Friday 21 December 2012

Daily Headlines: Friday, December 21, 2012

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December 21, 2012
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National

GM Recalls Pickup Trucks to Fix Problem With Hoods

General Motors is recalling more than 145,000 pickup trucks because the hoods can fly open unexpectedly and block the driver's vision. The ...

Hyundai Recalls Velosters Over Shattering Sunroofs

Hyundai is recalling about 13,500 Veloster hatchbacks in the U.S. because the vehicle's sunroof can shatter and cause injuries. The recall ...

Malpractice Study Shows Surgical Mistakes Occur At Least 4,000 Times Per Year

After a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in ...

Top 5 Predicted Tech Trends for 2013: Guidewire

The property/casualty insurance industry is poised to embrace new technology in 2013, according to to Brian Vannoni, Guidewire's director ...

Audatex Delivers Collision Repair Tracking App to the iPhone

Audatex North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Solera Holdings, Inc., announced the launch of a new iPhone app for AutoWatch, its web-powered ...

XL's Marine Unit Adds Staff

XL's North American Marine business expands its blue water hull risk management capabilities in New York with the addition of Siobhan Coen ...
East

New Jersey's Garden State Parkway Unveils Young Driver Plan

New Jersey officials are launching a program aimed at making the Garden State Parkway safer for young drivers. "Reinventing Safety 365" ...

PATH Service Resumes Between Hoboken and Manhattan

PATH service has resumed at the Hoboken station for the first time since Superstorm Sandy. Trains between Hoboken and the 33rd Street ...

For Minor Crimes, New Yorkers Sentenced to Sandy Relief

New Yorkers who got into minor trouble in Manhattan have been sentenced to Sandy. Last week, 70 people who were given community service ...
Midwest

Rush to Cash Checks Collapses South Dakota Bank Floor

Officials say the floor of a bank on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in central South Dakota collapsed after tribal members rushed to ...

Workplace Deaths Rise in North Dakota Oil Patch

North Dakota's workers' compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state's booming oil patch, an effort to ...

New Southwest Indiana I-69 Section Seeing Many Deer Crashes

Deer have caused numerous crashes by running onto southwestern Indiana's new section of Interstate 69 since it opened last month, although ...

Probe Looks at Cause of Iowa Explosions

Firefighters in Waterloo, Iowa, are trying to determine what caused explosions and a fire that destroyed a construction company's workshop ...

Ohio BWC Investigations Result in 15 Workers' Comp Fraud Convictions in November

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) announced 15 individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to ...

December Enforcement Brings 1,300 DWI Arrests in Minnesota

Minnesota's Department of Public Safety says about 1,300 people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated so far in December. State ...
Southeast

Parents of Dead North Carolina Man Sue Police

The parents of a Charlotte, N.C., man who died after being shocked with a Taser last year have sued the police department and the company ...

North Carolina Workers Want Voice in Compensation Study

North Carolina's workers should have a voice in a study of the compensation plan that the General Assembly is planning, some state ...

New Trial for Ex-Miami Dolphin McDuffie in Toe Lawsuit

A new trial has been ordered in a malpractice lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins receiver O.J. McDuffie against a doctor over treatment ...
South Central

1 Dead, 17 Injured in Texas Dust Storm Accidents

A dust storm in West Texas triggered a series of accidents Wednesday that killed one person, injured at least 17 others and led authorities ...

State to Install Safety Cables on Louisiana I-20

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says cable barriers will be installed to protect about 28 miles of roadway in ...

Oklahoma AG Charges Tulsa Resident with Workers' Compensation Fraud

Attorney General Scott Pruitt's Workers' Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit has filed a charge against a Tulsa woman for allegedly ...
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West

Flagstaff Police Tow Snowplow Blockers

Flagstaff, Ariz., police are cracking down on drivers who park on the streets and block snowplows during storms. Nearly three dozen people ...

Fired Nurse Sues Oregon Hospital for $250K

A registered nurse who worked for three months at a Bend, Ore., hospital has sued for $250,000, contending she was fired for reporting the ...

Coast Guard: Large Dock Washes Ashore on Washington Coast

The Coast Guard on Tuesday spotted a large dock that has washed ashore in a remote section of Olympic National Park on the northwest ...
International

Global Insurance Rate Firming Slowed in Q4, Despite Sandy

Global insurance rates continued to firm in the fourth quarter of 2012, but at a slower rate than in the previous quarter, despite the ...

New Zealand's EQR Staff Blow Whistle on Contractor Fraud

Staff working at New Zealand's Earthquake Commission have played a crucial role in stopping potential fraud and collusion by a ...

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