A natural gas company has paid more than $231,000 to reimburse the costs of fighting a December pipeline fire and rebuilding a section of charred highway near Sissonville, W. Va. Media outlets report more than $165,000 from NiSource Inc. will …
For U.S. troops, less combat is not translating to less stress. Members of the military committed suicide at a record pace in 2012 – almost one per day – and some experts think the trend will grow worse this year. …
The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit filed last month against the state. …
Authorities say a fire that burned at a Searcy, Ark., governmental building appears to be an act of arson. Authorities responded to a fire around 5 a.m. Monday at Searcy’s Arkansas Department of Community Corrections office. The Daily Citizen reports …
Eastern Indiana police say they tracked down a man accused of crashing into a utility pole while driving drunk by following a trail of leaking antifreeze to his car. Richmond police were called Monday when a driver fled the scene …
Maine residents in the market for a new car are being warned to stay away from deals that appear too good to be true. Experts say some of the estimated 250,000 vehicles damaged during flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy are …
A U.S. judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in one of the first big tests of intellectual property law involving social media. Agence France-Presse and The Washington Post infringed …
Two South Florida mothers have been sentenced to prison for their roles in staging car accidents to commit fraud on insurers. Federal prosecutors said Monday that 42-year-old Ana Ovando of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more than six years …
Starr Companies, an international provider of property, casualty, and accident & health insurance products as well as a range of specialty coverages including aviation, marine, energy and excess casualty insurance, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Hayman to the position of …
The second of two wrongful death lawsuits filed in the aftermath of a 2004 fatal fire at the Alpha Tau Omega house on the University of Mississippi campus has been settled. Jordan Williams of Atlanta, Ga., Howard Stone of Spencer, …