Friday 12 April 2013

Daily Headlines: Friday, April 12, 2013

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April 12, 2013
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National

Commentary: Will HUD's Disparate Impact Rule Have Say in Ratemaking?

Despite the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which reserved the regulation of the "business of insurance" to the states, the Department of Housing ...

Toyota, Honda, Nissan Announce 2M Vehicle Airbag Recall

Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with airbags on the passenger side ...

FDA Requests Budget Increase to Implement Food Safety Law

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it is requesting a budget of $4.7 billion in fiscal 2014, including $295.8 million ...

Recalled Frozen Food May Have Ended Up in Schools

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of frozen food recalled amid an E. coli scare may have been served in schools, according to the company ...

ACE Announces Launch of Agriculture Property & Casualty Business

The ACE Group announced the formation of its agriculture property and casualty insurance business, ACE Agribusiness. ACE Agribusiness is ...
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East

Post-Sandy Costs Continue to Rise for New Jersey Transit

The costs continue to mount for New Jersey Transit in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. At its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the agency ...

Pennsylvania Coal Mine Fined $110K for 'Rogue' Worker Error

Officials with a southwestern Pennsylvania coal mine say a $110,000 federal workplace safety fine for an electrical hazard is the fault of ...

Virginia Drill Rig Modifications Improve Safety

New technology being used at a drilling site in Virginia will reduce the risk of pipe handling accidents, CONSOL Energy said Wednesday. ...

FEMA Has Most New Jersey Flood Insurance Claims Settled

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of the post-Superstorm Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims ...
Midwest

Insurer: Michigan Arson Ring Operated for 2 Decades

An insurance company says more than a dozen people operated an arson-for-profit ring in Flint that collected more than $2 million over two ...

Warrants Provide Insight Into Indy Explosion Probe

Authorities investigating a fatal house explosion in Indianapolis were looking for evidence that three defendants researched methods of ...

Michigan Insurers and Medical Groups Want Helmet Law Reinstated

Members of Michigan's insurance and medical industries as well as some rider groups are calling on lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder to ...

Court Says Ohio Officers Used Excessive Force

Three police officers used excessive force in a deadly encounter with a naked and unarmed college student and can be sued by his family, an ...

Map Shows Weather Disasters Across Minnesota

An advocacy group is out with a new report that illustrates Minnesota's vulnerability to weather disasters. The report released by ...
Southeast

Family of Man Killed in Marina Blast Awarded $1.5M

The family of a man killed in a Lincoln County, N.C., marina explosion has been awarded $1.5 million. Jurors took less than an hour to make ...

Hose Break Suspected in West Virginia Well Site Fire

Investigators believe a hose break caused a fire that damaged several pumper trucks at a gas well site in the Northern Panhandle. State ...

Museum Exhibit to Focus on Alabama Tornado

An oral history of the tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa and the surrounding area on April 27, 2011, will be exhibited later this month at ...

OSHA Issues $38K Penalties in Florida Garage Collapse

Five contracting companies have been penalized more than $38,000 combined for a series of errors and oversights that led to last October's ...
South Central

About 2K Mail Items Burn in Corpus Christi Fire

Investigators say as many as 2,000 pieces of mail have been damaged or destroyed in an apparent electrical fire that burned a South Texas ...

Louisiana Officials Say Rock Statues Reduce Hurricane Protection

Officials with the East Jefferson Levee District are warning members of the public not to use rocks placed along the edge of Lake ...

Louisiana Meat Company Recalls Deli Meat

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday that Manda Packing Co., based in Baker, is recalling ...
West

Brewer Signs Bill on Photo Radar on State Highways

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring state transportation officials to confirm there's a legitimate safety need before they ...

Washington Family Wishes it Had Installed Window Guards

Becca and Jason Keen Cunningham are careful parents. They got Mr. Yuk stickers from the Washington Poison Center and put them on anything ...

Idaho Family Sues Forest Service for $1M After Tree Hit Son

An Idaho family has sued the U.S. Forest Service demanding more than $1 million after a large dead tree at a remote campsite fell and ...
International

Japan Confirms Boat on Washington Beach From Tsunami

State and federal officials have confirmed that the boat that washed ashore near Long Beach, Wash., with several fish native to Japan ...

Schumacher to Be a Mercedes Ambassador for Safety

Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is becoming an ambassador for safety for Mercedes-Benz. The German carmaker says the ...
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