Four men burned in a propane fire at the Austin City Limits Music Festival last year have sued. They said an overfilled, improperly manufactured propane tank and an improperly designed RV generator caused their injuries. Dave Smith, Darryl Jackson, Stuart …
Movies – think Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in “The Big Sleep” – often make cigarette smoking look glamorous. Of course, in reality, the practice is anything but. In addition to being a leading cause of cancer and other diseases, …
New Jersey’s largest health insurance company is warning more than 300,000 members that some of their personal information was on a laptop computer that was stolen. Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield says the risk of identity theft is small because the …
A motorist who struck and killed a 17-year-old cyclist in northern Spain — and then sued the boy’s parents over the damage to his Audi — has dropped the lawsuit, the family said. Businessman Tomas Delgado collided with the teen, …
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana grew by 42,300 workers between December 2006 and December 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,929,100, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced. Louisiana’s unemployment rate for December 2007 was …
A woman accused of defrauding Macomb County, Mich. out of $230,000 in health care benefits after only a few days as a county worker has turned herself in to authorities. Thirty-eight-year-old Jackie Youhanian was arraigned in district court on four …
Conditions that fanned wildfires and forced evacuations in parts of Texas were expected to improve, but areas still faced the threat of wildfires through the end of the week. The fast-moving fires consumed about 2,000 acres in north, central and …
More Ohioans would have access to health insurance through tax credits and other incentives and the state would offer programs to promote healthiness under a wide-ranging bill introduced in the Ohio House earlier this week. The bill sponsored by Rep. …
Enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance December 2007 resulted in eight license revocations, four license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $1,591,264, the department reported. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes final 20 days after the agent …
High winds buffeted Mississippi as a storm system passed through, injuring a Jones County resident and causing damage and power outages statewide. The extent of the Jones County victims’ injuries was unclear, though the person was taken to the hospital. …