Thursday 17 May 2012

Daily Headlines: Thursday, May 17, 2012

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May 17, 2012
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National

Why Workers' Comp Claimants Hire Attorneys

Workplace trust, fear of claim denial and injury severity are the main reasons for attorney representation in workers' compensation ...

Honda’s Acura Recalls Over 52,000 Cars in U.S.

Honda Motor Co Ltd's Acura brand is recalling 52,615 TL sedans from model years 2007 and 2008 in the United States to replace the power ...

Pentagon Limits F-22 Fighter Flights

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered the Air Force to take new steps to address an undiagnosed safety problem with its F-22 ...
East

2 Killed When House Collapses During Repairs in Maine

Police say one man was killed and another hurt when a seasonal lakefront home collapsed during repairs in Albion, Maine. Public Safety ...

Strauss-Kahn Countersues New York Hotel Maid for $1M

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is filing a $1 million countersuit against the New York City hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying ...

Massachusetts Fire Chief Angry at ‘Idiots’ on Roof

A Massachusetts fire chief says three college students his firefighters had to rescue from the roof of a campus building are "idiots" for ...

Selective Insurance Promotes Guerra to Northeast AVP

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. announced the promotion of  John Guerra to assistant vice president, Northeast Claims Manager. Guerra ...
Midwest

2 File Suit Over Deadly St. Louis Tent Collapse

Two people injured when a party tent collapsed outside a downtown St. Louis, Mo., bar last month have filed suit against the bar and the ...

Officials Survey Damage From Flooding in Michigan

Officials this week are surveying damage from a storm that caused flooding earlier this month in Genesee County, Mich. The Flint Journal ...

Central Illinois Man Sues, Alleging Geese Attacked

A man who claims he was seriously injured after being attacked by geese while working in central Illinois has filed a lawsuit. WJBC Radio ...

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Bars Agent From Doing Business

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm today served a cease and desist order against Tim Everett, a Grand Forks area insurance agent ...
Southeast

Hurricane Andrew Remembered at Florida Storm Conference

Florida's emergency managers are preparing for the upcoming tropical storm season by reexamining the lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew. ...

Arson Fires Continue in West Virginia City

The number of arson fires in Huntington, W.Va., continues to grow. Media outlets report that the latest fires occurred early Tuesday at two ...

Kentucky Boy Injured in Lawnmower Accident Loses Arm, Foot

A young northern Kentucky boy who survived being run over with a lawn mower is scheduled to be released from the hospital later this month. ...

OSHA Probes Florida Postal Worker’s Mysterious Illness

The federal agency that monitors worker safety has opened an investigation into the illness of a Florida U.S. postal worker who became sick ...
South Central

Louisiana Parish Traffic Camera Program Continues

The Lafayette, La., traffic camera enforcement program will remain in place. The City-Parish Council voted 6-3 Tuesday against a proposal ...

Dryer Fire Shuts Texas High School for a Day

A Southeast Texas school has reopened a day after a clothes dryer fire sent smoke into the building and forced cancellation of classes. ...

Better Fire Rating for Louisiana Town

Some property owners in Bayou Boeuf, La., may be seeing a drop in their property insurance costs. The Courier reports that the Bayou Boeuf ...

Two Workers Hurt in Texas Fracking Tank Site Blast

Two workers were hurt in an explosion at a hydraulic fracturing tank site in south Texas early on Wednesday, a sheriff's dispatcher said. ...
West

DUI Mom Hit 100 MPH in SUV to Make Child’s Party

A Northern California mother arrested for drunken driving hit 100 mph in her SUV while trying to make her child's birthday party. The San ...

Couple Settles Lawsuit Over Wyoming House Explosion

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. has reached a settlement with a couple that sued the company over an explosion at their former home in Powell, ...

Hitching Post Legal Battle to Play Out in Wyoming

A legal battle over an arson fire that destroyed a landmark Cheyenne hotel will play out in Wyoming. A federal judge in New Jersey granted ...

Wyoming Capitol Dome Repairs Could Cost up to $1M

Officials estimate it will cost close to $1 million to repair the State Capitol dome in Cheyenne, Wyo. The state would be responsible for ...
International

April 2012 Heats Up as 5th Warmest Month Globally

Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, U.S. weather statistics show. The National Oceanic ...

Allianz: This Could be a big Year for Subsidence Claims in the UK

It may have been the wettest April in over 100 years but after two winters of exceptionally low rainfall the lack of soil moisture can ...

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