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May 8, 2013
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National

5 Myths About Home Fire Sprinklers

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is helping to dispel five common myths about fire sprinklers, and highlighting ...

Study Finds Increase in Fall-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Elderly

"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of hospitalization, disability, and death-worldwide, and among older adults, falling is the ...

'Mockingbird' Author Lee Sues to Reinstate Copyright

Harper Lee, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," has filed a lawsuit to re-secure the copyright to it. The ...
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East

Insurers Would Get Reports on Texting Drivers Under Connecticut Bill

Frustrated by drivers who ignore Connecticut's ban on talking and texting on hand-held cellphones, some state legislators want insurance ...

Virginia Website Tracks Farm Accident Reports

The Virginia Farm Bureau has launched a website for reporting farm accidents. The site, FarmAccidentReport.com, allows anyone to report ...

New York Firm Recalls Mozzarella Due to Soy

n upstate New York company is recalling a mozzarella cheese product because it contains soy, which isn't listed oAn the label and could ...
Midwest

Chicago Asked to Settle Police Beating Lawsuit

Chicago aldermen have recommended that the city pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a hemophiliac who alleged he was falsely ...

FEMA Again Denies Funs for Flooded University of Iowa Museum

The federal government has rejected the University of Iowa's final request for funding to help it replace its flood-damaged Museum of Art. ...
Southeast

Alabama County Bankruptcy Presents Rare Municipal Bond Loss

Alabama's Jefferson County will brief a federal judge on Thursday on its progress toward exiting from bankruptcy, as the county appears ...
South Central

$14M Raised Thus Far for National Hurricane Museum in Louisiana

Efforts continue to raise an estimated $68 million for the proposed National Hurricane Museum and Science Center. Gray Stream, chairman of ...

Houston HSI Seizes 10 Domain Names Selling Counterfeit Cycling Products

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Friday seized 10 Internet ...
West

Former Idaho Lawmaker Sued Over Unpaid Workers' Comp

The Idaho Industrial Commission has filed a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker from northern Idaho over unpaid workers' compensation ...

New Mexico Intel Worker Sues Over 'Kick Me' Prank

An Intel employee in New Mexico says in a federal lawsuit that co-workers secretly taped a "Kick Me" sign on his back as part of a pattern ...
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International

April Catastrophes Included Earthquakes in China, Iran; Hail, Floods in U.S.: Aon

An earthquake in China and two in Iran dominated global catastrophes in April. Additional earthquakes were recorded in Japan, Afghanistan ...

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