State labor officials say the number of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths in Louisiana dropped in 2008. The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports 134 work-related fatalities in 2008, down from 139 in 2007. Non-fatal work injuries and illnesses in private industry …
A fugitive Indiana doctor accused of fraud and malpractice has been returned to the United States. Mark Weinberger was arrested in December near Italy’s border with France as he hid on a snowy mountain, more than five years after he …
A Missouri woman was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a grain fraud scheme that bilked 179 farmers out of a combined $27.4 million and earned her the nickname the “Madoff of the Midwest.” Cathy Gieseker, 45, of …
Missouri lawmakers have advanced two bills aimed at speeding insurance payments to hospitals and health care providers. The House and Senate each voted overwhelmingly to approve their own versions of legislation setting up a time schedule for medical providers to …
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin wants a meeting with two federal agencies to seek information about efforts to certify five levee systems in three southwestern Illinois counties. Durbin and other overseers of the levees in Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties …
Somali pirates are likely to increasingly target ships taking coal and other commodities over the Indian Ocean because smaller bulk vessels are an easier target than large oil tankers and trade to Asia is booming. A 75,000 ton vessel carrying …
The tragedies of the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti serve as a reminder that parts of the United States are highly vulnerable to the devastating effects of this unpredictable natural disaster. While most Americans believe earthquakes are a catastrophe …
The Senate last week failed to vote on bills to extend several federal programs including jobless benefits, COBRA subsidies, transportation project funding and flood insurance before these programs expired Feb. 28. A single senator, Jim Bunning, R-Ky., has derailed final …
Fire officials say ice has broken through a glass atrium at the Sony Building in New York City and 10 people have sustained minor injuries. A spokesman for the New York City Fire Department says ice and glass fell into …
After decades of cultivating a corporate image around one of the ocean’s greatest predators, SeaWorld managers must reassure visitors that a killer whale’s fatal mauling of its trainer doesn’t mean the parks aren’t safe. Veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, was …