Police arrested a Newberg, Ore., couple accused of theft. The charges stem from when 28-year-old William Gray and 32-year-old Amber Beck lived in McMinnville. Police there say the couple reported a burglary Nov. 9, telling officers that $16,000 worth of …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ratings on Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. and its U.S.-based intermediary holding company, Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc. (both rated ‘BBB+’ with a stable outlook), as well as the ratings on the company’s …
An often-overlooked deduction may help turn a major property-casualty loss into a tax time gain, according the Insurance Information Network of California. The association is reminding consumers that a deduction for unreimbursed casualty and theft losses allows uninsured property losses …
In the 19th century fashionable British gentry became discontented with the common Anglo-Saxon names for various groups of animals – herds, for farm animals – flocks, for birds – schools, for fish and packs for predators. They weren’t deemed “poetic” …
A northern Maine lawmaker has submitted legislation to lengthen the moose hunting season by a week in his part of the state. Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, said northern Maine should have a three-week hunt to thin the herd and cut …
New York-based department-store operator Nordstrom Inc. on Thursday voluntarily recalled 31,000 pairs of shoes for girls after it found in random testing that the shoes violated new national standards for lead content in children’s products. The Nordstrom-branded shoes were made …
A deputy coroner says a northwestern Pennsylvania woman on oxygen therapy started the house fire that caused her death by lighting up a cigarette that ignited the gas. Crawford County deputy coroner Scott Schell says 76-year-old Marian Magee died of …
A New York city official says it appears that a construction worker who plummeted to his death from the 10th floor of a hotel under construction in Manhattan was not wearing a harness as required. Buildings Department spokeswoman Kate Lindquist …
Two robbers leaving a Milwaukee jewelry store with cash and gems didn’t get far with the loot — another group of thieves robbed them as the pair left the crime scene. Police Lt. Thomas Welch says a fight broke out …
Deaths from snowmobile crashes decreased slightly in Michigan this winter, despite the heavy snowfall. The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents says 20 people died from injuries in snowmobiling accidents, down from 22 during the winter of 2007-08. The association says …