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National

Drafting and Sending a Reservation of Rights Letter

Adjusters on the fence about whether to send a reservation of rights letter, also known as an ROR, should go ahead and do so, according to ...

Blinds Xpress Recalling More Than 450,000 Blinds

Blinds Xpress is recalling more than 450,000 blinds after a 2-year-old girl reportedly strangled in the loop of a vertical blind cord that ...

EEOC Lawsuit vs United Air on Disabled Workers Revived

A federal appeals court has revived an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against United Airlines Inc, and said U.S. law ...
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East

New York Has More Than 400 FEMA Home Buyout Applications

Gertrude Baker and her husband bought their cozy home in Owego in 1956. They raised three kids, befriended neighbors and weathered the ...

Tornado Strikes Beachfront Neighborhood in New York City

A tornado swept out of the sea and hit a beachfront neighborhood in New York City on Saturday, hurling debris in the air, knocking out ...

Maryland Mulls Voluntary Standards for Crib Bumper Pads

The state of Maryland plans to hold hearings on adopting voluntary safety standards on crib bumper pads. Officials had been discussing a ...
Midwest

BP Pays $1.5M in Claims to Date in Gas Recall

BP has paid more than $1.5 million in claims arising from a multistate recall of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some ...

Storm Knocks Out Power, Postpones Games in Ohio

Homeowners are busy cleaning up after storms swept through the Dayton, Ohio, area. Hundreds of people were left without out power following ...

Eastern Missouri Judge Tosses Red-Light Camera Lawsuit

An appeal is planned after an eastern Missouri judge tossed out a lawsuit challenging the use of red-light cameras. Jeff Brunner filed the ...

Kansas, Officer Sued Over Crash With Fleeing Car

Two people who were injured when a fleeing car struck their vehicle are suing a Capitol Police officer and the state of Kansas. Scott E. ...
Southeast

Lawsuit Settled in Fatal 2010 Florida Disney Bus Ccrash

The mother of a 9-year-old boy killed in a collision with a Walt Disney World bus has settled her lawsuit against the company. Chase ...

Thieves Strike Georgia Highway Cameras in Search of Copper

Authorities say traffic cameras on a main freeway through metro Atlanta, Ga., were malfunctioning Friday, apparently the result of repeated ...

Citizens Approves Low-Interest Loans for Insurers

The governing board of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. on Friday approved $350 million in low-interest loans for private ...

Greyhound Bus Catches Fire in Alabama

A fire on a Greyhound bus forced the evacuation of 13 passengers in Birmingham, Ala., but did not cause any injuries. Greyhound spokeswoman ...
South Central

Texas DA Investigating State Farm Hurricane Claims

Texas investigators have opened a criminal probe into how State Farm handled what may turn out to be thousands of insurance claims from ...

Hurricane-Resistant Louisiana Home Survives Isaac

Officials of OceanSafe say the hurricane-resistant model home built in New Orleans as a demonstration project survived Hurricane Isaac ...

Arkansas Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Plane Crash

A Washington County, Ark., judge has dismissed a lawsuit over an airplane crash in Springdale on procedural grounds. The Northwest Arkansas ...
West

Oregon Hotel Fire Probe Advancing

The first phase of an investigation into a five-alarm hotel fire is complete, but authorities haven't determined the cause of the blaze. A ...

Fiery Car Crash Into Los Angeles Pizzeria Kills Three People

Authorities say a car has crashed into a pizzeria in Los Angeles, killing three people and triggering a blaze. Sgt. Donald Kelly says the ...

California Drivers Can Use Phones to Prove Insurance

California drivers will be able to use their smartphones to show they have auto insurance under a bill approved by Gov. Jerry Brown. AB1708 ...
International

Survivors of Chinese Earthquakes Await Supplies

Survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed 81 people and injured more than 800 in a mountainous area of southwestern China were ...

Asia's Insurers Beef Up as Bankers Face the Axe

Slowing economic growth across much of Asia has failed to crimp expansion plans by the region's insurance companies, even as the rest of ...

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