New York City Sees 25% Drop in Tickets to Bicyclists December 23, 2014 New York City bicyclists are getting fewer tickets. The drop comes as biking safety is in a spotlight. The New...
Long Forgotten Asbestos Mine Sickens Indian Villagers December 23, 2014 By KATY DAIGLE Asbestos waste spills in a gray gash down the flank of a lush green hill above tribal villages that are...
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2014: ILR December 23, 2014 A plaintiff in a pending disability lawsuit being caught on video knocking over a large, historic boulder tops the U.S....
Study Provides Model for Responding to Large-Scale Data Breaches December 23, 2014 Information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas, who studied the effect of two compensation strategies used by Target in...
EPA Coal Ash Standards a Setback for Environmental Groups December 23, 2014 By DYLAN LOVAN, TRAVIS LOLLER and DINA CAPPIELLO Six years ago, there was a massive spill of coal ash sludge in Tennessee. Three years later, tons of coal...
Feds Seek Up to $18B Spill Pollution Fine From BP December 23, 2014 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins The government wants BP Plc to pay $16 billion to $18 billion in water-pollution fines for the worst offshore oil...
North Little Rock Schools Want Insurer to Help Pay for Tax Error December 23, 2014 The North Little Rock School Board in Arkansas wants the Pulaski County assessor’s office to seek help from its insurance...
First Lawsuits Filed Over Fatal South by Southwest Crash in Austin December 23, 2014 By Paul J. Weber The first wave of victim lawsuits since four people died at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas,...
Citation Disputed in Hair-Hanging Accident December 23, 2014 By MICHELLE R. SMITH Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has contested a citation it received from federal regulators for an accident that...
New Jersey Beach Owner Sues Over Dune Project December 23, 2014 By WAYNE PARRY A major Jersey shore beach owner is suing the state, the federal government and the borough of Point Pleasant Beach...