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May 10, 2012
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National

Last Chance to Complete Claims Journal’s 2012 Job & Salary Survey

Are you interested in how your salary and benefits stack up against your peers? Do you want to know what others consider the biggest ...

Report: Workers' Comp Claim Age Biggest Driver of Pharmacy Trends

"As a claim ages the cost of pharmacy to claim will increase over time," said Jim Andrews, senior vice president of Healthcare ...

Government Watchdog Urges Stronger Air Safety Oversight

The Federal Aviation Administration has repeatedly lagged in responding to whistleblower complaints about urgent safety problems, including ...

Progressive Insurance Expands Coverage for Boat Propulsion Systems

Progressive Insurance has added new coverage to meet boaters' needs for more complete protection of their propulsion systems. Propulsion ...
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East

Ford Adds Virginia to Windstar Minivan Recall

Ford is adding 27,000 Windstar minivans from Virginia to a larger recall because the rear axles can crack and fail. In August of 2010 the ...

New York Officials Target Safety on Dangerous Roadway

Safety upgrades are planned for a New York highway that has averaged five pedestrian deaths annually since 2005. Officials in Nassau County ...

Virginia to Pay Ex-Nursing Students $2.4M to Settle Suit

The state will pay 73 former Virginia Western Community College nursing students a total $2.4 million to settle a fraud lawsuit. Media ...

District of Columbia to Pay 4 Motorists in Breath-Test Lawsuit

The District of Columbia has agreed to pay about $20,000 to four motorists who said their drunken driving convictions were based on ...
Midwest

North Dakota Police Announce Bicycle Safety Campaign

Fargo, N.D., police are aiming to make the city's roads safer for cyclists. Police Chief Keith Ternes says a public education effort called ...

Ohio City Tows Cars For Multiple Red-Light Tickets

Authorities in Dayton, Ohio, certainly have gotten the attention of motorists who weren't paying tickets generated from traffic cameras. ...
Southeast

37 Suspects Identified in Alabama Copper Theft Ring

Sheriff's officials in Escambia County, Ala., say they've identified 37 suspects in what they call a copper theft ring. Escambia County ...

25 Percent of State Arson Fires Involve Juveniles

More than 25 percent of arson arrests in Tennessee last year involved juveniles. For that reason and similar statistics nationally, this ...

Florida Cabinet Approves Hurricane Shelter Plan

The construction of new public schools across Florida has contributed to a significant increase in the number of hurricane shelter spaces, ...

Tennessee Promoting Motorcycle Safety This Month

State officials are promoting motorcycle safety awareness month as motorcycle fatalities rise in Tennessee. Thirty-eight motorcyclists have ...
South Central

Louisiana Waters Closed, Oysters Recalled After 14 Illnesses

Louisiana health officials say they closed a harvesting area and ordered a recall of oysters taken from there since April 26 after 14 ...

Louisiana’s Property Insurance Market Has Recovered

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told an Alexandria civil club that the state's property insurance market is "more competitive ...

Louisiana Sheriff’s Office, TV Producers Sued

A Chauvin, La., woman, who claims a deputy used unnecessary violence as television cameras rolled, has filed suit against the Terrebonne ...
West

Honda Wins Appeal Over Civic Hybrid Fuel Economy

Honda Motor Co has won the reversal of a $9,867 small-claims judgment awarded to an owner who claimed the Japanese automaker fraudulently ...

Metal Thieves Steal California Church Cross

Metal thieves used a sledgehammer to smash a California church stained-glass window and steal a cross and other religious items. Fresno ...

Accident Kills Colorado Construction Worker

A construction worker has died after being pinned by a beam while working on a new building at Boulder Community Foothills Hospital. A ...
International

Report: Global Occupational Fraud Cost Over $3.5M Last Year

Organizations around the world lose an estimated five percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a survey of Certified Fraud ...

UK Rescue Helicopter Group Grounds Aircraft

A leading British rescue helicopter group has grounded 22 of its aircraft following a safety alert, the company said Tuesday. Bond Aviation ...

Chile Vandals Set Fire to University Rector’s Car

Hooded vandals in Chile have set ablaze a car owned by the rector of the prestigious University of Santiago. Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi ...

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