Monday, 2 December 2013

Daily Headlines: Monday, December 2, 2013

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December 2, 2013
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National

Wal-Mart Steps Up Security as Fight Breaks Out Over TV

With an estimated 140 million Americans predicted to shop this past weekend, retailers bolstered security, deployed Segway patrols and put ...

NFL Should Expect More Lawsuits From Injured Players, Union Says

The National Football League should expect more injury-related lawsuits from former players, according to the executive director of the ...

New Study Finds Improvement in Automobile Insurance Affordability at All Income Levels

Affordability of automobile insurance improved during the previous decade for both middle- and low-income consumers in the United States, ...

Appriss Acquires Docview LLC and Deep River LLC

Appriss Inc., the provider of www.BuyCrash.com, has acquired Docview LLC and Deep River LLC, two leading providers of crash reports via ...
East

Metro-North Train Derails Near Rivers in Bronx, Killing Four

A Metro-North Railroad train derailed in New York's Bronx borough early today, killing four and injuring 63, adding to the rail line's year ...

Concerns Raised Over FEMA Flood Maps in Maine

Maine communities are criticizing new maps proposed by the federal government that show future flooding risks near the state's coast that ...

University of Maryland Project Aims to Improve Storm Predictions

Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory have a new project in the works that aims ...
Midwest

Indiana University Plan Would Allow Direct Requests for FEMA Aid

Indiana University is creating a plan to seek federal aid to "disaster proof" its Bloomington, Indianapolis and regional campuses. A goal ...

Kansas City Red Light Camera Law in Question

A Missouri appeals court panel issued a ruling Tuesday that raises questions about the constitutionality of Kansas City's red-light camera ...

$300K Awarded to 2 Terminated Ohio Truck Drivers

Under the terms of a consent judgment, a now defunct North Canton, Ohio-based company, Star Air Inc., and owner Robert R. Custer, will pay ...
Southeast

Alabama Mayor Speaking at Harvard About 2011 Tornado

Students at Harvard University are getting a lesson about the Alabama tornado outbreak of 2011. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox will speak at ...

South Carolina Research Lab Aims to Change Building Methods

The insurance industry hopes a 21,000-square-foot lab in rural South Carolina can help revolutionize the way homes are built and stem the ...

Insurance Company Sues Georgia City Over Airport Runway

An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built the runway it ...
South Central

Dec. 9 Trial Set on Lawsuit From 100-Vehicle Crash

Trial is set next month on a lawsuit filed by children of a suburban Houston couple killed on Thanksgiving Day a year ago in a 100-vehicle ...

Louisiana Joins Lawsuit to Block Flood Insurance Hike

Louisiana's Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rates from ...

India-Based Company Fined $77K for Amputation Hazards at Arkansas Plant

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Welspun Tubular LLC in Little Rock, Ark., for two ...

Commissioner Denies TWIA's Request to Raise Liability Limits

The primary windstorm insurer for Texas coastal properties won't be raising limits of liability next year for property it covers. Insurance ...

Raue Added as State Auto Regional Claims Manager in Texas

Michelle Raue has joined State Auto's Western Region in Austin, Texas, as claims regional manager. Raue assumes responsibility and ...
West

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Blames Chantix Prescriber

A Eugene woman whose husband killed the couple's son and himself has sued the dentist who prescribed her husband a nicotine-cessation drug ...

Oroville Dam Earthquake Study Recommended

California officials should conduct an earthquake safety assessment of a Northern California dam that is the linchpin of a major drinking ...

Reno Air Races Appeals for Money to Save Event

The National Championship Air Races has launched a worldwide fundraising campaign to try to keep alive the 50-year-old event that's been ...

Alaska Man Charged With Stealing Truck, Damaging Runway

An Alaska man has been charged with driving a stolen pickup and damaging a gravel runway at the community's airport. The incident ended ...

L.A. Kings' Captain Partners With Mercury Insurance to Shoot PSA

Texting while driving is responsible for nearly 1,100 traffic related injuries a day, according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety ...
International

Weather Impact on Businesses' Profits is Increasing: Allianz

Volatile weather activity is increasing around the world as evidenced by major events, such as the recent tornadoes in the Midwest or ...

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