

Texas Trooper Killed After Truck Runs Red Light

Investigators have determined that a pickup driver ran a red light before hitting a patrol car in a wreck that killed a Texas trooper. The ...

Tornadoes Rip Through Sections of Dallas

Just a month after a notable tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest and the Southeast, a severe thunderstorm yesterday spawned up to ...
West

New Arizona Bill Restricts Cellphone Use By Teens

Arizona legislators are again trying to keep cellphones out of the hands of teen drivers new to the road. The Senate is poised to vote on a ...

Idaho Police Find Link in Credit Fraud Outbreak

Police in the north-central Idaho town of Orofino say a rash of credit card fraud that has affected nearly 300 people originated at a local ...

Colorado Firefighters Injured Battling Home Fire

Two firefighters suffered minor injuries after a Colorado Springs home was destroyed by fire despite the efforts of more than 50 ...
International

China Keen on Free Trade Pact With U.S.

China is eager to begin talks on a free trade pact with the United States and key leaders seem willing to step away from the state ...

Under-Construction Moscow Tower Ablaze

Firefighting helicopters are trying to put out a spectacular blaze atop an under-construction Moscow skyscraper, planned to be Europe's ...

Moderate 5.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks Chile

The U.S. Geological Service says a 5.2-magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile. Chilean officials say there are no immediate reports ...

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