Monday 23 September 2013

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September 23, 2013
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National

Self-Driving Vehicles Move Ahead Faster Than Rules of Road: Cars

The world has moved quickly from wonder at the idea of driverless cars to impatient expectation. The Cadillac SRX zipping around a test ...

NFL Seeks $1.5M From M.I.A. Over Super Bowl Finger

M.I.A. said she's been subjected to a year and a half of legal harassment by the National Football League since she extended a middle ...

Senator Wants to Delay New Flood Insurance Rules

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she's concerned about new federal flood insurance rules. Warren is pressing Federal Emergency Management ...
East

Traffic Accidents Down in New York City

New York City's annual report card says the number of residents killed in traffic accidents plunged considerably over the last year. Mayor ...

Several Collapse From Overdoses at Connecticut Concert

Connecticut authorities are investigating the drug overdoses of several people who collapsed at a dance concert. Police say seven people ...

Delaware Man Charged With Stealing 18 Air Conditioners

Newark, Del., police have arrested a man they say stole 18 scrap air conditioners from a business. Police were called to the business about ...

Mom of Woman Electrocuted During Sandy Sues ConEd

The mother of a New York City woman who was electrocuted by a downed power line during Superstorm Sandy filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...
Midwest

Trial Delayed for Missouri Man Accused of Tornado Fraud

The trial has been delayed for a southwest Missouri man charged with defrauding victims of the Joplin tornado. The Lebanon Daily Record ...

Wisconsin Commercial License Holders Face Deadline

Commercial driver license holders in Wisconsin face a Jan. 30 deadline to provide the state with information required by the federal ...

Illinois Farm Deaths at Lowest Level in 35 Years

The number of laborers and others killed in accidents on Illinois farms is falling. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that the number of ...

Man Recovering From Accident at Kansas Fair

A 74-year-old man is recovering from an accident at the Kansas State Fair that put him in the hospital. Valley Falls resident Earl Stevens ...
Southeast

Rains Bring at Least 4 Tornadoes Through Mississippi

At least four tornadoes were part of a rainy system that moved across Mississippi Friday night and Saturday morning. Officials reported ...

Panama City Fights to Remove Abandoned Cruise Ship

Panama City has spent tens of thousands of dollars removing dozens of derelict boats as it redevelops its waterfront. But one abandoned ...

Propane Leak Likely Cause of Kentucky Explosion

The most likely cause of a fatal house explosion in Murray is a leak in a liquid propane line, the Kentucky State Fire Marshal said. Fire ...

200,000 Policyholders May Move From Florida Insurer

Florida's largest insurer could be shifting thousands more of its policyholders away from the state-created company and into private ...
South Central

Hit-and-Run Accident Ends Horse Race Through Town

It was a hit-and-run accident where the offending party rode away on his horse. Opelousas police continue to investigate a Wednesday horse ...

Wal-Mart Driver at 4M Accident-Free Miles

Somewhere out west in recent days, cross-country truck driver Warren Greeno passed the 4-million-mile mark without an accident. Wal-Mart ...

Texas Insurance Community Aims High in United Way Campaign

Texas insurance companies and agency partners are challenging themselves and other insurance industry professionals to raise the bar for ...

Judge Accepts Guilty Plea From Halliburton

A federal judge has accepted a plea agreement that calls for Halliburton Energy Services to pay a $200,000 fine for destroying evidence ...
West

Colorado Flooding to Cost More Than $2 Billion, Eqecat Says

Flooding and mudslides in Colorado this month caused more than $2 billion in economic losses, most of it uninsured, according to ...

Washington Man Gets 6 Months for Counterfeit Airbags

Federal prosecutors say a Vancouver, Wash., man has been sentenced to six months in prison for importing and selling more than 950 ...

2 Accused of Elaborate Calculator Theft Scheme

Police in Utah say they've arrested two people accused of an elaborate scheme to steal expensive graphing calculators. The Salt Lake ...

U.S. Department of Transportation to Help New Mexico With Flood Road Repairs

Storm-weary New Mexico is getting some help from the federal government on flood cleanup. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced ...

Governor Declares Emergency for July Los Angeles Freeway Damage

More than two months after a tanker truck crash and subsequent fire damaged a Los Angeles, Calif.,  freeway interchange, Gov. Jerry Brown ...

CIG Offers Extended RC and Eliminates Coinsurance Penalties for BOPs

Capital Insurance Group (CIG), a regional property/casualty insurer serving the Western U.S., is now offering commercial property owners an ...

Total Estimates From New Mexico Floods May Take Weeks

It could be a while before the exact amount of damage from recent heavy rain and flooding in New Mexico will be known, officials said. ...

Allstate Wins Major Medical Fraud Lawsuit in Nevada

In the company's first medical fraud lawsuit in the state, Allstate Insurance Company received a judgment of more than $7 million, ...
International

Alberta Floods Pegged Canada's Costliest Natural Disaster

The massive floods that devastated swaths of southern Alberta in June are estimated to be the costliest natural disaster in Canadian ...

Hong Kong Keeps Storm Signal No. 8 as Typhoon Makes Landfall

Hong Kong maintained its third- highest storm signal in the wake of Typhoon Usagi, which canceled hundreds of flights and stranded ...

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