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National

Metal Thefts Continue to Plague the Nation: NICB

In a new report released today, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) sees more evidence of pervasive metal theft--overwhelmingly ...

Antibiotic-Resistant Ground Turkey Found in 21 States

Dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been found in ground turkey on U.S. grocery shelves across a variety of brands and stores ...

Researchers Develop New Metric to Measure Destructive Potential of Hurricanes

Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on ...

Monster Hurricane Watch at Saturn's North Pole

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous ...

Crowe Paradis Services Corporation Rebranded as ISO Crowe Paradis

Crowe Paradis Services Corporation, a Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) services provider to the property/casualty insurance industry, ...
East

Key Figures on Superstorm Sandy, 6 Months Later

Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on ...

Delaware Police Issue 2,000 Distracted Driving Tickets

Police in Delaware issued more than 2,000 tickets to drivers in a crackdown on using handheld cellphones behind the wheel. The Department ...

New York City Inspects More Than 900 Construction Sites

New York City's Department of Buildings says it has issued almost 900 safety violations and over $950,000 in fines as part of a two-month ...

Supreme Court Justice Breyer Has Shoulder Surgery After Bike Accident

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington, D.C., hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. ...
Midwest

Fire Damages Nebraska Hospital's 2 Ambulances

A weekend fire at a central Nebraska hospital caused significant damage to both of its ambulances. The fire happened Sunday morning at ...

Missouri Couple Recovering After Teens Trash Home

Four months after a group of teenagers held parties that trashed a Columbia, Mo., home, the owners are still trying to repair the damage ...

Sixteen People Arrested on Federal Indictment Involving Multi-State Car Theft Conspiracy

Sixteen people have been arrested on a federal indictment charging twenty-one defendants involved in a multi-state car theft conspiracy.  ...
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Southeast

Cost to Drive in South Carolina Down From Last Year

The cost of driving in South Carolina is down for the first time in four years. AAA Carolinas announced Tuesday that it will cost the ...

Lawyer: Former Ricin Suspect's Mississippi Home is Unlivable

Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after ...

Florida Counties Upset Over 'Triumph Gulf Coast' Bill

A consortium of eight Gulf Coast counties is raising an alarm about a Florida Senate bill that creates a nonprofit board to manage money ...
South Central

Investigators Probe Suspected Arson Cases in Arkansas Town

State and federal investigators are looking into a string of fires that have destroyed homes in Johnny Cash's hometown of Dyess, Ark. The ...

U.S. Senate Panel to Probe Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer said on Tuesday she plans to investigate the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant earlier this month that ...

College Survey Reveals Interest in Louisiana Coastal Restoration

A new survey Mississippi State University finds more than 60 percent of Americans are willing to pay to restore Louisiana's rapidly eroding ...
West

The Insurer's Duty to Provide Independent Counsel in Alaska

This is part two of a three part series focusing on an insurer's duty to provide independent counsel in Alaska, California and Illinois. ...

Study: Utah Health Breach Could Approach $406M

A 2012 security breach that exposed the personal information of 780,000 Utah residents to hackers could cost as much as $406 million, a new ...

Mother Sues Oregon Doctor Over Daughter's Death

The mother of an Oregon woman who died from drug toxicity seeks nearly $2 million in a lawsuit filed against a Eugene doctor and a clinic. ...

Utah Canal Break Sends Adjusters to Flooded Houses

Insurance adjusters are assessing damaged to at least eight houses flooded by a canal break in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, Utah. ...
International

World's Hot Spots for Cargo Theft

Cargo theft rates in Europe increased 24 percent on average last year from 2011, and were on the rise in Asia as well. Cargo theft rates in ...

BP Hit by Wave of New Spill Lawsuits Ahead of April Deadline

BP has been hit by over 2,200 new lawsuits seeking payback for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill in the past few weeks as individuals, ...

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