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Canadian’s Hawaii Trip Ends in Chopper Crash

The Canadian couple who died in a helicopter crash on the Hawaiian island of Molokai were taking their first vacation in several years. Stuart Robertson was second in command at Toronto-based Quartet Service Inc., a technology management service company, where …

Official: N.J. Couple Killed by Generator Fumes

Authorities on Friday blamed fumes from a gasoline-powered generator for the deaths of an elderly couple discovered hours before electricity was restored to their rural New Jersey home. A utility worker and a relative found the bodies of 84-year-old Robert …

Missouri Couple Indicted for 2001 Fire That Killed Son

A St. Louis, Mo., man and his ex-wife face federal indictment for allegedly burning down their home in 2001, a blaze that killed their 15-year-old son. The indictments of 53-year-old Steven Henry Kemper and 55-year-old Sandra Kay Bryant were announced …

S.D. Jury: City Owes Couple $126K for Dead Trees

A Pennington County jury says the city of Rapid City owes a local couple more than $125,000 for the loss of 42 pine trees that experts say were killed by salt used to de-ice a neighboring street. The Rapid City …

County, Couple Settle Oregon ‘Treesort’ Suit

A Washington state couple has settled a lawsuit against Josephine County for $1.2 million after they were injured in a fall from a suspension bridge at a bed and breakfast made up of tree houses. The Grants Pass Daily Courier …

Iowa Couple Awarded $1.3 Million in Childbirth Suit

A Cedar Falls couple has been awarded $1.3 million in their lawsuit against the doctor who delivered their baby. A jury deliberated for about five hours before awarding Alan and Larysa the funds for injuries to their daughter during childbirth. …

North Dakota Couple Charged with Insurance Fraud

A Bismarck couple has been charged in Burleigh County District Court with insurance fraud, a Class C felony, according to the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner’s office. Ella Denise Bowen-Davis and Gary Lynn Bowen were involved in a vehicle collision March …

Insurance Company Says Tennessee Couple Burned Down Own Home

The company that insured a lesbian couple’s home claims the women set a fire that destroyed it. Carole Ann Stutte and Jean Stutte of Vonore filed a lawsuit in February, claiming a former neighbor was responsible for the September 2010 …