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Irene: Less Than $5 Million Insured Damage in South Carolina

Hurricane Irene’s brush with the South Carolina coast last week caused less than $5 million in insured damage, an insurance industry spokesman said Wednesday. Russ Dubisky, the executive director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service, said its member companies …

Oops! Forklift Smashes $1M Worth of Australian Wine

An unsteady forklift dropped a container full of fine Australian wine worth more than $1 million, smashing most of the bottles. The winemaker says he’s “gut-wrenched, shocked and numb” after the loss of his flagship shiraz. Sparky Marquis of Mollydooker …