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National

Hyundai Rejected by Supreme Court on $11.5M Patent Award

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Hyundai Motor Co. unit's appeal of an $11.5 million award in a patent lawsuit over a means of creating ...

Safety Agency Probes Volkswagen SUV Lighting Problem

U.S. safety regulators are investigating thousands of Volkswagen SUVs because the headlamps and other outside lights can fail with little ...

Cunningham Lindsey CEO to Retire at Year End

Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting and claim management company,  announced that Jim Girard, president and CEO of U.S. business ...

There is No One Way to Report Risk: RIMS/Miami University Report

According to RIMS' newly released executive research report "Risk Reports & Perceptions," risk professionals must consider the types of ...

Chrysler to Recall 1.2 Million Ram Trucks

Chrysler is recalling about 1.2 million Ram trucks to fix front-end problems that could lead to steering troubles. The company announced ...
East

Long Beach Getting $13M for Flood Barriers

New York State will spend $13 million on flood barriers for the industrial district of Long Beach, Long Island. The district was badly ...

New York Boat Pilot Drunk in Deadly Crash

The powerboat pilot involved in a Hudson River crash that killed a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man was drunk at the time, according ...

Maine Highway Deaths Down for Year

Highway safety officials say traffic deaths are down in Maine. The Bureau of Highway Safety says 118 people have been killed in traffic ...

Maine Sets Rules on Heat Pump Wiring

In response to the growing popularity of mini-split heat pumps, the state of Maine has set new professional rules on their installation. ...
Midwest

Fake ID Used by Cincinnati Janitor to Gain Work While on Workers' Comp

A Cincinnati, Ohio, man owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) more than $100,000 in workers' compensation benefits he ...

Garden City Expects $300K in Sewer Claims

Garden City, Kansas, officials are expecting to see more than $300,000 in claims filed by residents affected by a recent sewage pump ...

Goodwill Investigates Sale of Personal Documents

Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana is reviewing how it sorts and handles donated items after an Indianapolis television station ...
Southeast

Sebo v. American Home Assurance Company

The Return of the Efficient Proximate Cause Doctrine in Florida Florida's Second District Court of Appeal recently revived an old debate ...

North Carolina Man Accused of Defrauding Insurer With Stolen Vehicle Claim

William Henry Bullock of Knightdale, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense, according to an ...

Alabama Suspends License of Day Care After Death

Alabama state regulators have suspended the license of a day care center where a baby died in Marshall County. WAAY-TV reports that the ...

Report: Wrecked Kentucky Bus Had Scrap Bin Tires

A federal safety report reveals a bus that crashed on a Kentucky interstate and injured more than 30 students had tires taken from a scrap ...
South Central

Louisiana Parish Receives Weather Service Recognition

The National Weather Service has recognized Terrebonne Parish as fully equipped to respond to a natural disaster. Ken Graham, meteorologist ...

FEMA Does Preliminary Texas Flooding Assessment

Emergency officials have finished a preliminary assessment of deadly Central Texas flooding in an effort to determine possible federal ...

Workers Recall Texas Six Flags Coaster Glitches

Workers operating a Six Flags Over Texas roller coaster from which a woman fell to her death in July recalled glitches with the safety ...

EK Health Holding Dallas Workers' Comp Seminar

EK Health Services, Inc., a national workers' compensation managed care company, is holding a daylong educational seminar Dec. 5 for Texas ...
West

Colorado National Forests Put September Flood Damage at $17M

September flooding caused nearly $17 million in damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and other facilities in the Arapaho and Roosevelt ...

California Company Recalls Prepackaged Salads and Sandwiches

More than 90 tons of prepackaged salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled because a bacterial strain of E. ...

Oregon Court Rules Blocking in Car Made Traffic Stop Illegal

Traffic stops hold a unique place in Oregon law. They are, technically, "temporary seizures" that allow police to investigate a violation, ...

New Mexico Senator Takes on Prescription Drug Abuse

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall says steps need to be taken in New Mexico and across the country to curb escalating problems stemming from the abuse ...

Caliber Collision Expands In Colorado Market

Caliber Collision Centers, a collision repair facilities operator, announced that it has acquired nine Global Collision locations in and ...
International

Flaws Seen in Philippine Disaster Prep and Response

Hours before Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, authorities had evacuated 800,000 people and sent them to sturdy evacuation centers -- ...

Haiyan Storm Surges Caught Philippines by Surprise

Hours before Typhoon Haiyan hit, Philippine authorities moved 800,000 people to sturdy evacuation centers - churches, schools and public ...

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