Wednesday 20 March 2013

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National

Supreme Court Insurance Ruling a Setback for Class Action Claimants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a homeowner seeking to sue his insurer could not file suit in a state court considered ...

CEO: Transocean Workers Not to Blame for Oil Spill

The chief executive of Transocean Ltd., owner of the rig destroyed after BP Plc's Macondo well blew out in 2010, told a federal judge on ...

Safety Agency Expands Probe Into Mercedes E-Class Gas Leaks

U.S. safety officials have upgraded an investigation into an estimated 250,000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedans for a possible leak from the ...

Docs Say Keep Trained Eye on Possible Concussions

When athletes are suspected of having a concussion, they should be taken out of action immediately, new guidelines from a major medical ...
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East

Small Business Owners Hit Hard By Sandy Outages: The Hartford

Small business owners were most impacted by connectivity issues such as phone and Internet service (56 percent), according to The Hartford ...

FBI Focusing on Recovery in '90 Massachusetts Art Heist

The FBI says it has solved the decades-old mystery of who stole $500 million in artwork from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, but ...

NWS Kicks Off Flood Safety Awareness Week

The National Weather Service has designated this week, March 18-22, as Flood Safety Awareness Week. New York recently experienced three ...

Pennsylvania Pushes Drillers to Frack With Coal Mine Water

Each day, 300 million gallons of polluted mine water enters Pennsylvania streams and rivers, turning many of them into dead zones unable to ...
Midwest

Most Allowed Back in Homes Near Indiana Plane Crash

Most residents of a South Bend, Ind., neighborhood where a small private jet crashed into three houses are being allowed back into their ...

Iowa, Coralville Settle With Bike Accident Victim

A mother of three who had to give up her nursing career after being disabled in a bicycle accident on a trail on the University of Iowa's ...

Closed Fire Station in Detroit Hit by Thieves

Thieves broke into a closed fire station in Detroit, Mich., and stole equipment including radios, tools off a fire truck and electronics, ...

Kaplan University Announces New Insurance BA Degree

Kaplan University announced that its School of Business has added three new specialty areas within the Bachelor of Science in Business ...
Southeast

Florida Senate Panel Votes to Toughen Malpractice Law

A bill that would make it even harder to pursue medical malpractice claims in Florida has cleared a Senate panel. The Senate Judiciary ...

Lightning Likely Cause of Kentucky Church Fire

A western Kentucky fire chief says lightning accompanying a storm likely caused a blaze that gutted the auditorium of a church in Owensboro ...

Coastal South Carolina Forest Fire Destroys 100 Homes

Authorities say a forest fire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a South Carolina condominium complex was likely set by someone. ...

West Virginia Senate Committee Raises Insurance Minimums

A West Virginia Senate committee advanced a bill Monday that would likely increase car insurance premiums for drivers who can least afford ...
South Central

Texas Lawmaker Scolds Insurance Industry Over Coastal Coverage

A state senator in Texas is taking the insurance industry to task for what he perceives as its disinterest in coming up with new approaches ...

DNR to Appoint Sinkhole Commission

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Stephen Chustz will appoint the members of a "blue ribbon commission" by the end of ...

Influx of Volunteers Aids Louisiana Fire Department's Rating

Louisiana residents should see their fire insurance rates drop as a result of an improved rating awarded to Fire Protection District 8's ...
West

Utility Seeks Cause of Damaging Southern California Surge

Southern California Edison officials now say they don't know what caused a power surge that fried appliances in 150 Riverside County homes. ...

Oregon Governor Signs Medical Error Mediation Bill

Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed a bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes. Kitzhaber signed the ...

Montana Asbestos Victims Object to Attorneys' Fees

Victims of asbestos exposure in northwestern Montana have asked a state judge to deny $4 million in fees and costs requested by attorneys ...

New Mexico County Gets Cleanup Funds for 2012 Fire

Lincoln County is getting $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for cleanup costs related to the most destructive ...
International

How Red Bull Handled Product Tampering Threat Could Pay Off

Austrian company Red Bull's unusual decision to go public on a blackmailer's threat to contaminate its energy drinks with feces could cost ...

Japan Estimates Major Quake Could Kill 320K People, Cost $2.3T

A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic ...

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