March 11, 2008
A woman is suing an amusement park claiming she suffered permanent injuries after colliding with another rider in an alpine coaster. Linda Pappas alleged officials at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park failed to warn her someone was stopped in a …
March 11, 2008
A charter bus loaded with members of a Marine Reserve anti-terrorism group overturned at an Alabama Army base, injuring 23 people, including three Marines who were hospitalized in critical condition Monday. The military said the cause of the crash Sunday …
March 11, 2008
Appeals judges in Northern Ireland have overturned an unprecedented libel verdict in which a pizzeria owner successfully sued a Belfast newspaper over a rotten review. Northern Ireland Chief Justice Brian Kerr ruled that a Belfast jury erred in law last …
March 11, 2008
Wisconsin residents whose communities received heavy snowfall this winter should consider buying a flood-insurance policy before the spring thaw arrives, a state insurance official said. “With spring on the way there is often melting snow as well as heavy rains, …
March 11, 2008
Conflicting rulings by federal judges in New Orleans and in Lake Charles, La., are having major effects on how much money homeowners can collect on damage from the 2005 hurricanes, and there is no quick end to the conflict in …
March 11, 2008
A building under construction collapsed in Northern Ireland injuring eight construction workers, including two Polish immigrants who were in critical condition, police said. Police and emergency fire crews said they did not know yet what went wrong at the construction …
March 11, 2008
They call him the “Bird Man of Elsinore” and he’s crying foul over seed from Wal-Mart he says killed dozens of his feathered friends. Lloyd Shook has been feeding birds along the shores of his Lake Elsinore, Calif. cottage for …
March 11, 2008
The country’s leading trucking industry group says it will seek new ways to help truckers in Connecticut and nationwide remove ice and snow from atop their rigs without endangering themselves. The American Trucking Associations said in a letter to Gov. …
March 11, 2008
A Donald Trump high-rise under construction in New York City has been shut down for a second time after equipment struck and shattered several windows. Buildings Department officials say that a cable at the Trump SoHo project came loose during …
March 11, 2008
A Concord (New Hampshire) surgeon ordered to pay $1.75 million to a man who lost his sight during surgery for a broken leg plans to appeal the jury’s decision. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury last week sided with Randolph …