Wednesday 13 February 2013

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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February 13, 2013
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National

Insurer Reports Sandy Flood Claims Resolving Quickly

A bulletin by the National Flood Insurance Program helped spur quicker processing of Sandy flood-related claims. Prior to the bulletin, ...

UN Agency Moves to Kill Aircraft Battery Exemption

A U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent aircraft batteries like the one that caught fire on a Boeing ...

Lean Cuisine Mushroom Ravioli Recalled

Alaska environmental regulators say Nestle Prepared Foods Co. has issued a recall of Lean Cuisine mushroom ravioli after consumer reports ...

Starr Approved to Participate in Federal Multi-Peril Crop Program

Starr Indemnity & Liability Company has received approval from the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture to ...

Healthcare Solutions Appoints Joe Boures President

Healthcare Solutions, the parent company of Cypress Care, ScripNet and Procura Management, announced the promotion of Joe Boures to the ...

Five Percent of Consumers Had Credit Report Errors: FTC

One in twenty American consumers had mistakes on their credit reports that would have increased their interest rates on loans or caused ...
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East

Quake Test: Can NYC's Row Houses Handle an Earthquake?

Researchers will conduct a rare - if not unprecedented - large-scale earthquake simulation to determine how vulnerable New York's ...

The Whopper of a Storm Didn't Rank High in History

The snowstorm that walloped the Northeast with about 3 feet in some places didn't add up to being that bad, federal statistics say. Two ...

Rhode Island Training Draws Big Numbers Before Fire Anniversary

About 100 people have signed up for a free crowd safety training session being offered by the state ahead of the 10th anniversary of a ...

New York Mall Evacuated on Fears of Roof Collapse

One of the biggest malls on Long Island was evacuated Monday because of major roof leaks after a rainstorm followed nearly 3 feet of snow, ...

OSHA Proposes $123K Fine for New York Manufacturer

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $123,000 in fines for operators of an upstate New York plant that ...
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Midwest

Indiana City Inspectors Say Cluttered Courthouse Floor is Fire Hazard

Fire inspectors in a north-central Indiana city have told county officials to clean up the Miami County Courthouse's cluttered fourth ...

Grants Will Pay for Thousands of Smoke Alarms in Iowa

The state fire marshal plans to join with firefighters from around Iowa to announce two grants totaling nearly $300,000 that will fund the ...

Wisconsin Says Suit Possible Over Stained Marble

Wisconsin state officials said Monday they may consider legal action against a cleaning company blamed for damaging marble floors in the ...

Cleveland May Restrict Driver's Cellphone Use

Cleveland is one step closer to prohibiting drivers from talking on cellphones without using hand-free devices. WEWS-TV reports that a bill ...
Southeast

Alabama Warns Hundreds of Insurers to Register or Face Fine

Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance ...

Citizens to Free Itself of Some Condo Policies

The governing board of state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has approved another "depopulation" plan to move thousands of its ...

Bill Would Help Visually Impaired Mississippi Truckers

Mississippi lawmakers are trying to make it easier for truckers with only one good eye to earn a living. The House passed House Bill 441 on ...
South Central

Texas Lawmakers Get Map of Transportation Needs

Texas transportation officials say they will need about $4 billion more per year to maintain and improve the state's aging highway system ...

Louisiana City's Overall Crime Rate Decreases in 2012

The 2012 overall crime rate for the city of Monroe decreased just over 5 percent compared to the previous year. That's according to Monroe ...

Disabled Cruise Ship Headed to the U.S.

Passengers aboard a cruise vessel stranded in the Gulf of Mexico after a weekend engine fire have limited access to bathrooms, food and hot ...

Houston Company Sued Over Oil Discharged in Gulf

The Justice Department filed on Monday sued a Houston-based company it accuses of illegally discharging oil from a platform in the Gulf of ...
West

Oregon I-5 Motorcyclist Reported Topping 180 MPH

Authorities in Southern Oregon say they arrested a motorcyclist after twice giving up the chase for safety reasons, and the man told them ...

Inmate Lawsuits Cost California $200M

Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California's prison system by highlighting what he says is a ...

CHP Posts Rules for Motorcycle Lane-Splitting

The California Highway Patrol and other statewide traffic safety groups have created a set of written guidelines on motorcycle ...
International

Cruise Ship Lifeboat Accident Kills 5 in Spain

A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands fell about 65 feet (20 meters) into a port on Sunday ...

Romania: Slaughterhouses Did Not Commit Fraud

Two Romanian plants believed to be the source of horsemeat mislabeled as beef in supermarkets across Europe declared it properly and any ...

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