A judge’s ruling will force the man who runs BP Plc’s $20 billion compensation fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to be more transparent, Mississippi’s attorney general said. The ruling by a Louisiana judge last Wednesday …
Michigan’s Colin Kelly Sikkila has an idea he believes helps make vehicles more affordable for car buyers and more profitable for automakers. A retired metal model maker at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Sikkila designed a model car …
The non-profit organization that sets safety standards for sports equipment is warning athletes and their parents to not rely on football helmet makers’ marketing and promotional materials for information about concussion protection. “Claims or representations that a particular helmet is …
Dr. Arun Sharma, 56, of Kemah, Texas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for engaging in a conspiracy with his wife, Dr. Kiran Sharma, to commit health care fraud and committing health care fraud over a 10-year-period in …
A federal judge’s approval of a $200 million settlement fund for victims of a Metrolink commuter train crash has been finalized, putting into doubt a Southern California congressman’s attempt to get more money to the victims by raising a federal …
For Northeastern farmers long used to coping with all sorts of cold-weather problems, this winter presents a new one: snow and ice that’s bringing down outbuildings, requiring costly repairs, killing livestock and destroying supplies. Farmers in Connecticut alone have lost …
A Los Angeles jewelry store owner is on the rocks for collecting nearly $100,000 by falsely reporting a diamond theft. Lior Bitton pleaded guilty to insurance fraud. He was sentenced to five days in jail and 90 days of home …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited North Central Power Co. Inc. of Radisson, Wis., following an investigation into the death of a lineman who was electrocuted while working to repair a 7,200-volt power line …
Two top officials of the Louisiana town of Ball, including the mayor, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency following Hurricane Gustav in 2008. Mayor Roy Hebron and town clerk Brenda Kimball entered the pleas …
A hydrologist for the National Weather Service warned that towns along the upper part of the Mississippi River could be in for significant flooding this spring. The Weather Service’s St. Louis office has released its Spring Flood Outlook and the …