Friday 15 March 2013

Daily Headlines: Friday, March 15, 2013

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March 15, 2013
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National

National Weather Service Head Seeks to Improve U.S. Forecasting

Computing power gives Europeans a commanding advantage when it comes to weather forecasting and storm tracking, but the new head of the ...

Ford Recalls 7,150 Newly Built Vehicles to Repair Child Locks

Ford Motor Co will recall 7,150 vehicles built in November, including the 2013 Escape crossover, because some models are equipped with a ...

Commercial Insurance Prices Increase for the Eighth Straight Quarter

Commercial insurance prices rose by almost 7 percent in aggregate during the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the eighth consecutive quarter ...

FAA Approves Boeing Plan to Fix 787's Batteries

A Boeing plan to redesign the 787 Dreamliner's fire-plagued lithium-ion batteries won approval Tuesday from the Federal Aviation ...

Nichole Ritz Joins The Institutes as Director of Member Knowledge

Nichole Ritz joined The Institutes as director of member knowledge for the CPCU Society on March 12, 2013. She is responsible for ...

Crawford & Company Names Thomas CEO of Contractor Connection

Crawford & Company, a global independent provider of claims management solutions, named Larry C. Thomas to the new position of chief ...
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East

Maryland Researchers Issue Fracking Recommendations

Researchers commissioned by a state panel studying natural gas drilling in western Maryland have come up with recommendations. The ...

8 Arrested in Copper Thefts at Pennsylvania Power Stations

Police say eight people have been arrested in what authorities say was a monthlong spree of copper thefts at 13 electric substations in the ...

Cause Sought for Virginia Church Construction Collapse

Authorities are investigating the collapse of a church addition during construction in Fauquier County. Fauquier County sheriff's Lt. Jim ...

GEICO Names Hoagland Vice President of Buffalo Regional Operation

Rick Hoagland has been named vice president of GEICO's Buffalo regional office with responsibilities for New Jersey and the Northeast. ...
Midwest

Illinois Web Program Offers Ammonia Safety

Illinois and agriculture industry officials have produced a web program that offers guidelines for farmers and others to prevent accidents ...

Judge Says Jury Should Decide Sturgis Trademark

Both sides in a legal dispute involving the trademark for the name "Sturgis" say recommendations by a federal magistrate judge are ...

Michigan Police Agencies Boost Drunken Driving Enforcement

Law enforcement agencies in more than two dozen Michigan counties are conducting extra patrols to arrest suspected drunken drivers through ...

Detroit Churches Step Up Security After Crimes

Some Detroit churches have stepped up security following crimes including break-ins and muggings, and training is being offered later this ...
Southeast

Florida Court Upholds OIR Position on Sinkhole Coverage

A Florida court has upheld a decision by state insurance regulators that property insurers must offer sinkhole loss coverage in an amount ...

Isaac-Damaged Piers Await Repair in Southern Mississippi

Gulfport, Miss., officials say piers along the Gulf Coast that were damaged by Hurricane Isaac in August may not be repaired before summer. ...

Mississippi Woman to Serve 14 Years for DUI Causing Injury

Annetta Brown Stevenson has been sentenced to serve 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to DUI causing injury. Stevenson entered the ...

West Virginia Bill Forces Blood Tests on Arrested Drivers

Under legislation debated on Tuesday, West Virginia drivers could have their licenses revoked for refusing to take a blood test after ...
South Central

Plaintiffs' Lawyer Resigns Amid BP Oil Spill Trial

A Texas lawyer has resigned from the team of plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered a multibillion-dollar settlement with BP PLC and are facing ...

NTSB: Flash in Sky Before Oklahoma Helicopter Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says a witness reported seeing a flash in the sky before a helicopter crashed near an Oklahoma ...

Louisiana's Citizens Property CEO Retiring

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Chief Executive Officer Richard Robertson says he plans to retire June 1. Robertson told The ...
West

California Appeals Court Reinstates Disability Lawsuit

A federal appeals court has reinstated the lawsuit of a disabled California woman who accused an airline of refusing to provide her a ...

New Mexico Man Convicted in Fatal DWI Accident Explains Suit

A Santa Fe, N.M., man convicted of a fatal 2010 drunken-driving accident says his filing a lawsuit against two restaurants and a drinking ...

Rimkus Opens Utah Office

Rimkus Consulting Group, a leader in forensic engineering consulting services, has announced the opening of a new office in Salt Lake City, ...
International

UN Says Most of World Lags on Road Safety Laws

The World Health Organization says only 7 percent of the world's population lives in nations where there are adequate road safety laws. The ...

Peak Re Licenses AIR Worldwide Catastrophe Modeling Systems

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced that Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (Peak Re), a reinsurer headquartered in Hong Kong ...

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