East News Drivers Admit to Distracted Driving on a Daily Basis: Report Northeast regional insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance released the results of a new study revealing nearly two-thirds of drivers polled... Read More
News Bickering Mars Oil Rail Safety Discussions Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by U.S. government and industry to make safer tank cars... Read More
Southeast News Florida Nursing Home Bill Limits Who Can be Sued Litigants filing a case against a nursing home would be limited in whom they can name as defendants under a... Read More
West News Burst Water Main Floods Streets in Oregon Town A water main burst in downtown Corvallis, Ore., and flooded some streets for about two hours. The Gazette-Times reported a... Read More
News Zurich Donates $3M for Post-Katrina Disaster Recovery Lab Global insurance provider Zurich Insurance Group announced its Z Zurich Foundation is giving a $3 million grant to St. Bernard... Read More
News Honda Robot’s Advanced Technology Tapped for Driverless Cars In 1986, Honda Motor Co. built a pair of robotic legs that could walk in a line. A decade later,... Read More
International News M6.6 Quake Strikes off the Coast of Vancouver Island: AIR According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a powerful M6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island at... Read More
East News New Jersey Plans 700 Post-Sandy Home Buyouts New Jersey has identified nearly 700 homes it plans to buy and demolish as part of an effort to move... Read More
Southeast News Kentucky Reports Transportation Costs of Harsh Winter The harsh winter was a costly one for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The agency says it spent more than $68... Read More
Southeast News Georgia Woman Found Guilty in FEMA Disaster Aid Fraud Federal prosecutors say a metro Atlanta, Ga., woman has pleaded guilty to her involvement in a scheme to defraud the... Read More