A nearly week-old oil well fire in Anderson County, Tenn. was extinguished Tuesday, but officials worried about the danger of lingering natural gas vapors asked residents to stay away. A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency told Knoxville’s WVLT-TV that …
A train collided with a tractor-trailer carrying hardwood flooring in Tennessee’s Northeast Knox County. No one was injured. Authorities say the Norfolk Southern train struck the tractor-trailer Monday around 8 a.m. The truck driver, 34-year-old Derell Parker, says his truck …
A section of construction crane plummeted 30 floors at the site of a high-rise condominium in Miami, Fla., killing two workers and smashing into a home that the contractor used for storage, police said. Five other workers were injured, one …
Insurance Journal is sponsoring a major study of critical relationships in the independent agent system. Channel Harvest Research, a partnership of The van Aartrijk Group and Campbell Communications, is fielding the national survey of independent insurance agents, which probes agents’ …
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is asking the federal government for help with the salmonella outbreak in Alamosa that has sickened more than 200 people. Ritter has asked the Department of Health and Human Services for help from its experts. Tests …
The Vermont Supreme Court has denied an appeal by an Elks lodge found to have discriminated against women, saying it failed to show any “reversible errors” in a 2005 trial. In an entry order received by the parties last week, …
Massey Energy has been fined nearly $4,500 for safety violations the state says contributed to a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine. Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training inspectors found the violations while investigating the Dec. 4 …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it revised its outlook on Max USA Holdings Ltd. and Max Capital Group Ltd. to positive from stable. S&P also affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit ratings on both companies. Max USA Holdings …
North Carolina officials arrested two suspects on an alleged insurance fraud scheme, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. John Wesley Baum, 30, is behind an insurance fraud scheme in which he helped his alleged associate file a false police report …
A growing body of evidence suggests California requiring adult drivers to use hands-free devices with their cell phones will do little to reduce crashes. Research shows being a distracted driver is not necessarily about having both hands on the wheel, …