Monday 30 September 2013

Daily Headlines: Monday, September 30, 2013

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September 30, 2013
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National

Play roof Risk: The Game of Best & Worst Practices in Handling Roof Risk

As a carrier dealing with the roof risk problem, are you ready to put your roof risk strategy to the test? BuildFax presents roof Risk, ...

House OKs Bill Aimed at Improving Drug Safety

The House easily approved bipartisan legislation Saturday aimed at improving the safety of drugs produced by compounding pharmacies that ...

Mazda Recalls 161,400 Mazda6 Cars Because of Door Problem

Mazda Motor Corp is recalling 161,400 Mazda6 sedans in the United States because loose screws could cause the side doors to come open while ...

Berkshire's Specialty Insurer to Sell Business-Crisis Coverage

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will begin selling coverage through its specialty insurance unit to businesses to help manage ...
East

New York to Aid Sandy Victims With Flood Insurance Woes

New York will use part of its share of billions of dollars in federal Superstorm Sandy aid to "fully compensate" storm victims who had ...

Judge Lifts Order to Keep New York City Sandy Hotel Program

About 300 people made homeless by Superstorm Sandy could be forced to leave the York City hotels they've been staying in after a judge ...

New Regional Group Formed to Combat Retail Theft

The head of the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire says a new organized retail crime alliance in the region is a big help in ...

Flood Insurance Premiums Rising Along New Jersey Coast

Hundreds of New Jersey flood insurance policyholders will soon be facing higher premiums spurred by sweeping changes to the federal law ...
Midwest

Higher Speed Limits Take Effect on Some Ohio Roads

The speed limit is increasing on some parts of U.S. and state routes throughout Ohio this weekend. The changes take effect Sunday on more ...

Attorney General DeWine Announces First-Year Update on Identity Theft Unit

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that in its first year, the Identity Theft Unit of the Attorney General's Consumer Protection ...

Kansas Man Sentenced on Insurance Fraud Charges, Ordered to Repay $47,685

A Sharon Springs attorney and former insurance agent has been ordered to repay $47,685 and will serve 18 months probation after pleading ...

CHS Pledges $3M Toward Agricultural Safety

The farmer-owned cooperative CHS Inc. has pledged $3 million toward a national agricultural safety initiative. Carl Casale, president and ...

Bus Driver Told Patrol He Passed Out Before Ohio Crash

The driver of a Greyhound bus that ran off an interstate and flipped over told investigators he didn't remember anything from the last mile ...
Southeast

Jetpack Industry Zooms Toward Expansion

Miguel Endara nervously stepped on the edge of a boat on Biscayne Bay with a 30-pound machine strapped to his back. The machine had two ...

Florida County Affected by Flood Insurance Hikes

Hillsborough County doesn't have a single house on the Gulf of Mexico and only about 2,000 that directly front a bay. Nonetheless, there ...

Deadline Looms in West Virginia to Seek Storm Loans

Time is running out for residents, businesses and nonprofits to apply for federal disaster loans to recover from severe storms in June. The ...
South Central

BP Fights to Shrink Gulf Spill Estimate to Cap Potential Verdict

BP Plc, seeking to reduce potential water pollution fines of as much as $18 billion, will try to convince a judge that less oil spilled in ...

Lawsuit Over Fatal Explosion at Oklahoma Refinery

Two women whose husbands were killed in a boiler explosion at a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Okla., have filed a negligence lawsuit. ...

OSHA Levies $175K in Fines in Fatal Crane Accident

A federal safety agency has levied $175,000 in fines against a crane company, Entergy and other firms over a fatal crane accident at ...

Building Permits Soar as Moore Keeps Rebuilding

Officials in Moore, Okla., issued a slew of new building permits in recent weeks, as residents seek to rebuild from the deadly May 20 ...

Texas-Based Replacement Services Firm Moving to New Offices

ReSource, a contents evaluation and replacement services provider for both personal and commercial property insurance claims, announced it ...
West

Workmanship Blamed for 2011 Tear in 737's Roof

A National Transportation Safety Board report blames shoddy workmanship for an in-flight tear in the roof of a Southwest Airlines plane in ...

Radio Problems Cited in Deaths of 19 Arizona Firefighters

A three-month investigation into the June deaths of 19 firefighters killed while battling an Arizona blaze cites poor communication between ...

Authorities Blame Idaho Plane Crash on Drunken Pilot

A pilot who crashed his twin-engine plane at the airport in Sandpoint was flying under the influence of alcohol, according to authorities ...

FDA: Criminal Case Shows Food Safety is Paramount

Criminal charges against two cantaloupe farmers over a deadly foodborne illness send an emphatic message to fruit and vegetable growers to ...
International

Europe's Hail Storms Hit Insurers With $4.7B Bill

Insurers nursing hefty losses from severe spring floods in Europe face paying out a similar amount again after areas of Germany and France ...

Search Grows Bleak in India Building Collapse

Frantic relatives kept up a vigil Saturday at the site of a collapsed apartment building that killed at least 42 people in India's ...

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