Office Depot is recalling 1.4 million black rolling office chairs after it received 153 reports of a broken part that caused at least one serious injury. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the chair’s seat plate weld can crack …
Authorities say 17 people were killed in traffic wrecks over the holiday weekend. The Georgia Department of Public Safety reported six traffic deaths during the same period last year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the fatalities started Saturday when state troopers …
The point where the roiling ocean meets the fury of a hurricane’s winds may hold the key to improving storm intensity forecasts – but it’s nearly impossible for scientists to see. That may change this summer, thanks to post-Hurricane Sandy …
The Malaysian government on Tuesday released 45 pages of raw satellite data it used to determine that the missing jetliner crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, responding to demands for greater transparency by relatives of some of the 239 people …
Residents along the Columbia River want regulators to reject plans for what would be the Pacific Northwest’s largest crude oil train terminal – the proposed destination for at least four oil trains a day, each more than a mile long. …
Anchorage fire officials say 13 of 21 fires over the past three weeks are the result of careless disposal of cigarettes. KTUU reports that authorities also have responded to blazes caused by children playing with fires. The Anchorage Fire Department’s …
Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous construction defects involving the southern leg of the Canada-to-Texas project. The defects – high rates of bad welds, …
Insurers need to be cognizant of globally expanding fraud networks, according to FRISS, a provider of fraud and risk management. The company recommended the use of new investigative techniques like text mining, photo screening, device identification, voice detection and cross …
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is making $500,000 available to pay for removal of debris removal in Pulaski County. The governor’s office said Friday that state funds are necessary because the damaged areas in western Pulaski County won’t receive federal disaster …
A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under the state workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any effects on lowering costs so that …