Tuesday 30 October 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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October 30, 2012
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National

Hurricane Sandy Losses Expected to be Worse Than Irene

Hurricane Sandy appears to have easily caused more losses than last year's Hurricane Irene, but final totals will be hard to come by for ...

U.S. Economy Could Skirt Direct Hit From Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is ...

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Rate Unchanged in 2011

Nearly 3.0 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported by private industry employers in 2011, resulting in an incidence ...

Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night

Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting ...
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East

Mayor Bloomberg's Latest Update on New York City Response to Hurricane Sandy

Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, updated residents on the city's response to Hurricane Sandy in a speech delivered this ...

Sandy Leaves New York Construction Crane Dangling in Storm Winds

New York City evacuated neighbors of a nearly completed, 90-story luxury apartment building on Monday after the top of a construction crane ...

Sandy Likely to Trigger A Significant Volume of Commercial Property Claims: Willis

Hurricane Sandy, a storm that forecasters say is on a scale with little precedent on the East Coast, is likely to trigger a significant ...

New Jersey Nuclear Plant Declares "Alert" After Sandy Storm Surge

Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory ...

Hurricane Sandy Grounds Thousands of Flights

Airlines hurried to fly passengers and planes out of the Northeast Sunday as Hurricane Sandy moved up the coast. The massive storm ...
Midwest

Court Rules Illinois Teen Eligible for UIM Coverage Under Father's Business Auto Policy

A teen injured in a car wreck is entitled to underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) under her father's business auto policy even though the ...

Wisconsin Woman Cited for Three OWI Crashes in Three Hours

A Verona, Wis., woman has been cited for drunken driving after the 21-year-old allegedly caused three crashes in less than three hours. ...

Wayward Deer Causes $1,200 in Damage at Church

A wayward deer made a trip to a Michigan church last week, causing $1,200 in damage when it crashed through a window. The Livingston County ...

Minnesota Contractor Gets 6 Years for Arson Conviction

A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client's duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost seven ...
Southeast

Alabama Waiting on Millions in FEMA Twister Payments

Alabama is still waiting on more than $70 million in payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency linked to the deadly tornado ...

Tennessee Highway Patrol to Increase Safety Measures for Halloween

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is once again stepping up safety measures for Halloween. Colonel Tracy Trott says in a news release that ...

Hurricane Isaac's Rains Flooded Mississippi City Hall

Sumrall, Miss., officials are considering whether to purchase flood insurance for the city, following the flooding of City Hall after ...

Florida Senator's Daughter Has Head Injury After Accident

The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio remains hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury following a golf cart ...
South Central

Texas Man Whose License Was Suspended 21 Times Arrested Again

A 28-year-old Central Texas man whose license to drive has been suspended 21 times has been arrested again behind the wheel. Bryan police ...

Louisiana Attorney General Says Citizens Insurance Hikes Legal

Significant rate increases for state-sponsored wind and hail property insurance policies that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved ...

No Damage Reported in Arkansas Earthquake

No damage or injuries have been reported after a 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning in eastern Arkansas. The U.S. Geological ...
West

California Counterterrorism Summit Preps for Mock Zombie Invasion

Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number ...

3 Convicted in California for Phony Car Insurance Claims

Three people have been convicted of filing more than $60,000 in false insurance claims related to an auto accident they staged in a Garden ...

Washington Campaigns Bring Attention to Utah License Model

The races for governor and attorney general have brought renewed attention to a proposal that would create a two-tiered driver's license ...

California Officials Probe Whether SWAT Action Sparked Fire

Officials are investigating whether a joint fire-police SWAT team exercise may have sparked a brushfire that injured one firefighter and ...
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International

Insurers See Risk in Overuse of Swiss Military Bunkers for Art Storage

A metal door set into a mountain in Switzerland offers a way out for fine art investors forced to pay over the odds to insure their ...

New United Nations "Atlas" Links Climate Change to Disease Outbreaks

The two U.N. agencies for health and weather services have created a new "atlas" of scientific data that they say offers fresh evidence of ...

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