September marks the end of summer and ushers in a time of reflection. The working world returns from summer vacations and begins functioning on a heightened level, as the end of the year draws near. Problems that have been simmering …
Who says an off-year election has to be boring? With millions in campaign contributions, weeks of bruising TV ads and plenty of name-calling, trial lawyers and insurance companies are doing their best to spice up this fall’s otherwise ho-hum statewide …
Alabama State Forester Linda Casey lifted a fire alert for 17 counties in the northwest part of the state last week. The affected counties are: Lauderdale, Limestone, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Marion, Winston, Cullman, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, …
A 2-year-old Boca Raton, Fla., girl died after getting her head caught in her crib, a couple days before a national recall was issued because of safety concerns. The girl was found with her head caught between a broken rail …
Through an alliance between the National Equipment Register and CNA, the insurer will waive up to $10,000 of a policy deductible if a piece of construction equipment registered with the national database is stolen. National Equipment Register tracks heavy equipment …
At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky, soft-soled clogs known by the name of …
Botulism has killed a 52-year-old Sandoval County, N.M., man, according to the state Health Department. State officials have not linked the man’s case to this summer’s recall of Castleberry’s Food Co. products, but they said the man had eaten some …
Frequent evacuations, power outages and road closures have marked the busy 2007 wildfire season in Idaho, and it’s not even close to over yet, experts warn. More acres have burned in Idaho so far this year than anywhere else in …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has established a mobile emergency operations center in Eustis, Fla., to help homeowners in the area with property damaged by the tornado that struck the area last week. Citizens has about 150 policyholders in the damaged …
Rockhill Holding Co. and RTW, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Rockhill will acquire all outstanding shares of RTW stock for $12.45 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately …