Friday 14 September 2012

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September 14, 2012
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National

Top 10 Worst States for Lawsuits: Study

West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, California, Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Alabama, Oklahoma and Florida are the top ten states with ...

BPI Sues ABC News for Defamation

Beef Products Inc. filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against ABC News for its coverage of a meat product that critics have dubbed "pink ...

Lamborghini Recalls 1,500 Cars Due to Fire Risk

Italian sports car maker Lamborghini is recalling some Gallardo models because power steering fluid can leak and catch fire. The recall ...

RMS: Hurricane Isaac Insured Losses between $1 to $2B from Wind and Surge

U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Issac's wind and surge impacts on the U.S. Gulf Coast will fall between USD$1-$2 billion, excluding ...
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East

State: Law Helps Cut Fatal Crashes Among Teens

Connecticut motor vehicles officials say the number of fatal crashes involving teen drivers statewide fell from nine in 2010 to four in ...

Retired Virginia Reservist Sentenced to 31/2 Years

A retired Virginia Air National Guard officer has been sentenced to 31/2 years in prison for forging death certificates so she could ...

New York Woman Sentenced for Bilking Feds Out of $326K

A former central New York mail carrier has been sentenced to more than a year in prison and ordered to pay back the more than $325,000 in ...

Niagara Falls Mayor Threatening to Withhold Fire Services to Casino

The mayor of Niagara Falls, NY., says he may withhold fire and emergency services from the casino owned by the Seneca Nation of Indians if ...
Midwest

Engineer Report Prompts Closing of Iowa Courtroom

A structural engineer's report on the safety of an Iowa courthouse roof has prompted the closure of its second-floor courtroom. Assistant ...

Rubble Remains Months After Southwest Indiana City's Fire

A southwestern Indiana city is still trying to get rid of the big rubble pile that remains from a former department store building that ...

Unsafe South Dakota Bridge Closed

South Dakota officials have closed a Minnehaha County bridge because it is unsafe. The Highway 114 bridge just west of Baltic spans the Big ...

Wisconsin Judge Sets $1.4M Bail in Fatal Fire

A judge set bail Wednesday for a father accused of killing his three sons in a house fire last week at $1.4 million. Armin Wand III, 32, of ...
Southeast

Police Recover Equipment Stolen From Kentucky City

Police say they have recovered thousands of dollars worth of equipment that had been stolen from a southeastern Kentucky city. Williamsburg ...

South Carolina Trooper's Wife Charged With Arson, Insurance Fraud

The wife of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with setting her home on fire and lying to officials. Paula L. Rose ...

Alabama Governor Seeks More Tornado Aid for Tuscaloosa

Alabama's governor has been in Washington to try to secure more money for tornado recovery in Tuscaloosa. Gov. Robert Bentley says he met ...
South Central

Hurricane Ike Claims Still Being Filed Four Years Later

Nearly four years after Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston Island, coastal residents are still filing claims and hundreds of ...

Official: Texas Coastal Insurer is Unsustainable

The state insurance commissioner says that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is not currently sustainable. She says it likely won't ...

Oklahoma County Seeks Wildfire Damage Estimates

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, in Oklahoma, is asking residents to report any damage to their property from last month's wildfires. ...

Louisiana Ranchers Cope With Herd Losses From Isaac's Floods

In August, the ranchlands spreading over the boot of Louisiana were dotted with hundreds of cows and calves grazing on a smorgasbord of ...
West

Bank Heist Suspects Hurl Cash During Los Angeles Chase

Suspected bank robbers fleeing county sheriff's deputies hurled cash from a speeding SUV on Wednesday, drawing people into the streets ...

Arizona Police Investigate Multiple Car Fires

Police in the Phoenix suburbs of Chandler and Mesa say they're trying to track down an arsonist who torched five cars and targeted several ...

Feds: Pipe Wall in California Refinery Fire Was Thin as Penny

A corroded pipe that failed and triggered a leak and massive fire at one of California's largest refineries had walls as thin as a penny in ...
International

China Construction Elevator Falls; 19 Workers Die

A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China has dropped 30 floors in a free fall, killing 19 workers. The official Xinhua ...

Pakistan Fires Kill 283, Lax Safety Laws Blamed

Fires at two clothing factories in Pakistan left 283 people dead - many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows - tragedies that ...

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