Wednesday 3 October 2012

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October 3, 2012
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National

Incidents of Teens Drinking and Driving Down Significantly

The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 or older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between ...

Court Seems Unclear on House Versus Boat Question

Is it a house or a boat? Does a coffee mug float? The Supreme Court struggled with all types of questions Monday as it tried to figure out ...

Experts Call on Congress to Create First U.S. Weather Commission

With the U.S. economy vulnerable to weather events costing billions of dollars, an expert panel today asked Congress to create the first ...

2011 Fatal Work Injury Statistics: Report

An estimated 4,609 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2011, down from a final count of 4,690 fatal work injuries in ...
East

New York Hockey Arena Faces Fines Following OSHA Probe

The operators of New York's Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum have been cited for 16 violations of workplace health and safety standards. ...

2 Western New York Highway Workers Hurt in Accident

Authorities say two town highway department workers are hospitalized after they fell 30 feet from their truck's basket platform when a ...

Fire at Abandoned Vermont Radar Base Was Arson

Investigators say a fire at an abandoned Air Force radar station on the top of a mountain in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom was arson. The ...

Delaware Man Charged With 7th DUI

Delaware State Police have charged a man with his seventh DUI. Troopers say 31-year-old Samuel Phipps of New Castle was driving south on ...
Midwest

County Looks to Fix Damaged Indiana Covered Bridge

A county official says the damage isn't as bad as it looks on a nearly 140-year-old wooden covered bridge in northeastern Indiana that had ...

Illinois Couple Hurt in Deadly Crash With Ex-Trooper Paid

An Illinois couple has gotten a $700,000 check from the state for injuries suffered in a crash with an Illinois State Police trooper who ...

Iowa High Court to Consider Dairy Farm Injury Case

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the owners of a dairy farm can be sued by an adult chaperone who was injured during a ...

Ohio Man Hit by Car Sues Makers of Alcoholic Drink

A central Ohio man seriously injured when he ran into traffic and was struck by a car is suing the makers of a controversial alcoholic ...
Southeast

Florida OIR Receives More Than 100 Filings on PIP Changes

Florida insurance regulators have announced they've received more than 100 filings from auto insurers doing business in the state and are ...

South Carolina Homes Damaged by Thunderstorms

A line of heavy storms has knocked down trees and power lines and damaged more than a dozen homes in the Anderson, S.C., area. The storms ...

Pet Monkey Quarantined After Biting Man on Leg

A pet monkey has been quarantined in its owner's central Florida home after biting a man. Officials say the 19-year-old capuchin monkey ...

Deadline for SBA Florida Physical Disaster Loans is October 22

The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in Florida of the Oct. 22 ...
South Central

Disaster Recovery Center to Open in Oklahoma County

Emergency officials are opening a disaster recovery center in Cleveland County, Okla., for people affected by August wildfires. Officials ...

Corps Repairs Louisiana Damage From 2011 Flooding

There's damage from last year's historic Mississippi River flood to repair still. On Monday, the Army Corps of Engineers announced the ...

Oklahoma School Bus Driver Dies After Crash

Police in Broken Arrow, Okla., say a school bus driver who died after crashing the bus into several parked cars may have suffered an ...
West

Administrative Law Judge Invalidates Fair Claims Practices Regulations by CDI

Insurers familiar with California's strict claims handling guidelines may be surprised to learn companies could be off the hook for ...

Party Bus Investigated in Portland Girl's Death

Police say an 11-year-old girl who fell to her death from a party bus in Portland, Ore., was sitting on top of her backrest when she leaned ...

Fatal Boat Collision in Dense Fog Off Washington Coast

The fog was very thick at 4:30 Friday morning 30 miles off the Washington coast where the 40-foot fishing boat Maverick was drifting when ...

Volunteer Firefighter Gets Jail in Utah Arson Cases

An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter from Elk Ridge has been ordered to 180 days in jail after he was convicted of setting fires in central ...
International

7 Crew Arrested in Deadly Hong Kong Boat Collision

Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested seven crew members from two boats in a collision that killed 38 holiday revelers, but they offered no ...

Owners of Grounded Ship Settle With New Zealand

A Greek shipping company has agreed to pay the New Zealand government up to $31.5 million toward the cleanup costs of a cargo ship's ...

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