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Driver Rescued from Car that Landed in Maryland Pool

Howard County authorities rescued a woman trapped in her car after it landed in her pool. Relatives called authorities Saturday to check on the woman in her 70s after they didn’t hear from her Friday night. Rescuers found the woman …

Arizona Woman Sues Authorities in Infant Death Case

A Peoria woman who once faced the death penalty is suing authorities who accused her of killing an infant she was babysitting. Last year, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed the murder case against Lisa Randall after an expert …

Ohio Woman Caught Working Four Jobs While On Work Comp

Annette McDaniel must repay more than $19,000 after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) found she was working four jobs at Columbus area businesses while receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a prior workplace injury. In August 2007 the Ohio …

Mass. Officials: Cloudy Pool Shouldn’t Have Opened

Massachusetts officials say a murky state-run swimming pool where a woman’s body went unnoticed for two days should not have opened the day she drowned. Edward Lambert, commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, said Wednesday that three employees …

Michigan Woman Sues after Facebook Romance Fails

A suburban Detroit woman is suing a Washington state man for more than $8,000 in damages after a failed Facebook romance. Fifty-year-old Cheryl Gray of Livonia filed the civil lawsuit in May against 35-year-old Wylie Iwan of Kennewick, Wash., claiming …

Texas Woman Claims Discrimination over Gray Hair

A 52-year-old Houston woman is suing after what she says was an order from her boss to dye her shoulder-length gray hair. Sandra Rawline, who was an escrow officer and branch manager at Capital Title of Texas, said she was …

Plymouth, Wis. Woman Hurt in Freak Accident

Authorities are blaming a strong gust of wind for a freak accident in Sheboygan County that left a 31-year-old Plymouth woman in critical condition. Authorities say the woman was hurt Saturday evening as she was riding in the bed of …

Louisiana Woman Arrested for Faked Injury Claim

State troopers have arrested a Franklinton woman on allegations that she bilked an insurance company through an injury claim. The state police insurance fraud unit says 43-year-old Hollis Kagler claimed to have injured her back while moving furniture. Investigators allege …

Hit and Run Crash Kills Alaskan Woman

A 92-year-old Fairbanks woman struck on one of her daily walks downtown has died of her injuries. Locals told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that Yolana Rockar was a fixture in the city’s downtown. Mayor Jerry Cleworth says Rockar was a …

Iowa Woman Accused of Setting Apartment Fire

A 26-year-old woman is accused of starting a fire in the Des Moines apartment from which she was being evicted. According to The Des Moines Register, Cassie Majerus was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of arson. Majerus had been served earlier …