Private Weather Forecasters in High Demand August 10, 2011 By Jane Sutton Heat and drought are parching the southern U.S. plains, floods and tornadoes have shattered long-standing records, and the tropical Atlantic...
S&P Balks at SEC Proposal to Disclose Rating Errors August 10, 2011 By Sarah N. Lynch Standard & Poor’s, whose unprecedented downgrade of U.S. debt triggered a worldwide stocks sell-off, is pushing back against a U.S....
Alaska Tour Operator Fined $1.5 Million for Not Having Workers’ Compensation August 10, 2011 By Becky Bohrer An Alaska tour operator has been fined $1.5 million for allegedly failing to carry workers’ compensation insurance, violating stop work...
Highway Deaths in Maine Down for 4th Straight Year August 10, 2011 Highway deaths in Maine are down for the fourth year in a row. The Bureau of Public Safety said 61...
Iowa Warns Farmers on Deadly Livestock Accidents August 10, 2011 Deadly livestock-related accidents in Iowa are not that unusual, so farmers need to be cautious and have an escape route,...
Workers at California’s PG&E Claim Safety Ignored August 10, 2011 A Northern California newspaper is reporting that Pacific Gas and Electric repeatedly ignored safety concerns raised by its employees in...
Railroad Ordered to Pay, Promote Injured Connecticut Worker August 10, 2011 Federal workplace safety officials have ordered the Metro-North Commuter Railroad to pay $125,000 in punitive damages to a worker who...
$2.1 Million Settlement Reached in Kentucky Military Malpractice Claim August 10, 2011 By Kristin M. Hall An Army soldier who filed a lawsuit over the treatment of his wife’s cancer at a military hospital at Fort...
New Hampshire City Probes 5 Fires as Arsons August 10, 2011 Authorities in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five fires of the past week as possible arsons. The latest occurred Monday...
Ex-Insurance Adjuster to Plead Guilty in Rhode Island Fraud Case August 10, 2011 An ex-insurance adjuster was set to plead guilty to charges he helped a former Rhode Island radio personality file a...