Tuesday 23 April 2013

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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April 23, 2013
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National

USFA Releases New Residential Building Fire Fatalities Report

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 2,495 civilian fire fatalities resulted from 360,900 residential building fires ...

Home Inventories, Insurance Awareness Should Be Top Priorities: Allstate

Americans know that they and their homes could be impacted by a natural disaster, but they are not certain of their coverage and they have ...

WeatherBug Releases U.S. Summer Season Forecast

Following last year's below-average rainfalls and above-average temperatures that brought drought conditions to nearly two-thirds of the ...
East

Washington D.C. Begins Annual 'Potholepalooza' Street Repair

Officials in Washington are beginning their annual, monthlong campaign to fill in potholes. Monday is the first day of the "Potholepalooza" ...

NWS Confirms Friday Tornado in Fredericksburg, Virginia

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fredericksburg, Va. The weather service says the tornado tore the roof ...

After Irene and Lee, New York Families Still Displaced

Amy and Bill Wetsel's house near the Schoharie Creek is still empty and stripped down to wall studs. More than 19 months after the deluge ...
Midwest

Central Indiana Youth Sues Motorist Over Sledding Accident

A central Indiana youth is suing over a sledding accident in which he was injured when his sled struck a tree. Colin J. Walker's suit seeks ...

Missouri Auger Accident Victim is Walking Miracle

When Josh Blankenship reported for work the morning of Dec. 13 at MFA Agri Services in Advance, he had no idea that his life would be ...

North Dakota Police Say 2 Face Charge in House Fire

Jamestown, N.D., police say two people face multiple felony charges stemming from a November fire in Jamestown. Jamestown detective Sgt. ...

Minnesota License Privacy Breaches Could Cost Millions

Liability claims for improper uses of Minnesota's driver's license database could reach several million dollars. Many cities, counties and ...

Ohio Man Due in Court in Contractor Fraud Case

An Ohio man is due in federal court Tuesday on charges of defrauding contractors involved in FBI building projects in Indianapolis and ...
Southeast

Some Say Georgia Needs Way to Pay Wrongly Convicted

Some advocates for people who are wrongly convicted in Georgia courts say the state should come up with a system that would guide how they ...

Kentucky Jury Awards $7.2M for Defective Hearing Aid

A central Kentucky family won a $7.24 million verdict after a jury concluded that a company that makes implantable hearing aids knowingly ...

Police: Ambulance Taken From Alabama Hospital

Police were on the lookout Sunday for an ambulance they said was stolen from the entrance to an Alabama hospital emergency room. ...

Report: South Carolina Minibottles Switch Hasn't Had Results

South Carolina's switch from minibottles to regular-sized liquor bottles hasn't led to a decrease in drunken driving or any increase in ...
South Central

3 Arrested for Ransacking Louisiana Schools

East Baton Rouge Parish deputies have arrested three people who allegedly broke into and ransacked two Baton Rouge, La., schools. Sheriff's ...

Storm Drain in Oil Leak Area to Be Replaced

Work is to begin to replace a storm drain in a Mayflower subdivision where an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured on March 29 and spilled ...

Debris Litters Area Outside Texas Plant Explosion

The blast at a Texas fertilizer plant made perhaps its biggest mark on an apartment building across the railroad tracks from the site. The ...
West

Trial in Idaho Driver's Ed Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Start

A jury trial in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Blaine County School District filed by the parents of a 15-year-old boy killed in a ...

Idaho Resort Sues Alleged Chair Lift Slasher

A north Idaho ski resort has filed a lawsuit against a man resort officials believe slashed 62 ski lift seat cushions during the last two ...

Former California Sheriff Settles Workers' Comp Cases

Former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona, who is serving time on a witness-tampering conviction, has settled two workers' compensation ...

AmTrust Financial Buys Sequoia Insurance for $60M

The insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Sequoia Insurance Co. for about $60 ...
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International

China Disaster Response Improved in Latest Quake

The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China's full ...

Egypt Resumes Hot Air Balloon Sightseeing After Deadly Crash

Egypt resumed hot air balloon sightseeing in the ancient city of Luxor on Sunday, weeks after a fiery accident led authorities to halt the ...

U.K. Internet Counterfeiter Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

Monster, Inc., a world manufacturer of premium lifestyle headphones, announced that rogue Internet trader Michael Reeder, 35, of Carbis ...

ESIS Expands Global Claims Platform With Global Catastrophe Service

ESIS, a risk management services company owned by the ACE Group, today announced that it now has its own global network with twelve ESIS ...

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