Monday, 9 December 2013

Daily Headlines: Monday, December 9, 2013

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December 9, 2013
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National

Auto Thieves Ring in the New Year, Most Vehicle Thefts Occur on January 1: NICB

Of all the holidays in 2012, New Year's Day was the most active for vehicle thefts with 2,228 reported across the country according to ...

U.S. Court Case Could Mean Doom for Software Patents

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to hear an appeal of a lower court decision that a federal judge called the "death" of software ...

Baylor Researchers Study Traumatic Brain Injury Rehab Outcomes

For patients recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the rehabilitation process - compensating for changes in functioning, ...

New Guidelines Rule Out Same-Day Return to Play for Athletes with Concussion

Any athlete with concussion symptoms should not be allowed to return to play on the same day, according to the latest consensus statement ...
East

Fatal Crash in Pennsylvania Shows Perils of Amish Buggies on Roads

The fatal crash of a truck tractor into a horse-drawn Amish buggy over the weekend underscored the continuing danger faced by those who ...

Governor Orders Safety Upgrades for New York City Trains

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told New York City transit officials to adopt several safety changes following the deadly derailment of a ...

New York's Metro North Railway has Until Tuesday to Analyze Lines

The Metro-North Railroad has until Tuesday to identify places in its system with major speed changes under an order from federal ...

Lawsuit Settled Over 2007 Connecticut Van Drowning

The families of a woman and three children who drowned when a van rolled into a Bridgeport, Conn., pond in 2007 have settled a lawsuit ...
Midwest

Rare November Storms Cost Tops $1 Billion: Aon

Tornadoes and thunderstorms that swept across the U.S. Midwest last month will probably cost more than $1 billion in economic losses, led ...

Wisconsin Legislation Seeks Cell Phone Ban in Construction Zones

Drivers would be barred from talking on their cellphones while in a construction zone under a bill being circulated in the Wisconsin state ...

Minnesota Man's Family Files Suit in Workplace Death

The family of a worker who died in a fall at a grain facility in Buffalo Lake, Minn., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Andrew Burnett, ...

Photographer Ordered to Repay More Than $60,000 in Workers' Comp Benefits

An Ohio man was ordered to repay more than $60,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers' ...

Cause of Milwaukee Courthouse Fire Undetermined

Officials say the cause of an electrical fire at the Milwaukee County Courthouse in July may never be known. Cost of cleanup and replacing ...

Some Flood Insurance Rates in Douglas County Rise

Some property owners in Douglas County could soon pay more for federal insurance. The federal government's decision to phase out subsidized ...
Southeast

Gulfport Asks Mississippi Congressmen for Help

The city of Gulfport has asked the Mississippi congressional delegation to press federal agencies to approve plans for repairs to piers and ...

Workers Charged With Stealing Wire From FBI Construction Site

Workers at a construction site for the new FBI headquarters in South Florida have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in copper ...

Missed Calls by Tennessee Firefighters Reviewed

The Memphis Fire Department in Tennessee has inspected bay doors at all its stations after firefighters missed calls because they were ...

Undercover Investigation Leads to Nine Arrests for Workers' Comp Fraud in Florida

A two-day undercover operation in Manatee County focusing on unlicensed contractors that failed to provide workers' compensation insurance, ...

W. R. Berkley Names Gerald B. Bushey President of Carolina Casualty

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced the appointment of Gerald B. Bushey as president of Carolina Casualty Insurance Group, a W. R. Berkley ...
South Central

Man Pleads Guilty to $2.3M San Antonio Heist

An Oklahoma City man has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his participation in the biggest jewelry store robbery ever in San Antonio, ...

Louisiana Man Charged With False Billing in Gustav Cleanup Work

Prosecutors have filed 81 formal charges against a former Livingston Parish contractor accused of falsifying billing invoices and theft ...

Vendor Selected for Oklahoma Temporary Motorist Liability Plan

The state of Oklahoma has chosen Red Rock Insurance Company, an Oklahoma-based business, to provide liability coverage for offenders whose ...

Caliber Collision Acquires New Location in Texas

Caliber Collision Centers continues its rapid expansion in 2013 with the announcement that it has acquired Temple Collision and reopened ...
West

Botched Laser Surgery Victim Will Get $30M

A jury has recently awarded an additional $18 million to a woman whose botched surgery at a Wenatchee, Wash., hospital left her unable to ...

Jury Awards Woman $31.9M in California Bus-Truck Crash

A Sacramento Countym Calif., jury has awarded nearly $32 million to a woman who was paralyzed and suffered brain damage in a 2010 traffic ...

Feds Stymied Probe into Hot Shots Fire Deaths

State workplace safety officials probing the deaths of 19 firefighters in an Arizona wildfire were denied access to key witnesses as they ...

Arson Investigated at Colorado Office of BLM

An investigation was underway by federal and other authorities after someone smashed computers and other equipment and set fire to the ...
International

Deep-Sea Study Reveals Cause of 2011 Tsunami

The devastating tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than ...

UK Storm Surge Claims Keeping GAB Robins Adjusters Busy

Following Friday's serious storm surges, many areas along the east coast of the country were affected by flooding to varying degrees, ...

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