Authorities said a fire at a western Indiana farm killed more than 100 hogs. When firefighters arrived at Cardinal Farms, they found its hog farrowing and nursery barn — where pregnant sows and their offspring are kept — engulfed in …
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said he would resign his position amid reports linking him to a prostitution ring as a client. The resignation is to be effective Monday, March 17. Spitzer will be succeeded as governor by Lieutenant Governor …
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee is suggesting farmers may have to pay to enroll in a proposed disaster reimbursement program. Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson said the program reimbursing farmers for weather-related crop losses is one of many sticking …
Lezlie Holden got a phone call late one March night in 2006 saying her ex-boyfriend’s son was hurt and at the hospital. Despite the few drinks she’d had that night, Holden got out of bed, into the car and started …
The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed House Bill 3341, by state Rep. Mike Thompson and state Sen. Don Barrington, legislation designed to help reduce the number of fires caused by cigarettes. The Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act …
Gorton’s Inc. said Monday that the pills a Pennsylvania family reported finding in their fish fillets were harmless over-the-counter herbal supplements. The incident remains an isolated case and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is leading the investigation, Gorton’s spokesman …
The threat of a hurricane again flooding New Orleans, which will be greatly reduced when levee improvements are completed, will be further reduced if the pumping system is operational, the Army Corps of Engineers said. Virtually every part of the …
Connecticut lawmakers say it’s time to reform Connecticut’s bail bondsmen system. Legislators held a hearing today on a bill that would subject bondsmen to testing and routine training, and allow the public safety commissioner to suspend or revoke their licenses …
Both the Texas FAIR Plan Association and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) have elected new officers for 2008-2009. For the Texas FAIR Plan, James Langford, vice president, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies was elected chair; Garry Kaufman, president of …
Attorneys for a Louisiana truck stop are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against the company whose well blowout forced the closure of Interstate 10 last year. Silver’s Travel Center in Breaux Bridge filed a federal lawsuit last year against …