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July 9, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Judges Grill BP Over Complaints About Oil Spill Claim Payouts BP Plc drew tough questions on Monday from U.S. appeals court judges hearing a complaint by the oil company objecting to the payment of ... Utilities Lack Personnel to Handle Next Storm: Report Four days before Hurricane Sandy struck in October, Consolidated Edison Co. sought 1,800 power- line-repair workers from its fellow ... U.S. Regulators Probe GM Screening Test After Vehicle Fire U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation of some recalled General Motors Co sedans after a vehicle fire in March led them to ... New Safety Features That Could Soon Be on Cars Cameras that check around the car for pedestrians. Radar that stops you from drifting out of your lane. An engine able to turn off ... Predicting Hurricane Intensity Remains Challenge We're due for a big one, some say. Every year now since 2004 and 2005 -- the years of Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina -- the Gulf Coast ... Flood Insurance Changes Run Into Resistance Just a year after Congress imposed significant changes in the government's oft-criticized flood insurance program, howls of protest from ... More National News East New Jersey High Court Rules Against Homeowners in Dune Dispute A New Jersey town can present evidence of the benefits of building dunes as storm barriers when homeowners with beachfront properties seek ... Vermont Waste Facility Sues Insurer to Recover Payouts for Bad Compost The Chittenden Solid Waste District that inadvertently sold compost contaminated with herbicides last year is suing its insurance carrier ... Connecticut State Police Charge 63 With DUI Over Weekend Connecticut state police say they charged 63 people with driving under the influence and issued nearly 2,500 speeding tickets over the July ... Vermont Health Dept. Urges Swimming Hole Safety The Vermont Health Department is urging swimmers to take precautions when swimming in a river or stream. The advice comes after multiple ... Plumbing Problem Causes Damage at Connecticut Hospital Officials at Danbury Hospital have set up a temporary emergency room in a parking lot after a plumbing problem caused water damage to parts ... New York Official: Long Island Needs Sandy Repairs for Boater Safety A New York official says quick repair work on Superstorm Sandy damage is needed to ensure boater safety around Long Island's popular Jones ... Fresenius Recalls Drug Vials Due to Glass Specs The American unit of German drugmaker Fresenius is recalling four lots of an injectable drug after finding particles of glass in some vials ... Vermont Paraplegic Awarded $43.1M After Crash A 51-year-old Vermont woman has been awarded a $43.1 million jury verdict against the manufacturer of a car seat that allegedly collapsed ... More East News Midwest Progressive Insurance Device Helps Clear Ohio Man in Death An insurance company monitoring device that records when a car is started and stopped has helped clear a northeastern Ohio man in the ... Three Charged in Indianapolis Blast to Appear in Court Three people who prosecutors say blew up a house and devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood in an insurance fraud plot are set to appear ... Indiana County Flood Relief Gets $65K in Donations The Chrysler Foundation and groups and individuals have donated about $65,000 toward flooding relief in central Indiana's Tipton County. ... Iowa Trench Collapse Victim Identified Waterloo, Iowa, authorities have released the name of a construction worker who died after a trench collapse. The city director of fire ... Cities Rarely Pay on Nebraskans' Chuckhole Claims Authorities say Nebraska law makes it tough for people to recover repair costs when their vehicles are damaged by chuckholes or other ... More Midwest News Southeast Mississippi Online Verification System Targets Uninsured Drivers A contractor projects that a system to instantly verify whether Mississippians have auto insurance would lead to fines of more than $150 ... Alabama Court Overturns Wrongful Death Judgment Against Contractor The Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a judgment against a Mobile-based contractor accused of doing a subpar road paving project that was ... Black Lung Rules Delayed by U.S. Regulators Action on key federal mine safety and health rules are is lagging, including a rule aimed at lowering exposure to coal dust that causes ... Explosion at West Virginia Natural Gas Site Prompts Investigations An explosion over last weekend at a natural gas well site in West Virginia operated by Antero Resources injured at least five people, ... Alabama Town Cameras Generate 533 Citations in Single Month Red light cameras in Opelika generated more than 500 citations in the first full month. Mayor Gary Fuller says 794 warnings were issued in ... Kentucky Zoo Resumes Train Rides 4 Years After Accident The Louisville Zoo has resumed train rides for patrons four years after a derailment injured 22 people. The Kentucky zoo spokesman Kyle ... Parts of West Virginia Turnpike Repaved Following Tests The state has repaved portions of the West Virginia Turnpike after a friction test of the road surface found damage. The test conducted ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Officials Consider Speeding up Disposal of Blighted Property With thousands of properties caught in a three-year legal holding pattern, Baton Rouge, La., and other officials across the state want the ... Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Urges Storm Survivors to Register With FEMA Survivors of the tornadoes, severe storms and flooding that occurred in Oklahoma from May 18 to June 2 have less than two weeks to register ... Southeastern Louisiana University Offers Disaster Seminar for Businesses The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Livingston Economic Development Council will ... Texas Mutual Issues $524K in Dividends Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP) safety group has earned a $398,735 workers' ... More South Central News West Idaho Marks 1-Year Ban On Texting While Driving Idaho State Police say they have issued 66 citations statewide for texting while driving since the texting ban took effect a year ago. The ... Drilling Health Lawsuit Revived in Colorado A western Colorado family that believed oil and gas drilling activities contaminated their drinking water and air and forced them from ... Court: Wyoming Hospital to Pay Woman $2 Million A federal appeals court has ordered Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Wyoming to pay a Nevada woman $2 million for damages she suffered ... McDonald's Stop Made Before Injured Child Gets Treatment A New Mexico woman is facing child abuse charges after police said she stopped at a McDonald's before taking her severely injured 3-year ... 2.5M Californians Exposed in Data Breaches A state report reveals 2.5 million Californians have had Social Security numbers, credit card and bank accounts and other sensitive ... Couple Files Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Against Idaho County A northern Idaho couple has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Kootenai County. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports in a story on ... Slow Landing Speed Of San Francisco Jet Probed Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" the target speed during its approach and ... More West News International Officials Probe Lac-Megantic Train Explosion; CEO Questions Firefighter Actions The investigation into Canada's worst rail accident in 27 years accelerated as firefighters rejected a suggestion by a railroad executive ... New Zealand Coal Mine Victims Get Fraction of U.S. Payout The victims of the worst mining accident in New Zealand in 96 years will get compensation of NZ$110,000 ($86,000) each, a fraction of the ... China Punishes Officials in Jilin After Deadly Workplace Lapses A mayor and Communist Party chief were fired after 121 people died in China's deadliest blaze in 13 years, in the northeastern province of ... Japan Set to Restart Reactors After Nuclear Crisis Japan is moving a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors as utilities are set to ask for safety inspections at their idled reactors, ... 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