Thursday 3 January 2013

Daily Headlines: Thursday, January 3, 2013

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January 3, 2013
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National

House to Vote on Flood Insurance Funds on Friday; Sandy Aid Later

Under fire from fellow Republicans from Sandy-stricken New York and New Jersey, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, today agreed to hold ...

Subaru Recalls Vehicles in U.S. for Lighting Issue

Subaru is recalling as many as 634,000 vehicles in the United States for potential lighting problems that could lead to smoke or fire, ...

Transocean to Pay $1.4B for Role in BP Spill

Transocean Ltd has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from the massive 2010 BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf ...

Crawford Names David Repinski CEO of U.S. Property & Casualty

David J. Repinski has joined Crawford & Company, global independent provider of claims management solutions, to lead its U.S. Property & ...
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East

Baltimore Fire Deaths Hit New Low in 2012

Twelve people died in fires in Baltimore in 2012, and city officials say that's the lowest number of fire fatalities on record. In 2011, 17 ...

New Jersey Governor Calls House Inaction on Sandy Aid 'Inexcusable'

Gov. Chris Christie is calling the House of Representative's failure to act on a Superstorm Sandy relief package "inexcusable." Christie ...

Bill Would Improve Safety for Massachusetts Social Workers

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to improve workplace safety for social workers. The bill requires the Executive ...

Report to OSHA: Pennsylvania Clinic Overlooks Worker Safety

Violence prevention efforts at a Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic where a gunman shot six people last year focus too much on patients and not ...

Governor Announces Lawsuit vs NCAA Over Penn State Scandal

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Wednesday he will ask a federal court to throw out the multimillion-dollar sanctions levied by ...
Midwest

South Dakota Court Rules Against "Owned-But-Not-Insured" Exclusion

With the South Dakota Supreme Court's decision in Wheeler v. Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. of Neb., 2012 S.D. 83, the state joined a number of ...

Missouri Begins Issuing New Driver's Licenses

Missouri drivers will see changes in their driver's licenses beginning this year. The Department of Revenue says new licenses will have ...

Walking Tours Mark Catastrophic 1913 Ohio Flood

A catastrophic flood 100 years ago in southwest Ohio will be marked by a new program arranged by a history buff who directs walking tours. ...

Head of Indiana Safety Agency Resigns After 7 Years

The head of Indiana's workplace safety agency has stepped down after seven years in the job, during which the department issued some of the ...

Parts of Ohio Hospital Evacuated Because of Smoke

Authorities say an electrical fire led to part of a western Ohio hospital being evacuated on New Year's Day and a firefighter treated for ...
Southeast

West Virginia Gas Explosion Site Like a 'Ghost Town'

The gas line explosion that hit Sissonville, West Virginia has scarred the landscape as well as the outlook of area residents. "It looks ...

Despite Lack of Big Storms, Florida's Property Insurance Costs Rise

Marco Tarafa was stunned to find that his homeowners' policy is increasing by nearly $1,000 a year - all because inspectors couldn't get ...

More Than 300 DUI Arrests During New Year's Period

Georgia state troopers arrested 321 people on charges of driving under the influence during the New Year's holiday travel period, which ...

Kentucky Coal Mine Fatalities Down by Half in 2012

The number of coal miners killed on the job in Kentucky fell to four in 2012, down from eight the previous year when the state led the ...

10 Killed in Holiday Weekend Accidents in Mississippi

Officials say at least 10 people died and more than two dozen were injured on Mississippi roads over the extended New Year's holiday. Only ...
South Central

Louisiana Boaters Should Use Caution Around Bridge

Louisiana transportation officials say boaters should be cautious but they do not have to avoid going under the Interstate 210 bridge. The ...

Texas Builds 'Hurricane Domes' for Double-Duty

Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans ...

Arson Suspected in Fire at Former Oklahoma City High School

Authorities suspect arson in a fire that damaged four classrooms in a former Oklahoma City high school building. Fire Battalion Chief Brian ...
West

Idaho Senator Caught in DUI May Have to Get Ignition Lock

U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo will likely be required to install an ignition interlock device in his car to test his breath for alcohol as a ...

Storm Hosts Rose Parade Show After Fiery Grill Accident

With a wave of her bandaged left hand, Hannah Storm returned to a most comfortable setting - talking in front of a TV camera. The ESPN ...

Montana Supreme Court Rules Hutterites Must Pay Workers' Compensation

A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers' compensation insurance for jobs ...

$300K Damage in Fire at Nevada Auto Body Shop

Clark County, Nev., firefighters say a blaze that caused about $300,000 in damage to an auto body shop likely started from welding. ...
International

Collapse at Shanghai Construction Site Kills 5

Chinese authorities say five workers were killed and 18 injured in Shanghai at a construction site for a parking lot being built to support ...

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