Carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to have sent five men to a hospital in Camden County, New Jersey. Police say the men were sleeping in a vacant strip mall shop that they were refurbishing into a Dollar General store in …
Connecticut prosecutors say a state correction officer faces a fraud charge for running a 40-yard dash in high heels while he was supposedly too injured to work. State prosecutors say Garrett A. Dalton of Naugatuck dressed up as a woman …
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Wednesday will officially receive a recommendation that the state require all motor vehicle passengers to wear seat belts. It’s part of a report on teen driving safety and comes nearly a year after …
A big concern after last summer’s flooding in southeast Minnesota was that the population in some small towns would evaporate, but officials say that’s not happening. Senator Amy Klobuchar toured Goodview, Houston and Rushford to see how the flood recovery …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sped up the approval process for new drugs since pharmaceutical firms began to help finance it, which has increased the number of recalls and unanticipated side effects, researchers said Wednesday. The FDA adopted …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement official said Wednesday that it’s still too early to tell whether the current market turmoil involves widespread securities violations or simply bad business decisions. SEC enforcement director Linda Thomsen also said more …
Contractors in Maine and New Hampshire have been cited by federal regulators for safety violations at a residential construction site in Hermon in which one employee was electrocuted and another injured. Angel Valespi of Portland was killed and Robert McLeod …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of the Hong Kong-based China International Reinsurance Company Limited (CIRe) with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects CIRe’s profitable operating performance, …
Authorities say they are closing a railroad crossing in Moselle, Miss., where one motorist died and another was injured in separate collisions with trains on Monday. There are no warning lights or crossing guards at the intersection on Eastabuchie Road …
Eight people at a Raleigh, N.C. motel have been taken to a hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide from a faulty water heater. Raleigh Fire Department Division Chief James Poole told the News & Observer of Raleigh on Tuesday …