Wednesday 22 May 2013

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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May 22, 2013
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National

Yacht Fires Pose Challenge to Firefighters and Insurers

Difficult to access and usually within confined spaces yacht fires can grow into big losses quickly, posing challenges to both firefighters ...

Senate to Debate Crop Insurance in Farm Bill

The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama ...

Marquet Embezzlement Report Reveals Highest Rate of Employee Theft in 5 Years

Marquet International Ltd. announced the release of The 2012 Marquet Report on Embezzlement - its 5th annual study of major embezzlement ...

USA Football Survey Shows Few Youth Concussions

Fewer than 4 percent of youth players surveyed in a USA Football-sanctioned study suffered concussions in the 10 leagues examined. Most ...
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East

Connecticut Surgeons Calling for Medical Spa Regulations

Connecticut plastic surgeons are meeting at the state Capitol complex in Hartford to urge passage of a bill addressing safety at medical ...

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 7 Washington D.C. Construction Workers

A D.C. fire department official says seven construction workers were sickened by carbon monoxide and sent to area hospitals. Fire ...

Pennsylvania Senator Wants Federal Probe of Fiery Tanker Crash

U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the Pennsylvania ...
Midwest

Michigan Property Owners Sue After Boardman River Flooding

Some property owners hit by flooding last year during a dam removal project in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula have sued, saying ...

2012 Indianapolis Flooding Becomes Costly for City

The city of Indianapolis faces possibly paying several hundred thousand dollars for a restaurant badly damaged by flooding that swamped a ...

Nebraska Officials Kick Off SeatBelt Campaign

Nebraska officials have kicked off their annual seatbelt campaign to promote roadway safety. The "Click It or Ticket" campaign began on ...

FEMA Coordinating Disaster Response in South Dakota

Federal officials have been meeting with state and local officials in South Dakota to coordinate the dispersal of emergency funding to help ...
Southeast

Georgia Police Increase Enforcement Patrols for Summer

Police in Georgia are rolling out increased enforcement patrols as part of their summer safety campaign. The 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T. ...

Volunteer Firefighters in Mississippi County Eye Tax Increase

Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren, Miss., volunteer districts are looking ...

Florida Agencies Announce Arrests in 'Operation Christmas Tree'

Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater, Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

June Deadline for Storm Disaster Loans in West Virginia

West Viriginia small businesses and private nonprofits affected by severe storms last summer can still apply for federal disaster loans. ...
South Central

6 Ways to Make the Most of Mediation

The use of mediation has become an almost universal practice in litigation. More cases are resolved by mediation than are resolved by jury ...

Medical Examiner: 24 Dead in Oklahoma Twister

Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado ...

Help Could Be Available for Uninsured West Losses

Disaster help may be available for losses not covered by insurance in a Central Texas town recovering from a fertilizer plant explosion. ...

Texas DPS Adds Patrols for Memorial Day Weekend

More Texas troopers will be on patrol over the Memorial Day weekend watching for speeders, drunken drivers and travelers not wearing ...

Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Coming Up

Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The ...

Massive EF-5 Tornado Causes Destruction in Oklahoma: AIR Worldwide

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at 3:01 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, a ...
West

Nevada Senate Approves Driving Privilege Cards

The Nevada Senate overwhelming approved a bill Monday authorizing driver privilege cards for state residents living in the country ...

Fort Collins Police Warn of Burglary Fire Danger

Fort Collins, Colo., police are warning residents to lock their doors after two separate homes along a Fort Collins street were burglarized ...

California Governor Cites Safety in Possible Bridge Delay

Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of ...

New Mexico Woman Convicted in Fatal Accident Arrested

An Albuquerque, N.M., woman convicted last October of careless driving in the 2010 death of a bicyclist now faces new charges of driving ...

SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers Launches Workplace Safety Program

SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers has launched a workers' compensation safety program - Three Sixty Safety - designed for implementation into ...
International

Hundreds in Seek Compensation in Japan Nuclear Crisis

Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's ...

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