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June 27, 2013
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National

Workers' Compensation Claims Closure Projects Offer Solutions for Adjusters

Effective Project Management, Teamwork, Analytics, Case Assignment Keys to Achieving Results Across the entire workers' compensation ...

Weather Extremes Tied to Jet Stream

Lately, the jet stream isn't playing by the rules. Scientists say that big river of air high above Earth that dictates much of the weather ...

NOAA Study Finds Fishing Tops U.S. Lightning Death Activities

NOAA's National Weather Service has discovered that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in ...

Speeding Still a Factor in a Third of Fatal Teen Driving Crashes

Speeding is a primary culprit in a third of fatal crashes involving teen drivers, according to a new report from the Governors Highway ...
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East

Maryland Salvation Army Store Fire Causes $500K in Damage

A 4-alarm fire has heavily damaged the Salvation Army store in Cambridge, Md. The blaze broke out about 1 p.m. Monday. Customers told ...

NTSB to Hold Hearing on New Jersey Derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board is planning a hearing to gather facts about a November train derailment in New Jersey that caused ...

New Hampshire Boy Scouts Calm After Burns From Lightning

A New Hampshire fire chief who helped triage 23 Boy Scouts who suffered burns during a campground lightning strike says they were ...

FEMA Boosts Aid to New Jersey Towns Hit by Sandy

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has OK'd a plan to boost aid to New Jersey towns hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Rep. Chris ...
Midwest

South Dakota Fairgrounds Clearing Debris After Storm Damage

Officials are cleaning up after storm damage at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron. Fair Manager Jerome Hertel tells KOKK radio ...

Lack of Supervision Factor in Indiana Child Drownings

With summer heating up and families heading to lakes and rivers to cool off, Indiana officials are warning parents to keep a close watch on ...

Illinois City Toughens Vicious Dog Ordinance

The city of Bloomington, Ill., has toughened its ordinance dealing with vicious dogs. The Pantagraph reports that Bloomington alderman on ...

Ohio Officer Hurt Writing Ticket Loses Appeal

An Ohio appeals court says a police officer can't sue over injuries he suffered while writing a ticket. The decision by the 8th Ohio ...
Southeast

North Carolina Police Officer Claims Cover-Up Request

An Asheville, N.C. police lieutenant says Police Chief William Anderson tried to "coerce" him into making false statements about a wreck ...

Florida Rewards 4 for Tips That Led to Uncovering $3.7M in Insurance Fraud

Rewards totaling $35,000 were given to four Floridians who provided key information that led to arrests and convictions in several major ...

Mississippi Circuit Judge Tosses Civil Suit Against City

An Alcorn County judge has thrown out a civil suit against Corinth, Miss., officials stemming from a fatal 2009 traffic accident involving ...
South Central

DPS Adds Patrols for July Fourth Holiday Period

Texas troopers will be out in force during the 10-day period that includes the Fourth of July holiday in an effort to stop alcohol-related ...

Report: Louisiana Plant Explosion Released Toxic Chemicals

The deadly June 13 explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, La., released more than 62,000 pounds of toxic ...

Disaster Declaration for 11 Arkansas Counties

President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for 11 counties in Arkansas that were hit by tornadoes, severe storms and flooding ...

Louisiana State Police Arrest Eight in Staged Crash Investigation

Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit have broken up a criminal staged crash ring with the arrest of eight ...
West

Mom Sues Monster Energy Drink Over Teen's Death

The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit ...

Crane Safety is Focus of OSHA Program in the Northwest

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a program aimed at reducing serious injuries and ...

Heavy Rains Flood Washington Malls

Drenching rain from a summer storm packing thunder and lightning flooded parts of two Seattle, Wash.-area malls Tuesday evening. KOMO-TV ...
International

United Nations Sounds Alarm on Widespread Designer Drug Use

The U.N. drug control agency on Wednesday sounded the alarm on the spread of designer drugs, which are sold openly and produce legal but ...

Labor Department to Fund Projects to Improve Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $2.5 million competitive grant solicitation to fund ...
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