Study: Health Care Costs Grow With Body Mass January 29, 2014 Researchers at Duke Medicine report that health care costs increase in parallel with body mass measurements, even beginning at a... Read More
Southeast News 5 Busted in Alleged Staged Accident Scam in North Carolina January 29, 2014 Five people were arrested in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County, according to... Read More
West News Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Post Small Increase in 2014 January 29, 2014 Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The... Read More
International News Iran Oil-Shipping Insurance Rules Lack Clarity January 29, 2014 By Alaric Nightingale Insurance for tankers to export Iranian crude may be unusable even after the U.S. and the European Union eased sanctions... Read More
International News A Year After Deadly Brazil Club Fire No New Safety Rules January 29, 2014 By BRADLEY BROOKS and MARCO SIBAJA Never again, officials vowed a year ago, would Brazil see a horror like the nightclub fire that killed 242 young... Read More
West News Uber Sued for Wrongful Death of San Francisco Girl January 29, 2014 The family of a girl killed while in a San Francisco, Calif., crosswalk on New Year’s Eve is suing the... Read More
East News Philadelphia Landlord Sued in Fatal Apartment Balcony Collapse January 29, 2014 A civil lawsuit has been filed against the owner and landlord of a Philadelphia apartment building where a fire escape... Read More
Midwest News Illinois Library Hit By Tornado Seeks Funding January 28, 2014 A southern Illinois community that is still recovering from a deadly November tornado is asking for help paying the monthly... Read More
Texas / South Central News Louisiana Panel Considers Streamlining Theft Statutes January 28, 2014 By MARK BALLARD, The Advocate Louisiana law enforcement officials say the annual rise of crawfish rustling is just around the corner. But by Easter, April... Read More
West News Pit Bulls Top List of Oregon County Dog Bite Cases January 28, 2014 A report by the Jackson County Animal Services shows pit bulls top the list of dog-bite cases involving humans in... Read More