Banks had more than $43 million stolen from them in 2010, while about $8 million of the amount was recovered. Overall there was about a seven percent drop in crimes against banks in 2010, according to the FBI. Most violations …
A former state insurance adjuster dubbed the “Westside Rapist” by police has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven women in sexual attacks that terrified Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s. John Floyd Thomas, 74, pleaded guilty …
Transocean Ltd. gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the “best year in safety performance in our company’s history” — despite the explosion of its oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 200 million gallons (757 million liters) of …
More than 150 homes and eight businesses in Cedar Falls are expected to be demolished through flood buyout programs. City officials told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that 144 of the 226 properties eligible for buyouts in the wake of 2008 …
A U.S. judge said he would dismiss claims against Toyota Motor Corp. by non-U.S. car buyers who say their vehicles lost value because of manufacturing defects. Toyota has recalled 19 million vehicles globally since 2009 when it took the first …
Two federal prosecutors are investigating possible workers’ compensation abuses at Illinois government agencies after disclosures of millions of dollars in payouts and questionable practices by arbitrators. The Associated Press obtained five subpoenas from U.S. attorneys in the central and southern …
Firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire early this week that officials say has tripled in size after destroying five homes, forced evacuations and knocked out power to about 1,000 homes and businesses. New Mexico Forestry Division spokesman Dan Ware says the …
Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz is recalling 136,750 M-Class and M-Class AMG vehicles in the United States made from 1999 to 2004 for issues related to cruise control that may lead to a crash, U.S. federal safety regulators said. A filing with …
With his Connecticut home-building business down more than 90 percent, the last thing Robert C. Fusari Sr. says he needs is a new rule telling him to spend thousands of dollars to install home sprinkler systems that customers don’t want. …
An Iowa couple says their former landlord is to blame for the death of their granddaughter and their own disabling injuries in a 2009 fire, according to their wrongful-death lawsuit. Sieh and Annie Toffoi said in the lawsuit filed this …