Friday 24 August 2012

Daily Headlines: Friday, August 24, 2012

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August 24, 2012
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National

AAA: 33M Americans Plan to Travel Over Labor Day

Americans plan to hit the road this Labor Day weekend despite rising gas prices. Thirty three million people will travel 50 miles or more, ...

Government Joins False Claims Suit Against Gallup

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it has joined a lawsuit against The Gallup Organization alleging the polling company filed false ...

Government Gene Sleuths Stop Superbug That Killed 6

Over six frightening months, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation's leading research hospital. Pretty soon, a ...

Great American Promotes Thompson, Jr. to Divisional President

Great American Insurance Group promoted David L. Thompson, Jr. to divisional president of its Specialty Property and Casualty AgriBusiness ...
Hurricane Andrew Revisited 20 Years Later

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East

Massachusetts Company Recalling Smoked Salmon

A Massachusetts seafood company is recalling some of its smoked salmon products because of possible contamination by the bacterium listeria ...

Court: Former NFL Punter Eligible for Workers’ Comp

Maryland's highest court has ruled former Washington Redskins punter Tom Tupa is eligible for workers compensation for an injury while ...

2 New Jersey Firms Fined in Worker’s Heat-Related Death

Federal officials say two central New Jersey businesses face $7,000 fines stemming from the heat-related death of a sanitation worker in ...

$14.5M for New Jersey Boy’s Brain Injury From Metal Bat

A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive off a metal bat while he was playing in a youth baseball game ...
Midwest

FDA Names Indiana Farm Tied to Salmonella in Melons

The Food and Drug Administration has identified a southern Indiana farm that produces cantaloupes linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak ...

Man Intentionally Rams Missouri Home With Bulldozer

St. Louis, Mo., police are searching for a man who drove a bulldozer into a house over a property dispute. A woman and her two daughters ...

Iowa Diocese Must List Names of 3 Accused Priests

A bankruptcy judge has told the Davenport Diocese to add the names of three deceased priests to its online list of people credibly accused ...

Indiana Officials Look Into BP Gasoline Recall

The Indiana attorney general says his office is opening an investigation into BP's recall of gasoline produced at its refinery in Whiting. ...
Southeast

2014 Trial Date for Consol West Virginia Wrongful Death Case

A federal judge is encouraging mediation in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the daughter of an Ohio man whose leg was ripped off in an ...

Florida No-Fault Insurance Study Ups Expected Savings

Outside consultants on Tuesday increased their estimate of potential savings from Florida's new no-fault auto insurance law, but state ...

Mississippi Court Order Trial in Car-Horse Accident

The Mississippi Supreme Court has order a trial in a lawsuit over a George County accident involving a car and a horse. The personal-injury ...

Kentucky County Eyeing Timber Firms Over Road Damage

A western Kentucky county is eyeing loggers and their trucks as the cause of damage to county roads. The Hopkins County Fiscal Court is ...
South Central

Texas Mall Roof Cut in Attempt to Steal Air Jordans

Houston police have arrested two teenagers after the roof of a mall was cut in an apparent failed attempt to steal Air Jordan sneakers. ...

Nobody Hurt in Fiery Train, Truck Wreck in Texas

Officials say nobody has been hurt in a fiery wreck involving a freight train and a gasoline tanker truck in East Texas. Union Pacific ...
West

Judge Dismisses Claims in Fatal Washington Goat Attack

A judge has dismissed most of a widow's claims against the federal government after her husband was killed by a mountain goat at ...

California Fires Foil Oregon Ecosystem Study

Forest fires burning in Northern California have hampered the efforts of environmental scientists from Oregon who are studying an ...

Alaska Wildfire Nearly Doubles in Size

A fire burning on military land near Fairbanks, Alaska, has nearly doubled in size since Sunday, but is not being actively fought since ...
International

Tropical Storm Isaac Takes Aim at Haiti, Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Isaac headed toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Friday, continuing its march across the Caribbean after unleashing ...

Exceptional Drought Receding in Arkansas

Drought conditions in Arkansas are showing a slight improvement. That's according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which ...

West Virginia College to Train Mine Managers From China

Mining managers from China's top coal-producing province will undergo safety training in southern West Virginia. The group will be trained ...

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