Friday 8 June 2012

Daily Headlines: Friday, June 8, 2012

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June 8, 2012
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National

Boxed Mac and Cheese Recall Announced

Based on information received from Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Bay Valley Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 74,000 cases ...

Spring Fever: U.S. Smashes Heat Record for Season

Call it spring's fever. Federal records show the U.S. just finished its hottest spring on record. March, April and May in the Lower 48 ...

Government Steps Up Effort to Combat Distracted Driving

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is stepping up efforts to fight distracted driving and is pressuring states to ban texting and ...
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East

Report: New York City at Highest Risk of Hurricane Losses

When people think of hurricane damage they usually think of Miami or New Orleans, but a new report suggests the greatest financial risk of ...

Massachusetts Family Gets $2.5M in Suit Against Clinic

The family of a Fall River, Mass., man who died hours after visiting a health clinic with chest pains has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed ...

Goats Removed From Connecticut High School Roof Overhang

Firefighters were called to a Connecticut high school for a goat removal. Authorities say firefighters rescued four goats from an overhang ...

4 Alarm Pennsylvania Row House Fire Displaces at Least 30

Officials say at least 30 people have been displaced by a four alarm fire in the suburban Philadelphia city of Coatesville, Pa. No injuries ...
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Midwest

Former Illinois Grain Elevator Owner Gets 15 Months

A former southwestern Illinois grain elevator owner has been sentenced to a year and three months in federal prison for committing mail ...

Kansas Landfill Now Filled With Joplin Debris

At one time, the landfill operated by the city of Galena, Kan., was taking in 12 tons a minute of tornado debris from Joplin and Duquesne ...

Officials Launch Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Campaign

A spike in Minnesota motorcycle deaths is prompting safety officials to urge motorcycle riders and other drivers to share the road. The ...

North Dakota Woman Gets Deferred Sentence for $17K Theft

A North Dakota woman who was accused of stealing almost $17,000 from the Devils Lake insurance agency where she worked has been given a ...
Southeast

Study: Florida Ranks High When it Comes to Best Building Codes

Florida and Virginia have received good marks in a survey that looks at building codes in hurricane-prone states. The Tampa-based Insurance ...

West Virginia Distracted Driving Ban Among Week’s New Laws

The days of legally driving while texting in West Virginia are numbered. A new ban on texting that also targets hands-on cell phone chatter ...

Sentence Handed Down in Mississippi Mail Fraud Case

A former Mississippi insurance agent will serve four years in prison for mail fraud and false pretense. Attorney General Jim Hood says ...
South Central

Storms Blamed for North Texas Roof Collapse

Thunderstorms moving through North Texas are being blamed for the partial collapse of an apartment complex roof, thousands of power outages ...

Louisiana Woman Gets Prison Time in Bank Theft

A federal judge has sentenced a former employee of Teche Federal Bank in New Iberia, La., to 27 months in prison for embezzling over ...

Officials Believe Lightning May Have Caused Louisiana Fire

Authorities say a plant fire in St. James Parish, La., may have been sparked by lightning. WAFB TV reports the Rain CII plant in Gramercy ...

Louisiana Lawmakers Lessen Costs for Citizens Customers

A last-minute provision added to legislation headed to the governor's desk will deliver a price cut to south Louisiana property owners who ...
West

Farm Mutual Insurance Company Under State Supervision

Montana's insurance commissioner has placed Great Falls-based Westland Farm Mutual Insurance Co. under her office's supervision, citing the ...

New Mexico Busts Interstate Driver’s License Fraud Ring

New Mexico authorities detailed what they called a "recipe for fraud" as they announced the bust of a sophisticated ring that specialized ...

DWC Administrative Director Tours Southern California Insurer

On the heels of a seven-city Public Forum tour, California's Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Workers' Compensation ...
International

8 Russian Firemen Die in Forest Blaze in Siberia

Russian forestry officials say eight firefighters have been killed in a massive forest fire in southern Siberia near the border with ...

Aon: Deadly Italy Earthquakes Result in $6B Economic Loss

The two earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks that struck northern Italy within a nine-day period, killing 25 people, injuring more than ...

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