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January 11, 2013
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National

Claims Examiner Merges Hobby with Job

In an interview with Claims Journal, Mark Hoedel, an experienced motorcycle racer, explains how he merged his hobby and experience into a ...

NFL Great Junior Seau Had Brain Disease CTE

Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide ...

CPSC Issues Recall for 327 Polaris Vehicles

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday issued a recall for about 327 Polaris off-highway vehicles, because of a defect that ...

Purina, Milo's Kitchen Pulling Some Dog Treats

Two makers of pet treats are pulling products from the market because they may contain traces of poultry antibiotics that aren't approved ...

Liberty Mutual to Phase Out 8 Regional Insurance Brands

Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it is planning to retire its regional brands in 2013 to focus on the more recognizable Liberty Mutual ...
East

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Cap Hurricane Deductibles at $1,500

New York legislators have introduced a bill this week that seeks to cap the percentage-based hurricane deductibles for homeowners' ...

New Jersey Town Raised $250K to Rebuild Boardwalk

Most of the contributors to a New Jersey town's fund to rebuild a boardwalk destroyed by Superstorm Sandy are out-of-towners. Belmar has ...

Arbitrator Reduces Portland Fireboat Punishments

An arbitrator has ordered the city of Portland to pay more than $1,100 in back wages to two firefighters who were punished after damaging ...

New York City Crane Collapses at Construction Site; 7 Hurt

With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near New York's East River ...

Perdue Seeks $2.5M in Attorneys Fees in Poultry Pollution Case

Perdue Farms is seeking up to $2.5 million in attorney fees following its victory in a poultry pollution case that had been closely watched ...
Midwest

Ohio Village Reaping Big Bucks With Speed Cameras

An attorney challenging the use of traffic speed cameras says a southwest Ohio village has reaped some $700,000 from tickets. Attorney Mike ...

Drought Disaster Declared for 104 Kansas Counties

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a drought disaster in 104 of Kansas' 105 counties, clearing the way for farmers and ...

Lawsuit Filed After Illinois Trooper's Death

An attorney has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the widow of an Illinois State Police trooper who was killed in a ...

The Doctors Company and Michigan State Medical Society Partner on Bills

The Doctors Company, a national medical malpractice insurer, announced that important tort reforms have been signed into law in Michigan. ...
Southeast

Mississippi Resolution: Support All Sandy Recovery Aid

A Democratic state lawmaker said Wednesday he's filing a resolution that urges Mississippi's entire congressional delegation to support ...

Officials Plan Controlled Burns at Camp Lejeune

Officials plan controlled burns at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune to reduce the possibility of forest fires. The Camp Lejeune Environmental ...

West Virginia University to Study Effect of Cell Phone Laws on Crashes

West Virginia University is getting $182,000 to study whether laws limiting or banning cell phone use while driving are effective. The ...
South Central

Euthanized Dog Puts Emotional Value to Texas Court

Does man's best friend have sentimental value under Texas law? That's the question the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday will tackle in a ...

Texas Float Driver Won't Face Charges in Train Crash

A grand jury on Wednesday declined to indict the driver of a float involved in a train collision that killed four U.S. military veterans in ...

Louisiana High School Needs $4M in Repairs

Baker High School needs more than $4 million in repairs and upgrades. That's according to a new report by Baton Rouge, La., engineering ...

Oklahoma Lawmakers Study Arkansas Workers' Comp System

Two Republican state senators from Oklahoma are visiting Arkansas this week to study that state's administrative workers' compensation ...
West

Giant Boulder Knocks Hole in Oregon House

A southern Oregon family says a refrigerator-sized boulder crashed into their manufactured home, leaving a giant hole in one wall and the ...

Fire at Arizona Pool Building Deemed Accidental

A nighttime fire in a Tucson, Ariz., swimming pool is being called an accident. Fire Capt. Barrett Baker says eight units and 21 ...

Mom Sues Over Teen's Skiing Death in Colorado

The mother of an Ohio college student who died at a ski area in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the ...
International

Thai Government Ordered to Clean Up Polluted Creek

A Thai court on Thursday ordered the government to clean up a lead-polluted creek and pay nearly $4 million in compensation to local ...

Italy: Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Sled Accident

Italian police have arrested the driver of the snowmobile that crashed into a ravine during a nighttime outing on a steep ski slope, ...

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