Friday 22 March 2013

Daily Headlines: Friday, March 22, 2013

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March 22, 2013
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National

Survey Shows Knowledge Gap Exists When it Comes to Flood Coverage

As part of National Flood Safety Awareness Week and in advance of the spring storm season, a survey commissioned by Allstate Insurance ...

NFL Owners Pass New Rule Changes to Improve Player Safety

NFL owners approved two rule changes Tuesday to enhance player safety. They might not vote on a proposal to ban offensive players from ...

Symbility and Weather Fusion Announce Partnership

Symbility Solutions Inc., a cloud-based claims technology provider,  and Weather Fusion,  a weather verification services provider for ...

Weather Decision Technologies Announces New Hail Data Mobile App

Weather Decision Technologies announced a new mobile product designed to provide claims adjusters and insurance administrators the ability ...

Keogh Resigns as EQECAT President; Little Named to Succeed Him

Bill Keogh has resigned as president of catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT, according to the company, and Paul Little has been named to ...
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East

Woman Blames Husband in Vermont Car Crash

Police say a woman who crashed her car in Bennington, Vt., while texting tried to blame the accident on her estranged husband. ...

New Jersey Shore Town Planning Geotubes to Protect Coast

The Jersey shore town hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy is planning to put sand-filled fabric tubes on its beach to protect its storm-ravaged ...

New Jersey Governor Seeks $250M for Sandy Buyouts

Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he is asking the federal government to let the state use $250 million in Sandy aid to help New Jersey ...

Dunes vs. Property Rights in Storm-Battered New Jersey

The sand dune that ruined Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean allowed their beachfront home to see another day when Superstorm ...
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Midwest

Negligence Lawsuit Over Train Crash Moves Forward

A state appeals ruling means a negligence lawsuit against a railroad company in a 2009 train-van crash in a Milwaukee suburb can move ...

Kansas College Student Sues Fraternity Over Drinking

A student at the University of Kansas has filed a lawsuit accusing a fraternity of allowing underage drinking, which he claims led to his ...

Michigan Oil Spill Cleanup May Exceed Insurance

Enbridge Energy Partners LP said on Wednesday that the costs of additional cleanup from a huge Michigan oil spill three years ago may push ...

Driver Killed in Bizarre Kansas Turnpike Crash

A bizarre crash in Wichita involving a pair of empty school buses has left one man dead and two others under arrest. KAKE-TV reports the ...
Southeast

Ex-Mississippi Attorney Who Forged Claims Check Faces $914K in Restitution

The U.S. government is seeking $914,162 in restitution unpaid by a former Mississippi attorney convicted in a tax and mail fraud case in ...

2 Convicted in Motorcycle Theft Ring

Two Ashland, Ky., men face up to 30 years in prison after a federal jury convicted them on charges related to operating a motorcycle theft ...

Georgia Teen Panel Makes Road Safety Recommendations

An all-teen board appointed by Georgia's governor wants harsher penalties for teens who violate the state's law that bans drivers from ...

Coalition Says Florida's No Fault Ruling Ignores Harm That Fraud Inflicts

A key provision of the 2012 no-fault reform law in Florida shouldn't take effect until a higher court decides if it's constitutional, a ...
South Central

Louisiana Commissioner Opposes $100M Citizens Insurance Borrowing Plan

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said it's premature for the state property insurer of last resort to borrow $100 million to ...

Arson Convictions Challenged Over Fire Science

Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two ...

Claims Against BP Contractors Dismissed at Trial

A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation's worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims Wednesday against a BP ...
West

Iditarod Plans Changes After Sled Dog Death

Changes are planned for Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race following the asphyxiation death of a dog that was buried in snow by extreme ...

Workers Removing Tsunami Dock on Washington Coast

Workers are dismantling a 65-foot-long dock from the Japanese tsunami that washed ashore on a remote beach on Washington's Olympic ...
International

VW Announces China Recall for Gearbox Problem

Volkswagen AG announced a recall Wednesday of more than 384,000 vehicles in China to fix gearboxes following a report last week by state TV ...

A Look at Some Major Art Thefts in Recent Years

A look at some of the biggest art thefts in recent times: _October 2012: Thieves broke into the Kunsthal art gallery in Rotterdam, the ...

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