Friday 11 October 2013

Daily Headlines: Friday, October 11, 2013

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October 11, 2013
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National

Rising Number of U.S. Homes at Risk From Wildfires

The number of homes at risk from wildfires in western U.S. states jumped 62 percent in the past year as more properties were developed in ...

Government Health and Safety Efforts Slowed or Halted

The government shutdown has slowed or halted federal efforts to protect Americans' health and safety, from probes into the cause of ...

What Was Arsenic Doing in Our Chicken, Anyway?

It might seem like cause for cheer that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered the withdrawal of most drugs containing arsenic ...

P/C Insurance Buyers Facing Improved Market Conditions

Commercial insurance buyers face improved market conditions in 2014, due in part to declining rates in the property insurance line and an ...
East

New York Court Allows Negligence Claim on Drug Tester

New York's highest court has agreed to let a man sue a drug testing company for what he claims was a false positive test for marijuana that ...

Man Injured in an Accident at New Jersey Accident Show

An accident has taken place at an accident reconstruction convention - but not intentionally. The Press of Atlantic City reports that a man ...

Connecticut Aviation Safety Workers Fret Amid Shutdown

Federal safety workers who inspect aircraft said Tuesday the partial government shutdown is still creating unnecessary risk despite a ...

Maine DOT Says Existing Rail Safety Guidelines are Adequate

A rail safety review ordered by Maine Gov. Paul LePage following a train disaster that claimed 47 lives north of the border in Quebec has ...
Midwest

Iowa DOT Disables Car Laptops to Prevent Accidents

Iowa officials are deploying new software to prevent law enforcement officers from using state-issued laptops while driving. The state ...

House Votes for 30-Day Wait for Accident Reports

The Michigan House voted Wednesday to make lawyers and others wait 30 days before using auto accident reports to solicit injured motorists. ...

How to Determine Whether a Patient is Safe to Drive

Loyola University Health System has begun a driver rehabilitation program that provides a comprehensive evaluation on whether a patient can ...

Overall Parts Solutions Joins National Auto Body Council

The National Auto Body Council is pleased to welcome its newest top-level Diamond member, Overall Parts Solutions, a parts procurement and ...
Southeast

Kentucky Clock Tower Damaged in 2012 Tornado Replaced

A new 3,400-pound clock tower has been placed atop the old Morgan County Courthouse in West Liberty, more than a year and a half after ...

South Carolina Governor Opens up $1M to Help After Georgetown Fire

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has opened up $1 million in public funds to help rebuild Georgetown's historic waterfront. Haley issued an ...

Alabama Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Give Cyclists Room

Alabama state Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, has pre-filed a bill for the 2014 legislative session requiring drivers to give cyclists at ...

Florida Man For Insurance Fraud in Fake Carjacking

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of Orlando Robles-Santana, 40, for allegedly claiming he was carjacked ...
South Central

Oklahoma Records 58 Traffic Fatalities in August

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety says 58 people died in traffic crashes in August. That's compared with 65 in the same month last ...

Texas Man Injured in 2009 Indy Mall Fall Dies

A Texas man injured nearly four years ago while visiting Indianapolis for an FFA convention has died. The Amarillo Globe-News published an ...

OSHA Cites 24 Violations in Fatal Blast at Texas Plant in April

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 24 citations to the owners of the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that exploded ...

Oklahoma City Schools Weighs Safe Rooms on All Campuses

Oklahoma's largest public school district is considering a policy that would require the construction of safe rooms to protect children ...
West

Toyota Wins First Sudden-Acceleration Trial Over Fatal Accident

Toyota Motor Corp. wasn't responsible for an accident that killed a 66-year-old woman who crashed her 2006 Camry into a tree after it sped ...

CEO: Damaged Prototype Airship Can be Repaired

The CEO of a company that developed an experimental airship damaged when a hangar roof collapsed said the dirigible possibly can be ...

Man Gets Prison in Arizona Insurance Fraud Case

A man has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in state prison in connection with an insurance fraud case in Arizona. Prosecutors with the state ...

PG&E Must Show Regulators Closed Pipeline is Safe

State regulators on Tuesday directed Pacific Gas and Electric to keep a Northern California natural gas pipeline shut down until they ...
International

One Passenger Killed, 5 Hurt as Malaysian Air Plane Crash Lands

One passenger was killed and five others were injured when a Twin Otter DHC6 plane operated by Malaysian Airline System Bhd.'s MASwings ...

New European Union Law to Limit Pilot Flying Hours

The European Parliament has voted for introducing a community-wide ceiling on flying hours for pilots and cabin crews. Lawmakers in ...

Radiation Levels Near Japan's Damaged Fukushima Reactor Hit Two-Year High

Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the ...

Global Aerospace and Calspan Announce Strategic Training Partnership

London-based Global Aerospace, Inc., an aerospace insurance provider, announced a new partnership with Calspan Corporation as part of the ...

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