Wednesday 18 July 2012

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July 18, 2012
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National

Produce Safety Testing Program is Spared Budget Ax

The Agriculture Department is extending the life of the nation's main produce safety testing program, just as the initiative was slated to ...

Nissan Recalling 11,000 Jukes to Fix Rear Seats

Nissan is recalling about 11,000 Juke small SUVs to fix a problem with the rear seats. The company says a weak weld can cause the seat ...

NHTSA Probes Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute SUVs

U.S. safety regulators said they have opened an investigation into possible throttle control problems with an estimated 730,000 older model ...

Nasdaq, Facebook Diverge Over IPO Lawsuits

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and investors who sued the exchange operator over Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering have asked a ...
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East

Penn State Could Face Years of Abuse Litigation

Penn State University could face years of litigation over Jerry Sandusky's abuse of children, but the school is also doing some things that ...

Worker Falls 4 Stories at New York City’s Fordham Law School

A worker has fallen four stories down an elevator shaft at the construction site of Fordham University's law school in Manhattan. A Fire ...

New York State Hands Out $16M in Flood Control Grants

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will give $16 million in grants to communities hit by last year's damaging storms. The state ...

Vermont Woman Loses Health, Home to Post-Irene Mold

A Vermont woman says she's been forced from her home by mold that Tropical Storm Irene left behind, and she's had trouble getting help for ...
Midwest

Lawyer for Dead Woman’s Family Planning Civil Suit

The family of a woman fatally shot by an off-duty Detroit, Mich., police officer's holstered pistol is planning a civil suit. Attorney ...

Lawyer Asks NTSB to Investigate Train Derailment

An attorney representing the family of a suburban Chicago, Ill., couple killed this month when a train derailment caused a bridge to ...

Rural South Dakota Fire District Getting Used Fire Truck

A rural fire department in the southeastern South Dakota town of Tabor is getting a used fire truck thanks to a $141,750 loan from United ...
Southeast

Wrongful Firing Case Back in Mississippi Court

A federal appeals court has reinstated Keri M. Towns' wrongful termination case against Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association. ...

Lightning Injures Woman at Florida’s SeaWorld

A 24-year-old woman was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center after being shocked by lightning while visiting SeaWorld Orlando. Orange ...

Cyber-Attacks New Disaster Threat for South Carolina

South Carolinians have dealt with the aftermath of war, earthquake and hurricanes and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday the state now ...
South Central

Fire Does $1.5M in Damage to Arkansas Plant

Production has been stalled after a weekend fire did $1.5 million in damage to an oil pipe manufacturing plant in Little Rock, Ark. Welspun ...

Arkansas Rice Farmers Sue Company Over Hybrid Rice

Arkansas rice farmers are claiming in a lawsuit that hybrid seed supplied by RiceTec Inc. was defective and resulted in lower prices for ...

Deck Collapse at Texas Home Injures 10

Officials say 10 people were injured after a deck in an Austin, Texas, home collapsed during a party. Most of the people suffered minor ...
West

Alaska Officials Conducts Seismic Survey of Fairbanks Buildings

Fairbanks, Alaska, officials want to know how seismically sound some city buildings are. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the city is ...

Montana Claims Adjuster Sentenced for Insurance Fraud

A Billings, Mont., businessman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in an insurance fraud scheme. The U.S. attorney's ...

Nevada Power Company Fields Power Surge Claims

About 100 claims have been filed with NV Energy by people seeking reimbursement for damage caused by a strong power surge in a Reno ...

Report: 2 Colorado Fires Burned Property Worth $55M

Tax records show that two wildfires that burned houses in Larimer County this year damaged homes worth an estimated $55 million. There were ...
International

4 Drug Tunnels Found Along US-Mexico Border

Three sophisticated drug tunnels equipped with lighting and ventilation - including one with a railcar system - have been discovered along ...

Fire Breaks Out in Istanbul High-Rise

A fire broke out in a high-rise building in Istanbul on Tuesday but officials said hundreds of people were quickly evacuated and no one was ...

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