Friday 8 February 2013

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February 8, 2013
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National

Youth Organization Says Students Need Better Sports Safety

Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of groups ...

Lithium Batteries Not Necessarily Unsafe

The use of lithium ion batteries to power aircraft systems isn't necessarily unsafe despite a battery fire in one Boeing 787 Dreamliner and ...

U.S. Clears Boeing 787 for Test Flights

U.S. agencies cleared Boeing Co to restart test flights of its grounded 787 Dreamliner in order to get more data on potentially faulty ...

Dreamliner Probe Results 'Weeks Away,' NTSB Chief Says

The National Transportation Safety Board is "probably weeks away" from completing its probe into battery problems on the Boeing 787 ...
East

Powerful Blizzard Takes Aim at Northeastern U.S.

The northeastern United States braced on Friday morning for a blizzard that could drop up to three feet (nearly one meter) of snow through ...

Explosion at Massachusetts Auto Parts Store Accidental

The state Fire Marshal's office says an explosion at a Fitchburg, Mass., auto parts store was caused by a natural gas leak in a pipeline, ...

New Jersey Town Says No to Keeping Storm-Damaged Cars

Officials in a southern New Jersey town say a facility there cannot continue to store 2,400 cars damaged in Superstorm Sandy. The Mansfield ...

Pieces of Vermont Interstate Bridge Damage Vehicles

Vermont State Police say a section of an Interstate 89 bridge in Colchester came loose, damaging seven vehicles that crossed the bridge. ...

Rhode Island Gets $3.2M in Storm Recovery Fundings

Rhode Island has been awarded over $3.2 million in federal funding for recovery related to Superstorm Sandy. The U.S. Department of Housing ...

New York to Get $3.5B in 1st Release of Sandy Aid

New York is getting nearly $3.5 billion in the first release of funds from the $50.5 billion emergency relief measure enacted last month ...
Midwest

Ohio Auto, Homeowners Insurance Premiums Among Lowest in Nation

Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio's average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are ...

Iowa Lawmakers Mull Bill to Restrict Sledding Lawsuits

Children could soon sled down some public property without stressing out city managers under a bill approved Tuesday by a Iowa State House ...

OSHA Fines Michigan Metal Company for Wisconsin Violations

Federal safety officials have fined a Michigan-based metal-making company almost $275,000 for alleged safety violations in Wisconsin. Grede ...

Salem Business Recognized as One of the Safest Companies in Ohio

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recognized Haltec Corporation in Columbiana County for attaining ...
Southeast

Report: Upkeep Deferred in Kentucky Plant Hit by Blast

A federal agency looking into a deadly chemical plant explosion and fire in Louisville, Ky., says crucial maintenance was deferred on an ...

Georgia House Set Ablaze to Conceal Burglary Evidence

Fire investigators in metro Atlanta say a blaze that destroyed a home in Lilburn was actually an arson meant to conceal evidence of a ...

Georgia Golf Car Manufacturer Issues Recall

A Georgia-based golf car manufacturer has issued a recall for 950 of its vehicles. The Augusta Chronicle reports Club Car has issued ...
South Central

Dallas-Based Prize Insurer Sues Lance Armstrong for $12M

A Dallas-based firm that specializes in insuring promotions and prizes has filed suit against Lance Armstrong seeking to recoup millions in ...

Trees Being Replaced After Bastrop Wildfire

Thousands of pine seedlings grown at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas are being packed up and shipped for ...

Ex-Employee Accused of Starting Fire at Louisiana Business

Baton Rouge, La., fire investigators have arrested a bookkeeper accused of setting fire to a local business the evening before she was to ...

Louisiana Home Builder Booked With Felony Theft

Authorities have arrested a Baton Rouge, La., home builder accused of failing to pay more than 30 subcontractors more than $528,000 on four ...
West

Utah House Votes to Expand 80 MPH Roads

Utah drivers can lay off the brakes. The Utah House has approved a measure to expand 80 mph stretches of some rural Utah roads. The House ...

San Francisco Mayor Wants to Mandate Earthquake Upgrades

The mayor of San Francisco, Calif., wants to require thousands of San Francisco property owners to upgrade their apartment and office ...

Report Rates 21% of New Mexico Roads As Poor, Mediocre

A national highway research group says a fifth of New Mexico's roads need upgrading because they are in poor or mediocre condition. In a ...

Scientists: Boat on Oregon Shore Likely Tsunami Debris

Scientists say a 30-foot boat that washed ashore on Gleneden Beach on the central Oregon coast appears to be debris from the March 2011 ...

Idaho Sewer Break Damages 7 Homes

Idaho officials are investigating what caused a 24-inch sewer line to collapse and flood the basements of seven homes. Blackfoot Mayor Mike ...
International

9 Dead, Villages Destroyed in Solomons Tsunami

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies ...

Migrant Workers at Sochi Olympic Sites Face Abuses

One year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the roads in the Black Sea resort and its surrounding mountains are lined with migrants ...

BMW Quits Industry Group Testing Safety of New Car Refrigerant

German carmaker BMW stepped down on Wednesday from its role in an automotive industry research programme investigating the safety of a ...

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