December 13, 2012
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Today's HeadlinesNational NTSB Recommends Ignition Locks for All Drunk DriversA federal safety board is recommending that all states require ignition interlock devices for convicted drunk drivers, including first-time ... New Tests Could Hamper Food Outbreak DetectionIt's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could ... Honda Recalls More Than 800,000 Minivans and SUVsHonda is recalling more than 800,000 minivans and SUVs in the U.S. because they can roll away even though drivers have removed the key. The ... Males Hit by Vehicles Twice as Likely to DieWorldwide, more than 1.2 million traffic fatalities occur yearly, and the lives of pedestrians account for a third of those lost. In the ... GEICO Hiring More Than 4,000 New Associates in 2013GEICO, an insurer that handles auto insurance coverage for over 11 million private passenger auto policies and insures more than 18 million ... East The Hartford to Pay $81K to Vermont Customers for Improperly Evaluated ClaimsThe Department of Financial Regulation says the Hartford Financial Services Group has agreed to pay more than $81,000 in restitution to ... Lenders Agree to Speed Up New York Sandy-Related ClaimsAn agreement to be announced Wednesday will resolve an unexpected snag that has in some cases added weeks of delays in advance insurance ... New Jersey Judge Halts Superstorm SummitA New Jersey judge is blocking an upcoming post-superstorm "reconstruction summit." State Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa alleges William ... Wiring Caused Fire at Pennsylvania Warehouse Holding PropsFaulty wiring is being blamed for a fire at a Philadelphia, Pa., warehouse where a string band stores its props for the city's annual Mardi ... New Jersey Storm Victims Headed Soon to Mobile HomesSome New Jersey families displaced by Superstorm Sandy could be living in federal government-supplied mobile homes as early as next week. ... Midwest Beef Industry Using Risky ProceduresThe U.S. beef industry has been using practices that could put people's health at risk, including a mechanical meat tenderizing process ... Man Drives Wrong Way for 11 Miles on Missouri HighwayAuthorities say a man who drove the wrong way for 11 miles on a southwest Missouri interstate told troopers he was just trying to get home. ... Missouri State Senator Wants Tougher Safety Belt LawThe St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Democratic Sen. Joseph Keaveny of St. Louis, Mo., plans to introduce legislation in the upcoming ... Ohio County Bans Contractors With Legal TroublesOfficials in Cleveland's Cuyahoga County say they'll blacklist contractors that have had run-ins with the law. The county council voted ... Sullivan to Head Frank Gates OhioYork Risk Services Group, a national provider of claims-management, specialized loss adjusting, insurance pool administration and other ... Minnesota Driver Distracted by Sex Gets Prison TimeA Minnesota man made a tearful plea for leniency before a judge sentenced him to just over four years in prison for a crash that killed two ... Southeast South Carolina Court Upholds Contractor Liability for Faulty WorkmanshipSouth Carolina's high court has left intact a state law that requires a builder's general liability policy to cover damages from faulty ... West Virginia Mine Cited in Mechanic's DeathAn Alpha Natural Resources subsidiary has been issued safety citations in a mechanic's fatal fall at a West Virginia coal processing plant. ... Part of Interstate Reopens After West Virginia Gas InfernoContractors worked through the night to remove and replace an 800-foot swath of Interstate 77 that turned from asphalt to cinder in a ... South Central Texas Men Charged With 2005 Hurricane Rita FraudTwo Southeast Texas men have been charged with submitting bogus invoices to steal from government recovery programs after 2005's Hurricane ... Oklahoma AG Charges Man with Insurance FraudAttorney General Scott Pruitt's Worker's Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit has filed charges against an Oklahoma City man for allegedly ... Louisiana Used Car Dealer Sentenced in Odometer Tampering Fraud SchemeBeau Michael Guidry of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced today in connection with an odometer tampering scheme that defrauded victims in and ... West Fire Codes Getting Tougher After Damaging Colorado FireFire codes could be getting stricter in the Colorado Springs neighborhood devastated by last summer's Waldo Canyon Fire. The Gazette ... Arizona Police Arrest Suspects in Tow Truck StingOn December 11, 2012, a two-year collaborative criminal investigation, led by the Mesa Police Department, came to a successful conclusion ... Bad Truck Brakes Blamed for Nevada Amtrak CrashThe National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a distracted driver in a truck with bad brakes was the probable cause of a ... Deadly Oregon Mall Shooting Appears Random According to PoliceThe U.S. mall shooting that left three dead and forced hundreds of Christmas shoppers to hide or flee appears to have been a random attack, ... International Jenni Rivera's Plane Hit With 'Terrible' ImpactThe plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in ... Why Efforts to Stop Bangladesh Factory Fires Have FailedAbout a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and ... XL Estimates $350M in Sandy Storm LossesXL announced its preliminary net loss estimate related to Storm Sandy of $350 million, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement ... 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