Anchorage-based customs inspectors say they’ll destroy more than 12,000 counterfeit iPhone connector cables and adapters seized last month. The Anchorage Daily News reports that officials discovered the accessories while working at FedEx’s Anchorage sorting facility. Customs and Border Protection spokesman …
Residents in a northern Chinese city are without water after the local government cut off the supply because of industrial chemicals that contaminated a river. The Handan city government in Hebei province says it cut off the water Saturday afternoon …
Rescuers have found the bodies of two Italian skiers who were killed by an avalanche in Italy’s Alps. The Italian news agency ANSA said the rescuers found the remains on Saturday night near a lake about 10 hours after the …
New Jersey’s Superior Court has denied a medical group’s request for a stay of the new motor vehicle personal injury protection (PIP) regulations. The court’s decision means the state’s insurance department can implement the new PIP regulations beginning Friday, Jan. …
U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans annually. The new rules, required by the Food Safety Modernization …
An industry group says Texas homeowners are paying the highest insurance premiums in the country. The report was released last month by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Dallas Morning News reported the study is based on premiums collected …
San Diego, CA, 1/7/13 – Brad Perilman has been named Chief Financial Officer for Atlas General Insurance Services, a program administrator with offices in San Diego, San Francisco and Denver. “We are thrilled that Brad has accepted the role of …
Spaceport America officials are urging legislators to limit potential lawsuits from wealthy outer space tourists who take off from New Mexico, saying such a bill is crucial to the future of the project. Legal experts, however, say there is no …
Missouri lawmakers have their eyes on reinstating liability caps for medical malpractice cases after the state Supreme Court struck down the limits last summer. The high court concluded a 2005 law was unconstitutional. It had capped noneconomic damages in medical …
A 22-year-old Scottsbluff, Neb., man convicted last year of receiving illegal drugs through the mail plans to sue the state and local governments over hail damage to his impounded vehicle. Andrew Vanderveen was sentence in November to probation. He and …