Thursday 23 August 2012

Daily Headlines: Thursday, August 23, 2012

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August 23, 2012
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National

Slideshow: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with winds topping 160 mph on August 24, 1992, devastating several communities before striking the ...

Travelers Sues NFL Over Ex-Players’ Brain Injury Lawsuits

Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to ...

In Apple vs Samsung, Alchemy of Damages Takes the Stage

Between the hotshot designers and brainy engineers Apple Inc questioned for three weeks in the company's bitterly fought patent battle ...

Erie Announces New Leaders for Product, Services and Human Resources Groups

Penn.-based Erie Insurance announced the following leadership promotions: · Richard Burt, executive vice president of Product. In this ...
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East

Washington Monument Didn’t Sink After Earthquake

The Washington Monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, government surveyors ...

2 Hurt by Text-Messaging Driver Settle Lawsuit

A New Jersey couple who each lost a leg when their motorcycle was struck by a teenager who was driving and texting have settled their ...

Burned Sub Repair Estimate Within $50M of Original

The cost to fix a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was severely damaged by a fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Maine, will come in ...
Hurricane Andrew Revisited 20 Years Later

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Midwest

Missouri Revises Insurance Rules After Joplin Tornado

The Missouri insurance department says new regulations for mutual insurance companies are intended to prevent a run on their finances ...

Indiana Flood Walls Aim to Prevent Repeat of 2008

Floodwaters from Haw Creek, Ind., cost Cummins Inc. an estimated $220 million dollars in property damage in 2008. The company is making an ...

Appeals Court Overturns $60K Award Against Blogger

An appeals court has overturned a $60,000 award against a Minneapolis blogger whose post led to a man's firing. The case against John Hoff, ...
Southeast

Mississippi Court Orders New Damages Determination in Accident

The Mississippi Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that a Hinds County judge erred in determining how the much the city of Jackson was ...

Report: North Carolina Offices Communicate Poorly on Employers

North Carolina state agencies do a poor job communicating with each other to identify employers who are possibly breaking the law because ...

South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty in Grisly Insurance Fraud Case

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal fraud charge, acknowledging his role in an insurance scheme that cost a ...

Feds Issue Report on Fatal North Carolina Fire

A federal agency is concluding that failure to follow standard procedures for fighting a high-rise fire likely contributed to the death of ...
South Central

DPS: Tire Blowout Caused Deadly SUV Crash

Investigators say a tire blowout caused an overloaded SUV to crash in East Texas, killing two boys and three girls on their way to a water ...

Oklahoma School Withholds Teen’s Diploma for Cursing

The father of a central Oklahoma high school valedictorian said Monday his daughter's diploma has been withheld because she used a curse ...

Tyler Meat Product Manufacturer Reaches Settlement with U.S. Attorney's Office

A major meat manufacturer in Tyler, Texas has entered into a settlement agreement with the government to resolve a USDA investigation in ...
West

Loose Screws Focus of Reno Air Race Crash Probe

Federal safety regulators are focusing on loose screws in the tail of a World War II-era fighter plane modified to race faster than 500 mph ...

Wildfire Destroys 50 Buildings in Northern California

Firefighters in Northern California are making progress in containing a huge wildfire that has burned dozens of homes and other structures ...

City Says Cottage Grove Speedway Must Close

The Cottage Grove Speedway has been ordered to shut down because its owner has failed to make progress on city-mandated environmental and ...

Men Charged in Fire Ignited by Target Practice in Central Oregon

Reckless burning charges have been filed against five men whose target practice is believed to have ignited a 35-acre wildfire in Central ...
International

Croc Rips Homeless Man’s Right Hand in Cancun

Mexican authorities say a crocodile attacked a homeless man and bit off his right hand near a lagoon in the resort city of Cancun. Cancun ...

Balkans Heat Wave Fuels Forest Fires in Bosnia

Authorities declared a state of emergency Tuesday around a town in Bosnia's northeast, as a heat wave in the Balkans fuelled wildfires and ...

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