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Years in prison to be served by Neil M. Cohen, former chairman of the New Jersey Assembly’s insurance committee, for distributing child pornography. Cohen pleaded guilty in April to charges that he looked at child pornography on a computer in a legislative district office in Union Township and printed copies of images of child pornography that he placed in the desk of a female receptionist in the office. He resigned in 2008 when the charges first became public.

$653,000

Grant money awarded by the Massachusetts Division of Industrial Accidents to train nearly 11,000 workers across 62 organizations in the Bay State on safety issues and procedures.

$825,000

Size of federal grant awarded to two Virginia Tech professors who will research ways to reduce falls on residential construction sites. The grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will focus on adapting industry safety equipment for use in second-story work. The four-year project will be based out of Virginia Tech’s Occupational Safety and Health Research Center.

$625,000

Value of settlement reached between a Connecticut public school and a former gymnast who claimed in a lawsuit that her athletic career was cut short when a stack of temporary floor boards fell on her bare feet during a practice session. Kaylee Ritchie was 14 when the accident happened six years ago. Her lawyers claimed the gymnastics coach told students to set up the floor in direct violation of school policy, which said only custodial staff were allowed to do. The town’s insurance will cover most of the settlement.