Maryland would hire inspectors to monitor toys for lead content under a bill headed for approval in the House of Delegates. The chamber agreed unanimously this week to agree to a preliminary version of a bill to hire two state …
New York state is providing local governments with $650,000 for flood mitigation projects. Michael Balboni, the Spitzer administration’s deputy secretary for public safety, made the announcement Tuesday morning at the state’s flood summit in Binghamton. The summit brought together state …
Three police dogs that work for the Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff’s Department are being confined to their kennels while off-duty. The issue of liability arose when Jag, a German shepherd, bit a newspaper carrier in Auburn in 2006, leading to …
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he would not have met with two men now entangled in a judicial bribery case had he known they were allegedly paid $500,000 to try to influence his investigation of an insurance company’s handling …
When China’s leadership reshuffle is finalised during the annual parliament session that starts next week, the man tipped to become the country’s leading financial official will face high expectations. Bankers hope former Beijing mayor Wang Qishan, expected to be named …
Swiss Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, made better than expected 2007 net profit, as it escaped further subprime writedowns in the fourth quarter, and gave a confident earnings outlook. It reported on Friday a smaller than expected 9 percent drop …
Thunderstorms and tornadoes that raced into Georgia from the west Tuesday morning caused about $15 million damage to some 1,300 homes, a state official said Wednesday. Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine earlier estimated insured losses to 1,000 homes across north Georgia …
Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is asking churches to give money to Jackson, Tennessee’s Union University to help rebuild its campus after a powerful tornado caused more than $40 million in damages earlier this month. Page said he was …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened a center in southern Kentucky about a mile from where a winter storms tore apart homes and killed four people earlier this month. FEMA workers are at a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center at the …
The Knoxville, Tenn., Fire Department is investigating a large apartment fire that left about 60 people homeless. Knoxville Fire Captain Brent Seymour told WVLT-TV that the flames started about 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Residents were evacuated from their apartments, and no …
