Arkansas National Guard soldiers and state prisoner work crews in Mena, Ark., removed debris April 11 while firefighters and volunteers from all over pitched in to help residents recover from a devastating tornado and prepare for a new round of …
Navy commandos stormed a French sailboat held by pirates off the Somali coast in an assault triggered by threats that the passengers would be executed. But one hostage was killed in the operation, demonstrating the risks of a military operation …
U.S. Navy Seals (the Service’s highly trained commando unit) have ended the five-day old hostage crisis, which began with the attempt by Somali pirates to hijack the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama several hundred miles off Somalia in the Indian Ocean [See …
A Pennsylvania law that empowers hundreds of nurse-midwives to prescribe drugs finally is in effect, ending the Keystone State’s distinction as the only state that barred the practice. Gov. Ed Rendell signed the bill in 2007 as part of health …
A worker who fell nearly 40 feet into a silo filled with flour at a New Jersey business apparently escaped with only minor injuries. The unidentified man was in the silo at the Kellogg USA plant in Winslow Township for …
The controversial bonuses given to executives at bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. do not violate Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law, the state’s consumer protection commissioner says. Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. is among numerous federal and state officials who have …
Pennsylvania’s attorney general says a Chicago-based escrow company that abruptly halted operations last month may have left homeowners holding the bag. Attorney General Tom Corbett says that some consumers depended on American Escrow to pay their property taxes and homeowners …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report, “Growing Supply Chases Slowing Demand In The Jordanian Insurance Market,” on its RatingsDirect web site. The report states: “The “insurance sector in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (foreign currency BB/Stable/B; local …
Bermuda-based Validus Holdings announced that it has filed preliminary proxy materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with IPC Holdings Annual General Meeting of shareholders. Validus is urging the shareholders to oppose the issuance of IPC shares …
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster area for 20 Alabama counties that received damage from recent heavy rain, winds and flooding. Riley said Friday the 20 counties in mostly south and central …
