Tuesday 9 October 2012

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October 9, 2012
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National

Workers' Comp Structured Settlements Beneficial in Medicare Set Asides

Structured settlements can be beneficial in resolving workers' compensation claims involving Medicare Set Asides (MSAs), according to ...

Tips on Handling Structured Settlements in Workers' Comp Claims

The experts provided tips for adjusters working claims that could benefit from the use of a structure. Seek out a specialist. "As soon as ...

Honda Recalls 2002-2006 CR-V for Fire Risk

Honda Motor Co. is recalling about 489,000 CR-V crossovers in the U.S., Europe and Africa, from the 2002 to 2006 model years because an ...

Salmonella Confirmed in Peanut Butter Plant

Salmonella has been found in a New Mexico plant that produces nut butters for retailer Trader Joe's and several other large national ...
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East

Massachusetts Company Linked to Outbreak Inspected in 2011

The specialty pharmacy that made the steroid suspected in a deadly meningitis outbreak was inspected and cleared by Massachusetts ...

OSHA Cites Contractor in New York City Deadly Crane Accident

Federal officials have cited a company for safety violations in connection to a Manhattan crane crash in April that killed a 30-year-old ...

New Hampshire Court to Rule on Cellphone Use While Driving

The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide for the first time whether talking on a cellphone while driving, although legal here, can ...

Stun Guns Used in Vermont 50 Times in 18 Months

Records show Vermont State Police troopers fired electronic stun guns 10 times in past 18 months at people threatening suicide or at others ...

Suit: Fired Staffer Doubted 9/11 Memorial Safety

A former manager at the Sept. 11 memorial was fired for raising health and security concerns at one of the most security-conscious places ...
Midwest

Nebraska Officials Say Bus Laws Often Ignored

The penalties for ignoring that small stop sign extended from a school bus have drastically increased in Nebraska, but local officials say ...

North Dakota Prosecutor Cuts Break for Drunken Drivers

A county prosecutor in southeastern North Dakota is routinely charging many first-time drunken driving offenders with the lesser offense of ...

Forester Says Logging Could Have Eased Nebraska Fires

A forester says fires that swept through northwest Nebraska this summer would have caused less damage and threatened less property if the ...
Southeast

Man Charged With Theft of 1,000 Pounds of Steel

Jackson County, Miss., sheriff's deputies have arrested 31-year-old Christopher Edward Richards, of Vancleave, and charged him with one ...

Georgia Aims to Curb Crashes Involving Farm Equipment

After a spike in crashes involving farm equipment last year, Georgia agriculture and highway safety officials are continuing an effort ...

Refiled Malpractice Lawsuits Must Follow New Tennessee Laws

Tennessee's Supreme Court has ruled that refiled medical malpractice lawsuits must follow new state laws. The high court in a unanimous ...

Tennessee County Investigating Series of Arsons

Authorities in Union County, Tenn., are searching for whoever set a series of six fires at homes and barns over the last six days in the ...
South Central

Louisiana Parish Residents Urged to Buy Flood Insurance

Cameron Parish, La., residents without flood insurance should buy coverage before the new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps ...

Sinkhole: Vent Wells Being Drilled for Trapped Gas

The emergency preparedness director for Assumption Parish, La., says wells are being dug to vent and investigate natural gas trapped ...

Suit: Deadly Force Unnecessary in Louisiana Nightclub Shooting

The family of a Baker, La., man shot to death outside a Baton Rouge nightclub in August has sued three private security guards and the club ...
West

Arizona Sheriff Gets Funding to Investigate Serious Crashes

Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's vehicular crimes unit has received a $30,000 grant award from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety ...

Colorado Lawsuit Claiming Dispatcher Negligence Dismissed

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging four workers at a Pueblo, Colo., dispatch center delayed sending a trooper to an accident - a ...

Russian Student Charged in Alaska Crash Fraud

Federal prosecutors say a 26-year-old Russian man and accomplices staged at least a dozen Anchorage, Alaska, car crashes and collected ...
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International

Female Drivers in the UK Still Benefit From Lower Car Insurance Premiums

Female drivers are benefiting more from falling car insurance prices than their male counterparts, according to analysis of 21.6 million ...

Tourist Safety in Vietnam's Famed Bay Questioned

By the time Michael Chai spotted the other boat bearing down on his craft, it was too late to shout a warning to the captain, and the ...

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