July 22, 2008
Aviation authorities released further details of the cause of a small plane crash in Tampa, Florida that killed three people. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane hit an antenna after taking off July 17 at Vandenburg …
July 22, 2008
The owner of a sawmill in Pickens, S.C. says about 50 workers will be jobless after fire burned the operation. The Greenville News reported an insurance adjuster was expected at Durham’s Hardwood on July 18 to determine if the building …
July 22, 2008
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July 22, 2008
The winner is, Joan E Quagenti, M.Ed., ITP training/communications manager, account service and sales operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Claims Journal’s strange claims contest culminated Friday with Quagenti’s submission recounting a claim filed years ago when she worked …
July 22, 2008
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified two men who were electrocuted when scaffolding they were erecting hit a power line. The dead men are 52-year-old James Bolen, of Jeannette, and 50-year-old William McNemar, of Turtle Creek. Both are employees …
July 22, 2008
After a drunken driving charge several years ago, Jeff Burke of Norristown, Pennsylvania took to riding a bike when he went out for beers. He nonetheless was sentenced on a second DUI conviction this week for riding his bicycle drunk. …
July 21, 2008
Authorities say Alabama Marine Police arrested two people in connection with the theft of more than a dozen fishing boats along Mobile Bay. Marine Police Lieutenant Alex Smith says thieves are stripping the 18- to 24-foot boats — stolen from …
July 21, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week. The storm, with sustained winds of nearly 50 miles per hour …
July 21, 2008
The winner is, Joan E Quagenti, M.Ed., ITP training/communications manager, account service and sales operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Claims Journal’s strange claims contest culminated Friday with Quagenti’s submission recounting a claim filed years ago when she worked …
July 21, 2008
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that Department of Insurance investigators assisted in developing felony insurance fraud criminal complaints against Bita Imani, the owner of Redwood-city auto repair shop Group Specialists, and Mehran Baranriz, the general manager. The two are …