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December 10, 2012

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Today's Headlines National DOT Proposal Seeks to Require Black Boxes in All Cars Devices that record crash-related data would be required in all new cars and light trucks under a U.S. Department of Transportation ... Thousands of Cars Damaged by Sandy to be Crushed The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says progress is being made in identifying and removing thousands of vehicles damaged beyond ... Weather Service Looks at Hurricane Warnings The National Weather Service is considering changing how it issues hurricane watches and warnings. Spokesman Chris Vaccaro said in an email ... AIG Expects $1.3B in Losses Related to Hurricane AIG estimates it will take $1.3 billion in losses related to Superstorm Sandy, more than other major insurance companies have reported so ... Ford Recalls 2013 Fusion Again Ford Motor Co is recalling 19,106 2013 Fusion sedans in the United States to replace faulty headlamps, federal safety officials said on ... Judge Names Lead Plaintiffs in Facebook Litigation A group of investors including state pension funds in North Carolina and Arkansas will be the lead plaintiffs in securities lawsuits ... More National News East New York Mostly Ignored Reports Warning of Superstorm More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to ... New Jersey Sues Post-Sandy Disaster Summit Organizer New Jersey's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the organizer of an upcoming post-superstorm "reconstruction summit," alleging ... New Jersey Shore Community Hopes Residents Can Return in January The Jersey shore community where a roller coaster plunged into the ocean, becoming the defining image of Superstorm Sandy, hopes to let its ... FEMA Likely to Expand Flood Zones Along New Jersey Coast The federal government is poised to expand flood zones and push for increases in building elevations along the New Jersey coast in the wake ... More East News Midwest Illinois Court Upholds Uninsured Motorist Claim Time Limit A contractual time limitation to report an uninsured motorist claim as required in an auto insurance policy does not violate public policy, ... Civil Lawsuit Filed in 2010 Fatal Crash in North Dakota The father of a woman killed in a bus-motorcycle crash in Fargo, N.D., two years ago has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the bus ... Chicago Program Puts Injured Painters Back to Work The city of Chicago has inked an agreement with the local painters union to allow injured employees to return to work more quickly, ... BWC Awards More Than $153,000 to Support Workplace Safety The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) awarded safety intervention grants to five Ohio businesses totaling more than $153,000 in ... Kansas Insurance Department Names New Assistant Commissioner Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has named Zachary J.C. Anshutz as assistant commissioner and John Wine as general counsel. ... More Midwest News Southeast Citations Issued in Florida Interstate Crashes That Injured 52 Florida Highway Patrol has issued more than a dozen traffic citations to drivers involved in a chain reaction of collisions that injured ... Motorcycle Deaths Climbing in Tennessee As the number of motorcyclists killed in crashes continues to climb in Tennessee, an audit shows that federal grants used to increase ... Alabama Court Sets New Standard for Totaled Cars The Alabama Supreme Court has changed a 57-year-old standard on how commercial vehicle owners get compensated when their vehicle is totaled ... Georgia Teen Driver Program Gets National Recognition A Georgia parent-teen driver education program has been selected for inclusion in a national publication highlighting innovative programs ... More Southeast News South Central Dallas Cowboy Charged After Player Dies in Auto Accident Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn ... Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in Insurance Scam A Denham Springs, La., man has pleaded guilty to participating in a plot that federal prosecutors say defrauded two life insurance ... Arson Captured on Video Gets Texas Man Prison Term A 34-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting a fire at a home he didn't know had video surveillance. ... More South Central News West Family Escapes Injury in Fuel-Sparked Fire at Las Vegas Home Authorities in Las Vegas, Nev., say eight people escaped serious injury when a fuel-sparked fire gutted the garage of their two-story ... Jury: Mining Company Not Liable for Apartment Damage A jury says the Atlantic Richfield Co. isn't responsible for damages to a historic Butte apartment building that the owner said were caused ... Alaska Senator Seeks $15M for Tsunami Debris An Alaska senator wants $15 million for tsunami debris cleanup on the West Coast included in a federal disaster relief package for states ... More West News International Bahamas Cleans Up Oil Spill at Power Company Site Crews are cleaning up roughly 70,000 gallons of fuel that spilled during an attempted theft at a power company facility in the Bahamas. The ... Six Dead as Heavy Snow Hits Balkans Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams ... US, Mexico Participating in Operation Holiday Hoax The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the kickoff of Operation Holiday Hoax, an effort to ... 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan; Little Damage Reported: AIR According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan today, 270 ... China Labor Arbitrators Rule Against Injured Foxconn Worker Chinese labor arbitrators have ruled against the father of a Foxconn worker brain-damaged in a factory accident in southern China, in a ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Disaster Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Todd Fannin, director of Claims for LexisNexis, provides insight into disaster fraud in the... 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