Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Dec. 16 November 21, 2011 Congress has approved yet another resolution to fund parts of the federal government including the nation’s flood insurance program on...
Employers Pay Workers More Where Sexual Harassment Risk Exists: Study November 21, 2011 Female workers are six times more likely than male workers to experience sexual harassment on the job, according to a...
Power Lines Fall in Wisconsin Windstorm November 21, 2011 Racine authorities say live power lines came down during a windstorm, sparking a fire at a marina that caused an...
Vandals Damage Kansas’ Highest Point November 21, 2011 Wallace County authorities are investigating damage done to markers and signs at Mount Sunflower, the state’s highest point. Sheriff Larry...
NTSB Rules Out Weather in Oklahoma State Crash November 21, 2011 Federal investigators say weather likely wasn’t a factor in the plane crash that killed two Oklahoma State women’s basketball coaches...
Fire Hits Building at Mass. Living History Museum November 21, 2011 A straw roof that caught on fire during a cooking demonstration at the Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Massachusetts...
NC Official Wants Extension for Irene Claims November 21, 2011 North Carolina’s insurance commissioner says residents need more time to file insurance claims stemming from losses suffered during Hurricane Irene....
Brazil Official: Chevron Unprepared for Leak November 21, 2011 By STAN LEHMAN U.S.-based Chevron Corp. was not prepared for the offshore oil leak at one of its wells, the head of environmental...
Tennessee Factory Where 5 Died Says it is Improving Safety November 21, 2011 By TRAVIS LOLLER A Gallatin metal powders factory where five workers died in flash fires earlier this year said in a statement Wednesday...
Storm Damage Estimated at $30,000 in Alaskan Village November 21, 2011 An official with the Northwest Arctic Borough says damage at the village of Kivalina from the massive Bering Sea storm...