Firefighters now know their ladder truck won’t fit in the parking garage under the City Hall in Springfield, Ore. A truck wedged itself in the garage Monday night when the ladder scraped the garage ceiling. KVAL reports firefighters had to …
Three University of Vermont students are accused of breaking in and vandalizing a residence hall under construction. The project’s developer estimates damages could range from $25,000 to $50,000 for broken windows, roof repairs and cleanup. They said toilers awaiting installation …
Nine men who survived West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine disaster want to abandon mediation of their personal injury claims and start gathering evidence for trial because they say the mine’s new owner isn’t negotiating in good faith. The miners …
Kentucky State Police officials are turning to social media for a safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle crashes. State police say they plan to send out safety messages on Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts. The safety campaign comes …
Reebok International Ltd agreed to settle a lawsuit by rival Nike Inc, and will stop selling New York Jets football apparel with the name of the team’s popular new quarterback, Tim Tebow. According to settlement papers made public on Tuesday, …
A U.S. appeals court rejected the government’s broad reading of a computer fraud law to prosecute workers who steal from company computers, saying it could expose millions of Americans to prosecution for harmless activities at work. The 9-2 decision by …
Former MF Global Holdings Ltd Chief Executive Jon Corzine and other company officials won court permission to tap as much as $30 million of insurance money to defend lawsuits over the futures brokerage’s collapse. Tuesday’s decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge …
Reports show an increase in 2011 in the amount of drowsy Ohio drivers who were involved in fatal crashes. WBNS-TV in Columbus reports Sunday that Highway Patrol statistics show there were 3,403 crashes involving sleepy drivers in 2011, compared with …
Although none of the 50 U.S. state governments were found to be exemplary, three out of four of the South Central states received very lackluster rankings in a report evaluating state governments on integrity and the ability to prevent corruption …
A potent combination of dry conditions and high winds helped to whip up a second major brush fire in southern New Jersey in the last three days, this time engulfing several hundred acres in Burlington County and threatening two dozen …