The state Department of Environmental Conservation says fiber bars recalled over allergy concerns have been distributed in Alaska. General Mills last week issued a voluntary recall of chocolate flavor Fiber One 90-Calorie Chewy Bars. The company said a labeling error …
Police say the death of a 47-year-old man who fell from his docked boat in the northwestern Lower Peninsula was an accidental drowning. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports toxicology tests found that David Boekeloo’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times …
A New Mexico family is suing an Albuquerque hotel, claiming they caught a worker peeping into their room while they showered. Evangeline and Eric Vigil of Alcalde filed the lawsuit Tuesday, saying they found a hole in the wall by …
A bill that would authorize 19 of Pennsylvania’s most-populated cities to install red-light cameras in an effort to improve traffic safety won approval from the state Senate on Tuesday. Senators voted 35-14 to send the bill to the state House …
The Cuomo administration is distributing an additional $850,000 in aid for more than 100 New York farms impacted by flooding caused by tropical storms Irene and Lee. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced that the state funds will be distributed …
Authorities are investigating what caused Tuesday’s fire at a Mississippi foam plant. The small factory manufactured cut foam used in furniture making. About a dozen volunteer and full-time fire departments, including Tupelo and Saltillo, responded to the call around 11 …
Investigators in southern Indiana say the extensive damage from a fire that destroyed a large hardware store is making it difficult to determine the cause. Combustible materials such as paint, solvents and pesticides helped fuel the flames that leapt more …
A moderate earthquake has shaken the northeastern Japanese prefecture where the much more massive earthquake and tsunami touched off the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl earlier this year. The 5.2-magnitude quake struck Fukushima Prefecture overnight just after 2 a.m. local …
San Diego, CA, 10/27/11 – Pacific Claims Services, a subsidiary of American Claims Management, Inc., has appointed Jayne Miller as vice president of its Managed Care Division. Pacific Claims Services provides full service managed care solutions to the insurance industry. …
Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on Hawaii’s shores by early 2013, before reaching the West Coast, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists. A Russian training ship spotted the junk – …