Thursday 11 October 2012

Daily Headlines: Thursday, October 11, 2012

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October 11, 2012
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National

Toyota Recalling 7.4M Vehicles Over Window Switch

Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall more than 7.4 million vehicles worldwide for faulty power window switches that are a potential fire ...

Kellogg's Recalls Mini-Wheats Due to Metal Fragments

Kellogg's initiated a voluntary cereal recall due to the possible presence of fragments of flexible metal mesh from a faulty manufacturing ...

Allstate: Overweight Drivers, Passengers Hurt Vehicle Fuel Efficiency

It's not just the gas-guzzling SUVs that are hurting the driving fuel efficiency. The growing average weight of Americans is responsible ...

BP, U.S. Justice Department Close to Oil Spill Settlement

BP PLC and the U.S. Justice Department are close to a broad deal that would release the company from additional civil and criminal ...

The Institutes Announce Two New Claims Courses

The Institutes announced the offering of two new claims courses. The first course, Catastrophe Claim Fundamentals, teaches adjusters how to ...
East

Philadelphia School to Reopen After Fumes Caused Illness

An elementary school in Philadelphia is expected to reopen Wednesday, a day after exhaust fumes from a broken generator sickened more than ...

Vermont Town Gets Money to Replace Covered Bridge

A Vermont town is getting more money to help replace an iconic covered bridge famously destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. The ...

Cops: Drunk Drivers Collide on Upstate New York Street

Authorities say two drivers were both drunk behind the wheel when their cars collided on an Albany, N.Y., street. Police tell the Times ...

OSHA Cites Maryland Firm for Health-Related Death

OSHA has cited a Clarksburg, Md., company in the heat-related death of an employee, but an owner says his company did nothing wrong and ...
Midwest

Canine Investigator to Help Sniff Out Arson Clues

Northern Indiana and southwest Michigan have a new tool when it comes to sniffing out arson. Sadie, a 16-month-old Labrador mix, recently ...

Deadly Year for Motorcyclists in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say 2012 will be one of the deadliest years on record for motorcyclists. So far, 102 ...

NTSB: Pilot Failure to Abort Caused Illinois Crash

Federal investigators say a pilot's failure to abort takeoff caused a small plane to crash into a suburban Chicago, Ill., fitness center ...

North Dakota Men Gets 5 Years for Role in Burglaries

One of two Fargo, N.D., men accused of burglarizing home construction sites has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading ...
Southeast

Kentucky Court: No WC Benefits for Unemployed Volunteer Firefighter

A Kentucky appellate court recently ruled that an injured volunteer firefighter is not eligible for permanent disability benefits because ...

Florida Mystery Monkey Bites Woman on Back

Wildlife officials in Florida say the mystery monkey of Tampa Bay bit a woman during an unprovoked attack in St. Petersburg. Florida Fish ...

Contractor Hired to Remove Mold from West Virginia School

The Harrison County, W.Va., Board of Education has hired a contractor to remove mold from an elementary school where air quality concerns ...

Time is Running Out for FEMA Grants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says time is running out for victims of Hurricane Isaac. FEMA will take grant applications for ...
South Central

Louisiana Parish Residents Eligible for Isaac Aid

Residents in West Baton Rouge Parish, La., can now apply for federal and state disaster assistance, as the parish was added Tuesday to the ...

Texas Man Charged With Impersonating Fire Marshal

A Texas Panhandle man has been charged with pretending to be a fire marshal and wrongly ordering a business to close. The Amarillo ...

EPA Grant to Reduce Asbestos Exposure in Oklahoma

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a more than $242,000 grant to the Oklahoma Department of Labor to reduce asbestos ...

2 Plead Guilty in Louisiana Insurance Scam

Two Livingston Parish, La., residents have pleaded guilty in a mail fraud scheme involving more than $100 million in life insurance ...
West

Report: California Frat Members Block Death Probe

Authorities say members of a Fresno State, Calif., fraternity where a teen drank himself to death are refusing to cooperate with police. ...

Blaze Destroys 3-Story Building Near Downtown Los Angeles

Authorities are trying to determine what caused a grass fire that destroyed a three-story commercial building near a Hollywood freeway. Los ...

Bluff Collapse Threatens Alaska Property

For three years Gary and Darlene Kernan said they have watched water collect on their Alaska bluff property during heavy rainfall and each ...

Montana Police Deny Erasing Taser Audio

The Bozeman Police Department is asking a judge to reject proposed sanctions against the force for allegedly covering up details of a ...
International

Nigerian Villagers Sue Shell in Landmark Pollution Case

Four Nigerian villagers took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Thursday in a landmark pollution case that campaigners said could open the door ...

Worker's Injury Casts Harsh New Light on Foxconn and China

Apple Inc's largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from ...

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