Report: 2011 Content Claims Trends May 31, 2012 Jewelry losses were the big ticket items in value and volume for property insurance claims made in 2011, according to... Read More
Weather Service Money Shifting Problems Hit Agency May 31, 2012 By SETH BORENSTEIN The head of the National Weather Service has suddenly retired and the agency is seeking an emergency $35.6 million from... Read More
Back-to-Back Asteroids Harmlessly Fly Past Earth May 31, 2012 A newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth – just as scientists expected. The 16-foot (4.88-meter)-long space... Read More
Texas / South Central News Severe Weather Damages Oklahoma High School May 31, 2012 Officials say severe weather that tore through Lawton, Okla., on Memorial Day caused up to $400,000 in damages to a... Read More
Midwest News Upper Peninsula Wildfire Destroys 115 Structures May 31, 2012 State officials say 115 structures, including homes and a motel, have been destroyed by a wildfire in the Upper Peninsula.... Read More
FDA Warns About Counterfeit Adderall Tablets May 31, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that a counterfeit version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall... Read More
International News Olympus, Whistleblower Reach Settlement in Britain May 31, 2012 By YURI KAGEYAMA Olympus Corp. has reached a settlement with whistleblower Michael Woodford who had been suing over his dismissal as chief executive... Read More
International News 9 Killed, 11 Injured in Nepal Traffic Accident May 31, 2012 Police say an overcrowded car has veered off a mountain road in western Nepal, killing nine people and injuring 11.... Read More
West News Forest Wildfire Becomes Largest in New Mexico History May 31, 2012 By RUSSELL CONTRERAS A massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico’s Gila National Forest is now the largest fire in state history. Fire officials... Read More
International News Top Insurer Pulls Cover for Exports to Greece May 31, 2012 By Myles Neligan and Jonathan Gould The world’s biggest trade credit insurer, Euler Hermes, has suspended cover for exporters shipping to Greece because of the mounting... Read More