Monday 26 November 2012

Daily Headlines: Monday, November 26, 2012

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November 26, 2012
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National

Disaster Fraud Concerns After Superstorm Sandy

As victims of Superstorm Sandy pick up the pieces of their lives and insurers wade through thousands of claims, industry and public ...

Study Finds Alarming Increase in Inflatable Bounce House Injuries Among Kids

A new study examining pediatric injuries associated with inflatable bounce houses and moonwalks revealed a 15-fold increase in the number ...

Toyota Recalls 160,000 Tacoma Pickups in U.S. and Canada

Toyota Motor Corp is recalling about 160,000 Tacoma mid-size pickup trucks from the model years 2001 to 2004 in cold-weather U.S. states ...

States Face Problems With New Driver's Licenses

It was a popular idea five years ago: make sure every state had high-security driver's licenses to thwart terrorism at airports. But the ...
New class from Academy of Insurance: What every agent needs to know about D&O
East

New Software Fights Sandy Debris-Removal Crooks

A devastating storm like Sandy can bring out the crooks - and not just opportunistic looters and burglars. Officials dealing with the ...

Gas Blast Levels Massachusetts Strip Club; 18 People Hurt

A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily ...

Dad Charged in New York Death Once Thought an Accident

When Levi Karlsen was crushed to death while fixing up a pickup truck four years ago, authorities in his quiet New York county thought it ...

New Jersey Sandy Cleanup to Cost About $29.4B

Cleaning up the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy will cost New Jersey about $29.4 billion, Gov. Chris Christie announced Friday night. The ...

New York Offers Insurance Help on Long Island

The New York Department of Financial Services says it will station representatives at four locations on Long Island over the next few days ...
Midwest

Ohio Fire Marshal Urges Safe Holiday Decorating

The state fire marshal is urging Ohioans to take fire safety precautions when decorating for the holidays. Fire Marshal Larry Flowers says ...

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Mulls Alcohol Ban in Dorms

One year after a student drowned in a river after a night of drinking, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is considering banning ...

Unattended Candles Blamed for Iowa House Fire

Investigators say unattended candles caused a house fire that displaced a Waterloo, Iowa family from their home. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls ...

Firefighter Responding to Ohio Arson Hurt in Fall

The Columbus, Ohio fire division says a firefighter searching a vacant building in an arson case fell between levels and suffered back and ...
Southeast

Residents Near Kentucky Train Derailment File Lawsuit

Residents affected by a train derailment and fire that evacuated a small town near Louisville, Ky., have filed a lawsuit against the ...

Mississippi Town Could See Decrease in Insurance Costs

Residents in the Mississippi Delta town of Metcalfe are now able to buy coverage through the National Flood Insurance Program. Mayor Corey ...

Mock City for Disaster Training Nears Completion in Georgia

When Houston County District Attorney George Hartwig was a police officer in Florida many years ago, the closest he came to realistic ...
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South Central

Criminal Charges Against BP Employees Test Reach of Maritime Statute

Not all manslaughter charges are created equal. If they were, the U.S. Justice Department might have filed just 11 charges when it brought ...

Contractor Cited in Fatal University of Texas-Dallas Crane Collapse

Federal officials have cited a Dallas-area contractor with six serious safety violations after a tower crane collapse on the University of ...

Louisiana City to Remove Driving Hazards From Cemetery

Rails, cement posts, railroad ties and other objects set on corner cemetery plots to prevent drive-overs will be removed from a Bogalusa, ...

Holiday Fire Levels Warehouse in Louisiana

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a Thanksgiving Day fire that leveled a furniture warehouse in Carencro. The fire was ...
West

Charge: Washington Couple Takes $223,000 in Workers' Comp

A Tacoma, Wash., couple has been charged with falsely claiming workers compensation benefits and pocketing $223,000. The state Department ...

California City Building "Tsunami-Resistant" Port

It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any ...

Man Sues San Diego After Palm Tree Crushes Legs

A San Diego, Calif., man is suing the city after a palm tree fell on him and crushed his legs. Michael Burke blames city budget cuts for ...

Oregon Wildfire Cameras to Keep Eye on Problem Areas

A pair of webcams installed above Lake Chinook will give Central Oregon its first fire lookout cameras. The high-tech images will be ...
International

112 Killed in Fire at Bangladesh Garment Factory

At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an ...

18 Chinese Miners Die in Coal Gas Explosion

A coal mine accident in China's southwest killed 18 workers and trapped five more on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. There ...

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