Tuesday 25 September 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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September 25, 2012
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National

Common Type of Rail Car Has Dangerous Design Flaw

For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even ...

Employees Staying Put Even If Unhappy: Talent Survey

As high unemployment persists and the global economic recovery remains halting and uneven, the "resume tsunami" appears to have been ...

El Nino Seen Developing September and October

An El Nino event, usually associated with significant changes in rainfall, is likely to develop this month and next in the Pacific, ...

White House Planning Executive Order on Cyber Security

The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to develop voluntary cyber security guidelines for owners of power, water and other ...

Cincinnati Insurance Consolidates Executive Oversight of Insurance Operations

Jacob F. Scherer, executive vice president of The Cincinnati Insurance Company since 2008, was named chief insurance officer. His executive ...
East

No Big Smiles on New Jersey Driver's Licenses

New Jersey motorists have another reason to frown about their driver's license photos. The state has banned motorists from making big ...

New York Senator Calls for GPS Standards for Trucks

New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal government to investigate the rising number of overpass collisions involving trucks ...

Maine Motorcycle Death Total Up

The Maine Public Safety Department says the number of motorcycle deaths on the state's highways is outpacing last year's figure. The ...
Midwest

Insurance Info Sought in South Dakota Bar Attack

A judge has ordered a man convicted of an assault outside a Mitchell, S.D., bar last September to reveal whether he had insurance at the ...

5 Hurt in Wisconsin Fireworks Explosion Inside Vehicle

Five teenagers are recovering from burn injuries after some fireworks exploded inside their moving vehicle in Monroe County, Wis. Sparta ...

Missouri Officials Say Fatal Crash Shows Why Law Was Needed

The death of a Missouri Department of Transportation motorist-assist worker last week is a sad illustration of why a new state law was ...
Southeast

Audit Suggests Georgia Food Manufacturers Not Testing

Georgia passed a first-of-its-kind food testing law in 2009 after a deadly salmonella outbreak was traced to a peanut manufacturer here. ...

Mississippi Alderman Wants Pre-Hurricane Cleanup Requirement

Mississippi Alderman Mark Lishen says Long Beach should require businesses and construction sites to make sure their building materials, ...

FEMA OKs $11M in Isaac Disaster Recovery in Mississippi

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $11.1 million in grants across Mississippi for damage from Hurricane Isaac. That ...

Driving Without Insurance in Alabama Will Get Tougher

A driver's chances of being hit by an uninsured motorist in Alabama may go down after Jan. 1. That is when a new system will start cracking ...
South Central

Texas Arson Suspect Badly Injured 2 Years Later

Police say a Central Texas woman accused of setting her garage on fire after lying about a masked man trying to attack her remains too ...

Louisiana Junked Vehicle Lawsuit Settled

Lafayette Consolidated Government has paid $70,000 to a man who challenged the constitutionality of the city-parish's junked vehicle ...

Isaac Recovery Questions Linger for Lousiana Residents

The aftermath of Hurricane Isaac has left many folks wondering how long waters and lands, and the mix of water and land that is south ...
West

Coast Guard Plans Southeast Alaska Spill Exercise

The Coast Guard will host a southeast Alaska petroleum spill exercise Wednesday at the Ted Ferry Civic Center in Ketchikan. The exercise ...

Southern California Wildfire Destroys at Least 20 Homes

Firefighters raced the winds Monday morning to contain Southern California wildfires that destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred ...

Study Finds Gaps in New Mexico Fire Service

A new study concludes that firefighters aren't capable of responding to calls within nationally recommended time frames in certain parts of ...

Asbestos Found in New Mexico State Office Building

The General Services Department says low levels of asbestos have been found in a New Mexico government office building that's scheduled for ...
International

Researchers Show How Waves May Increase Tsunami Power

While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beachgoers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two ...

Court Convicts in Deadly 2001 French Factory Blast

A court in southwestern France on Monday convicted a factory chief and a subsidiary of oil giant Total of manslaughter for an explosion at ...

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