A mosque in Columbia, Tenn., was destroyed by a fire last week that federal investigators say appears to have been caused by arson. Investigators also found drawings of swastikas and other graffiti at the Islamic Center of Columbia, said Special …
Two days after a massive explosion and fire devastated a Georgia sugar refinery, John Calvin Butler Jr. and his younger brother, Jamie were still in a medically induced coma . Company officials have refused to speculate on when the plant …
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced recently that 166 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Minnesota in 2006, the lowest death total on record. However, the department says a record-high 41,951 motorists were arrested for impaired driving. That’s …
Top federal safety officials urged the Labor Department in 2006 to adopt critical regulations to prevent deadly dust explosions– like the one suspected in the deadly blast in a Georgia sugar plant last Thursday– but the government has failed to …
A Pennsylvania jury awarded $10.2 million to a teenager who was paralyzed in a drunken driving crash while wearing a lap belt in the backseat. The belt tore into Chelsea Pursell’s abdomen, fracturing her spinal cord and causing internal injuries …
Liberty Mutual Group said its 2007 profit dipped nearly 7 percent compared with unusually strong 2006 results, as greater insurance industry competition led to pressure to cut policyholder rates. The nation’s sixth-largest property and casualty insurer reported full-year net income …
Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. recently announced that it is now offering a comprehensive “Life Stages” identity management program providing free access to proactive and resolution services for all home and farm policyholders. The services are offered in partnership …
Delaware’s Sussex County Recorder of Deeds John Brady is officially in the race for state insurance commissioner. Brady is running as a Republican and launched his campaign last week with appearances in all three counties. He predicts health insurance will …
When a fire killed a Barre, Vermont mother and four children in 2005, there was something peculiar: As firetrucks arrived, the apartment was full of smoke and had a working smoke detector, but it wasn’t sounding its alarm. Months later, …
A Fargo, N.D. insurance agent has pleaded guilty to 38 felony charges as part of a plea agreement recommending that he serve a total of two years in prison. Sixty-one-year-old David Skjerven (SHUR’-ven) also would pay more than 1.3 million …
