Monthly Archives: <span>July 2014</span>

University of Rhode Island Students Develop Runway Safety System

A group of University of Rhode Island engineering students has come up with device designed to prevent small airplanes from colliding on runways. Their device attaches to the wingtip of a plane using suction cup. It uses ultrasonic sensors that …

Woman Sues New Hampshire Hospital Over Mother’s Death

A Massachusetts woman has sued a New Hampshire hospital for $2 million about three years after her mother died of a heart attack, saying doctors failed to diagnose it. Mariann Gobbi recently filed the lawsuit against St. Joseph Hospital in …

No Insurance, No Hydroplane Race in Idaho This Year

The hydroplane races planned for next month on Lake Coeur d’Alene have been cancelled. Organizers of the Diamond Cup race cited the inability to obtain a water event permit for cancelling the races. The races were scheduled for Aug. 29-31. …

Debt a Motive for 2012 Indianapolis House Explosion

Prosecutors plan to present evidence that the motive behind a 2012 deadly explosion that devastated an Indianapolis, Ind., neighborhood was collecting insurance money for mounting gambling and credit card debts. Monserrate Shirley, her then-boyfriend Mark Leonard and his brother, Bob …

Washington Volcanoes Get More Scientific Scrutiny

Washington’s volcanoes are getting some enhanced – and high tech – scientific scrutiny this summer. This weekend, a group of about 75 geophysicists from around the world is gathering at Mount St. Helens to bore 23 holes into the mountain …

Jury Awards $136,030 in West Virginia Locker Room Fight Case

A West Virginia jury has awarded $136,030 to a former Parkersburg South High School football player and his mother in a lawsuit over a locker room fight. The lawsuit alleged that Parkersburg South assistant football coach Dwain Sponseller encouraged a …

Cause of 2011 Hawaii Copter Crash to be Released Soon

The National Transportation Safety Board expects to release next week a probable cause for a 2011 Molokai helicopter crash that killed all five people aboard. Pilot Nathan Cline, newlyweds Michael and Nicole Abel of Pittsburgh and Canadian couple Stuart Robertson …

Wyoming Oil Pipe Spill Caused by Corrosion

The owner of a pipeline that sprung a leak and spilled 25,000 gallons of crude oil that flowed more than two miles down a gulley in the Powder River Basin said Friday that internal corrosion was to blame. “It’s pretty …

Missouri Man Sentenced in Lightning Rod Insurance Scam

A 52-year-old Missouri man has been sentenced to probation in a lightning rod insurance scam that targeted elderly residents. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a release that Donald Anthony Moses of Neosho, Mo., was sentenced to two years …

Indiana BMV Begins Program for Restoration of Driving Privileges

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is making it easier for residents who want to have their drivers licenses reinstated. Commissioner Don Snemis announced Thursday that the BMV will begin a “relief” program allowing drivers to pay smaller fees to …