Ford is recalling more than a million pickup trucks because their gas tanks can fall off and cause fires. The recall, announced Monday, covers 1.1 million F-150, F-250 and Lincoln Blackwood pickups. The models involved were sold in cold-weather states …
A 51-year-old man is dead after an accident at the Keystone Steel & Wire Co. plant in central Illinois. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says maintenance worker David Hezlet of Cuba, Ill., was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon at OSF Saint …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a measure backed by agents that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. Certificates of insurance are widely used in …
The attorney for a Baltimore councilwoman says she will dismiss her libel and defamation suit against a blogger. Councilwoman Belinda Conaway sued Examiner.com political blogger Adam Meister and his publisher for $21 million over a column that alleged she doesn’t …
The driver of a van carrying special needs adults that crashed into a garbage truck near Boston, injuring him and 12 others, has been charged with of driving under the influence of drugs. Police in Newton, Mass., say 51-year-old Addis …
A family of tourists is safe after escaping from a burning rental jeep on a dirt road on Kauai. The Kauai Fire Department says the family of four had crossed the Wailua Stream off Loop Road Sunday and had gone …
San Diego, CA, 08/03/2011 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc. announced that its board of directors has named current chief financial officer and executive vice president Mac Armstrong its chief operating officer. Armstrong will continue in his current roles in …
A complex of apartments and commercial space that was under construction in Cedar Rapids has been destroyed by fire. The Cedar Rapids fire department says the blaze at the two-story building was reported early Saturday morning. Flames and smoke were …
Authorities say a worker at Wilson Salt Water Disposal has died after being injured in a fire at the plant near Wilson. Officials say 35-year-old Gary Cochran died of injuries suffered in the fire that was reported about 3 a.m. …
Researchers in Michigan’s far north are working in South America to investigate the links between small earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that can disrupt global air travel. Michigan Technological University geologist Greg Waite is focusing on “mini-earthquakes” within or beneath the …