The Office of Highway Safety says Delaware law enforcers have issued 245 citations of speeding between October 20 and October 26. This is the 12th week of the 2008 “Stop Aggressive Driving” campaign. The total number of speeding citations issued …
The family of a 19-year-old who died in a drunken driving accident is suing the hosts of a Madison party where the driver had been given alcohol. The family of Kirsten Meyer, killed in a drunken driving crash after a …
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. joined other insurers in reporting a loss in the third quarter due to large investment losses and catastrophe claims. The Hartford reported a third quarter 2008 net loss of $2.6 billion. Its net income in …
Levels of climate-warming methane — a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide — rose abruptly in Earth’s atmosphere last year, and scientists who reported the change don’t know why it occurred. Methane, the primary component of natural …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Idaho Department of Transportation have begun investigating what caused a bridge under construction in Nampa to collapse. More than a dozen workers from an Eastern Washington construction company were sent to local …
A California-based medical device company has ordered the recall of certain batches of a small mechanical heart pump, saying five people have died while using the device. Thoratec Corp. urged patients to have their implants checked after confirming 27 reports …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center in Greenville, Miss. is set to close on Oct. 31. FEMA officials processed more than 2,100 applications and awarded more than $3 million for individual federal assistance since the DRC opened earlier …
West Virginia is getting $3.1 million in federal funds to support its long-term disaster recovery and critical infrastructure needs. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston announced the grants as part of $200 million for 15 states hit by …
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is offering a $5,000 reward for information that will lead to an arrest and conviction in an arson case in Jasper where a law enforcement officer was the victim. Riley says fires were set to the …
From flooding and tornado catastrophes to the impact of the AIG bailout or the federal versus state regulation debate, Sean Dilweg has a lot on his plate as Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner. Appointed by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle on Jan. 1, …