Wednesday 6 June 2012

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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June 6, 2012
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National

Report: Insurers May Manipulate Systems in Effort to Underpay Injury Claims

A new report released by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has found computerized claims' systems used by many of the nation's ...

Kia Recalls Nearly 73,000 Rios for Air Bag Problem

Kia Motors America is recalling nearly 73,000 Rio small cars to fix an air bag problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...

Study: U.S. Drug Recalls Common But Not Well Publicized

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalls potentially harmful drugs about once every month but could do a better job of letting doctors ...
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East

New Jersey Panel Approves Tougher Driver Cellphone Law

Drivers caught talking or texting on their cellphones in New Jersey may soon face increased fines and license suspensions under a measure ...

New York Suit Over ‘Spider-Man’ Musical Airs in Court

A New York judge warned lawyers at the end of a two-hour hearing Friday that she may narrow the scope of a lawsuit stemming from the ...

Man Sues Connecticut Hospital Over Erection Treatment

A bus driver has sued a Connecticut hospital, saying staff at an affiliated facility failed to promptly and properly treat his painful ...
Midwest

Ambulance Driver Cited in Iowa Accident

The driver of a Mason City, Iowa, fire department ambulance has been ticketed in a collision that happened on the way to the hospital. The ...

Jockeys Hospitalized in Horse Pileup at Nebraska Track

Two jockeys remain hospitalized after an accident involving six horses during a race at a Lincoln, Neb., track. Armando Martinez, Jordan ...

Judge Orders Iowa Contractor to Repay Customers

A Polk County, Iowa,  judge ordered a West Des Moines contracting company to reimburse dozens of customers more than $160,000, barred the ...

PartsChannel Completes Acquisition of Indianapolis-Based Alliance Collision Parts

PartsChannel, Inc. announced it has acquired Alliance Collision Parts, LLC., a company based in Indianapolis, Ind., that distributes ...
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Southeast

Western Kentucky Goes From Flood to Drought in a Year

Last year was the wettest on record in Kentucky going back to 1895, bringing widespread flooding last spring in some areas. But state ...

West Virginia County Flood Mitigation Project Continues

Three properties in Wood County, W. Va., will be inspected for asbestos as part of an ongoing flood mitigation project. The county bought ...

OSHA Investigating 2 Fatal Mississippi Blasts in 2 Weeks

The mother of a man who died in an explosion at a Pascagoula, Miss., fertilizer factory says her son never spoke of any safety problems at ...

OSHA Cites AZZ Galvanizing Services in Mississippi

AZZ Inc., doing business as AZZ Galvanizing Services in Richland, Miss., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...
South Central

New Gulf Oil Spill Claims Process Getting Underway

Thousands of victims of BP's 2010 Gulf oil spill will participate in a new process for economic-loss and medical claims associated with the ...

Louisiana Cities’ Feud Hits Fire Coverage

Broussard, La., officials say the city's fire department will continue to respond to calls in rural Lafayette Parish, but city-parish ...

Experts: Oklahoma, Not Texas, Had Hottest Summer Ever

Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where ...
West

Felled Wires From Electric Bus Injure 3 in California

Three people who were in the path of several power lines that were felled by an electric trolley bus in San Francisco, Calif., have been ...

Motorcyclist Killed After Hitting Mattress on Utah Highway

Troopers say a motorcyclist has died after hitting a mattress on Interstate 15 in Box Elder County, Utah. Highway patrol officials say the ...

Idaho Man Arrested for Arson After House Fire

Police in Idaho Falls arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of arson after a weekend house fire. Benjamin Ross Baldwin was booked into ...
International

Aviva Canada Data Shows Burglary Increases During Summer Months

Claims data shows that residential burglaries spike in summer months with a 13 percent, 22 percent and 32 percent higher frequency in June, ...

Chinese Drivers Pose Fresh Risks for Foreign Insurers

"People like us who buy Ferraris don't care too much about insurance because we buy cars for speeding," said Li, in his twenties and the ...

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