Monday 9 July 2012

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July 9, 2012
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National

Facebook and Yahoo Tie Up, Settle Lawsuits

Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc agreed to forge a broad Internet advertising and licensing partnership on Friday, laying to rest their dueling ...

Dry Skies Threaten U.S. Corn Crop as Heat Wave Breaks

The withering U.S. corn crop is gaining some respite from a record heat wave this week but new weather forecasts offered scant signs of the ...
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East

Vermont Flood Insurance Customers Could See Rate Hikes

Some of Vermont's estimated 3,700 flood insurance customers could see their premiums increase by up to 20 percent. Since Hurricane Katrina ...

Delaware Man Charged With 129 Counts in Burglaries

Delaware State Police have charged a man with 129 offenses in numerous burglaries of home under construction throughout Sussex County. ...

Boston Asbestos Violations Triggers $500K Penalty

Emerson College and Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. will pay $500,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they failed to thoroughly ...

3 Dead, 24 Rescued After Yacht Capsizes off New York

A yacht full of fireworks watchers capsized off New York's Long Island on the Fourth of July, killing three people and sending 24 others ...
Midwest

Michigan Authorities Bust Theft Ring Targeting Pallets

The Michigan attorney general's office says authorities helped break up a criminal operation where thieves stole and resold plastic pallets ...

Major Disaster Declared in 16 Areas in Minnesota

A federal disaster declaration has been issued for 13 Minnesota counties and three tribal nations after preliminary assessments showed ...

Server Outage Temporarily Halts Indiana BMV Transactions

A computer server outage created problems at Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicle branches for about three hours until the problem was fixed. ...
Southeast

Florida Governor to Visit Lloyd’s, Airshow in London

Gov. Rick Scott is jetting off for foreign soil again - this time to the United Kingdom. Scott and his entourage left Saturday on a ...

Public Adjuster Moratorium Ruled Unconstitutional by Florida Supreme Court

A 2008 Florida law establishing a 48-hour moratorium on public adjusters was ruled unconstitutional Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court ...

Fire That Burned North Carolina Church Ruled Arson

Investigators say a fire at a downtown Jacksonville, N.C., church was intentionally set. Authorities told The Daily News of Jacksonville ...
South Central

2 Dead in Crane Collapse on University of Texas Campus

Officials say two construction workers are dead after a crane collapsed on the University of Texas at Dallas campus. A message posted on ...

Dallas-Area Man Recovers Stolen Car After 42 Years

This was hardly a joyride for Bob Russell. But nearly 42 years after someone stole his 1967 Austin Healey 3000 from a Philadelphia ...

Changing Arkansas Weather Brings Lighting Fires

Lightning started at least seven wildfires in drought-parched Arkansas on Friday, and although none caused any structure damage or ...

Texas Man Dies in Fire After Cigarette Ignites Oxygen

A fire official says a 73-year-old Panhandle man died in an apartment fire after his cigarette ignited a home oxygen supply used to help ...
West

New Mexico Police Deny Claims Over Damaged Home

Albuquerque, N.M., police released a video Saturday that disputes an attorney's claim that authorities prevented a resident from ...

Washington Man Charged With $20K Dead Cat Claim Fraud

A Washington man has been charged with insurance fraud and attempted theft after using photos from the Internet to file a $20,000 insurance ...

Washington Official Seeks $500K for ‘Stress Ball’ Injury

A Vancouver, Wash., city councilwoman is seeking $500,000 from the nearby city of Ridgefield, contending that city's mayor injured her left ...
International

1 Person Injured in Spain’s Bull-Running Festival

Bulls thundered into and trampled several thrill-seeking runners as they raced down the dew-slicked cobblestone streets of Pamplona during ...

Flood Alerts in UK as Heavy Rain Sweeps In

Torrential rain pelted a large swath of Britain on Friday, flooding roads, canceling concerts and turning practice for the British Grand ...
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