Tuesday 10 July 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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July 10, 2012
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National

Data Analysis Shows Crash Avoidance Features Reduce Claims

Advanced crash avoidance technologies include some clear success stories when it comes to preventing crashes, insurance claim analyses by ...

Insurers of Last Resort Choice for Over 3M Home and Business Owners in 2011

A record-high 3.31 million residential and commercial policies were offered through state-run property insurers of last resort in the ...

President Signs Flood Insurance Reform Bill

President Barack Obama has signed the "Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012" into law. The law extends ...
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East

$7.5M Settlement in Deadly Massachusetts Propane Explosion

The family of an electrician who died in a 2010 Massachusetts propane explosion has settled a lawsuit against a propane distributor and a ...

Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire Chief Jailed in $13,000 Thefts

A southwestern Pennsylvania volunteer fire chief has been jailed on charges he stole about $13,000 from the department since 2010. Police ...

Asbestos Cleanup Started at Maine Demolition Site

Wilton Recycling has begun working actively to protect the public from asbestos at a demolition site it owns. A written remediation plan ...

4 Injured After Boat Catches Fire in Virginia

Virginia officials say four people, including a rescue diver, were injured when a pleasure boat caught fire on the James River. Multiple ...
Midwest

Ohio Father of Bus Crash Victim Praises New Law

The father of an Ohio baseball player killed in a 2007 bus crash says a new federal law will improve bus safety and save lives. John Betts ...

South Dakota Prioritizes Flood Recovery Projects

Staff in South Dakota's capital city have prioritized $7.2 million worth of flood recovery projects to be done over the next several years. ...

Lightning Injures 5 Campers in Eastern Missouri

Five people are recovering after a close call with lightning in eastern Missouri. KFVS-TV reports that two adults and three children were ...

Mishap Injures 4 Employees of Iowa Fireworks Firm

A tube of fireworks ignited prematurely during a Fourth of July display in southeastern Iowa, creating sparks that detonated other ...
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Southeast

Businesses Reopening in Tornado-Damaged Tuscaloosa

A tornado-damaged business district in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is rebuilding with a series of businesses slated to reopen this summer, The ...

2 Florida Men Arrested After Hauling Away ATM

Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies arrested two men they say used a front-end loader to driver through a Florida ATM at a Bank of ...

Tiny North Carolina Fire Department Buys $1 Engine

A volunteer fire department of a tiny North Carolina town has a new shiny red fire truck - purchased for $1. The Woodland Volunteer Fire ...

Historic Building in Eastern Kentucky Damaged by Fire

An eastern Kentucky structure built more than a century ago has been heavily damaged by a fire. McCreary County Sheriff Gus Skinner told ...
South Central

Water Scarce for Hundreds in Northern Arkansa County

Hundreds of families are running low on water in parts of northern Arkansas' Newton County as maintenance problems and drought strain rural ...

NTSB Says Trains Not Speeding Before Oklahoma Wreck

The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren't speeding at the ...

Louisiana City Expected to Put Tax Into Effect

DeQuincy, La., city council members are expected to vote Monday night on a proposal to levy a half-cent public safety tax, putting into ...

ProNet Hires Regional Director of Engineering

Jaren R. Tolman, P.E., MBA, has joined Houston-based ProNet Group, a forensic engineering and consulting service, as regional director of ...
West

Southern California, Sierra Nevada Heat Wave This Week

Interior areas of Southern California and parts of the Sierra Nevada are in for high heat and increased fire danger this week, forecasters ...

Metal Thieves Take San Francisco Park Bleachers

Metal thieves have hauled away aluminum bleachers and irrigation pipes at a popular Sa Francisco, Calif., park. The San Francisco Chronicle ...

California Wildfire Consumes 1,600 Acres

Crews battling a wildfire in western Colusa County, Calif., are hoping to take advantage of lighter winds. The Sites Complex fire near the ...
International

Russia: Warnings Did Not Reach People Before Flood

Authorities failed to properly warn residents in the Black Sea region of floods that killed at least 171 people and left others scrambling ...

London Residents Fear Terrorist Attack if Olympic Rooftop Missiles Allowed

Residents of a London apartment tower went to court Monday in a bid to stop their rooftop being used as a missile base during the Olympic ...

Taiwan Reviews Bus Accidents of Chinese Tourists

Taiwanese officials say a lack of qualified drivers may be contributing to bus accidents involving mainland Chinese tourists, after the ...

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