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September 13, 2013

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Today's Headlines National NASA Launches Drones to Study Storms NASA scientists are using former military surveillance drones to help them understand more about how tropical storms intensify, which they ... National Focus on Bus Safety May Be Having Effect A national crackdown on unsafe commercial bus companies may be having an effect. Serious mechanical problems kept 7 percent of motor ... Over 2M Dehumidifiers Recalled, Reports of Fires More than 2 million dehumidifiers are being recalled after dozens of reports of fires and more than $2 million in property damage. The ... More National News East Fire at Jersey Shore Seaside Boardwalk Follows Sandy's Wrath The scene of so much destruction on the New Jersey shore has a new landmark to replace the mangled Jet Star roller coaster: a charred ... Pittsburgh Zoo: Boy's Mauling Death is Mom's Fault The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium says the mother of a 2-year-old boy fatally mauled in a wild African dogs exhibit is to blame in her ... Group Sues New Jersey for Criteria for Post-Sandy Grants An affordable housing advocacy group sued New Jersey on Wednesday, saying the state is not providing it access to information about how ... Team Studies New Methods to Support Hurricane Evacuation Decision-Making Hurricanes are dynamic. Wind speeds change as the storm progresses and rainfall varies widely, creating tremendous uncertainty as the ... Springfield Diocese Settles With Insurer The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass., has agreed to a $60 million settlement with its insurer for damage done to a parochial ... New Jersey Contractor Indicted on Forgery Charges A southern New Jersey man has been indicted on charges of providing a false insurance certificate and working as an unregistered contractor ... More East News Midwest Ohio Must Pay $1.8M Award in Fatal Pothole Crash The state must pay an Ohio woman's family more than $1.8 million for failing to fix the potholes that caused a fatal 2008 traffic crash. ... Freight Train Crew Member Texting Before Indiana Derailment A federal report says a freight train crew member was distracted by text messaging soon before crashing into a stopped train in ... Missouri Senate Votes to Override on Work Comp Database The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of legislation calling for creation of an online database of workers' ... Missouri House Votes Override on Uninsured Motorists The Missouri House has approved a veto override of legislation restricting lawsuits by uninsured motorists. The House approved the override ... Dorel Juvenile Recalls 89,000 Child Safety Seats Dorel Juvenile USA is recalling more than 89,000 child safety seats because labels showing how to install them could be wrong. The recall ... More Midwest News Southeast FSU Develops Model to Correct Tornado Records to Better Assess Risk In the wake of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma this past spring, Florida State University researchers have developed a new statistical model ... More than $872M in Federal Katrina Aid Remains Unspent in Mississippi Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn't spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to ... Storm, Inmate Settlements Boost West Virginia BRIM Costs A major storm and settlements of inmate lawsuits contributed to a nearly $20 million increase in the West Virginia Board of Risk and ... Almost 2,900 Arrested in North Carolina Drunken Driving Campaign Officials say nearly 2,900 people were arrested for drunken driving in North Carolina during the latest "Booze It & Lose It" campaign. The ... More Southeast News South Central BP Seeks Cuts in Settlement Program's Budget BP has urged a federal judge to reject a $111 million budget request by the court-supervised administrator of the company's ... Central Texas Utility Sues Tree Trimmer Over Fires A Central Texas utility has filed a $35 million lawsuit against a tree-trimming company over 2011 wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,700 ... Inspectors Work for Food Safety at Oklahoma Fair Food safety inspectors from the Oklahoma City-County Health Department will be at the Oklahoma State Fair to ensure that its food vendors ... More South Central News West Portland Nightclubs Must Install Fire Sprinklers At least 14 Portland, Ore., night clubs will have to install fire sprinklers. KGW reports a new ordinance passed by the city council ... Manufacturer Cited $200,000 in California Worker Death State health and safety officials have cited a Northern California manufacturing plant after investigating the death of a worker who was ... Colorado State Patrol Says Crackdown Netted 1,300 Drivers The Colorado State Patrol and law enforcement agencies throughout the state say they arrested more than 1,300 impaired drivers during a ... Montana State Park Reopens After Damaging Flash Flood Less than two months after a flash flood caused extensive damage to the historical Bannack State Park, the Montana site reopened Monday. ... More West News International Asiana Boosts Pilot Training Amid San Francisco Crash Review Asiana Airlines Inc., the South Korean carrier whose pilot training is under scrutiny after a fatal crash in San Francisco, said it will ... Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Set Upright Next Week Italian authorities say the operation to set the Concordia cruise ship upright is set for next week, 20 months after the ship capsized near ... Police Told to Pay for Sony Warehouse Damaged in London Riot London police must repay the insurers of a warehouse that held Sony Corp. goods, damaged in riots that spread through the city in the ... Canada Crash Investigators Seek Tougher Rules on Dangerous Goods Transport Canadian investigators probing a train disaster that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, urged U.S. and Canadian regulators on ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Cargo Theft Trends In 2012 it's estimated that there was an average of two and a half reported cargo thefts each... Watch Now Investigating Organized Claims Fraud In an interview with Claims Journal, Thomas Mulvey, the national director of special... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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