The federal Food and Nutrition Service is recalling frozen blueberries distributed through the Oregon Food Bank because of a complaint regarding foreign material in one three-pound bag. The service says it does not believe there are more problems in the …
A northwestern Illinois meatpacker is recalling nearly 96,000 pounds of its ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli. Officials say a recall was initiated after three people fell sick from E. coli in the Cleveland area, …
St. Anthony, Idaho, resident Nathan S. Froehlich pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and one count of failure to keep a workers’ compensation insurance policy, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Ronald Wilper sentenced …
A St. Joseph County, Ind., police officer who allegedly crashed a rental car while doing emergency driving moves he had recently learned at the police academy has been charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Prosecutors allege that Gary Newcomb, …
A Federal District Court judge in California weighed arguments in a contentious DVD copyright case between Hollywood movie companies and RealNetworks Inc. last week, but did not indicate when she might rule. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel is expected …
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear an appeal by Merck & Co. Inc. of a ruling that reinstated a securities fraud lawsuit involving the company’s disclosures to investors about its withdrawn Vioxx pain drug. The justices …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B+’ (Good) from ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “bbb-” from “bb” of Arizona-based Republic Western Insurance Group and its members, which include Republic Western Insurance Company and …
The Dallas Cowboys used advice from a man who falsified his educational credentials and served federal prison time for drug trafficking to make major structural reinforcements to a practice facility whose collapse injured a dozen people. The Dallas Morning News …
The Alaska Department of Law has filed a civil lawsuit against BP (Exploration) Alaska Inc. stemming from the 2006 crude oil pipeline spills and production shutdowns at Prudhoe Bay. In March and August of 2006, spills occurred from oil transit …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has joined Assemblymember Joel Anderson, R – El Cajon, to support AB 157, and to offer disaster preparation tips for all San Diego residents. AB 157 would allow Cedar Fire survivors two additional years to …