Fargo, N.D., police made a record 1,127 drunken driving arrests last year. Police Chief Keith Ternes says the 29 percent increase in DUI arrests over the year has authorities considering changing their message. He says it seems a waste of …
Warren E. Buffett thinks that among large insurance operations, those owned by his Berkshire Hathaway are the “best in the world.” Buffett is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, personal lines powerhouse GEICO …
A Maine wreath-making company has won a nearly $1 million judgment in a legal dispute with L.L. Bean over the production of wreaths and other products for the 2008 holiday season. A Maine Business and Consumer Court judge ordered the …
S.H. Smith & Co. Inc., a wholesaler and managing general agent headquartered in Hartford, Conn., announced three promotions. Jeanine Loomis has been promoted to vice president. Loomis works in the St. Paul, Minn., office. She is responsible for agency management …
A group of 32 Democratic women legislators is urging Maine Attorney General William Schneider to remove his name from a letter to the Obama administration opposing a federal mandate that employers cover contraception in health insurance plans. The group delivered …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $19 million to help rebuild Louisa County High School, which was damaged during the Aug. 23 earthquake. A news release from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office last Thursday said rebuilding the school will cost …
Florida lawmakers appear headed toward a stalemate over how to rein-in the cost of physician-dispensed workers’ compensation prescription drugs. In an effort to force a deal, Senate lawmakers are calling for a statewide average 2.5 percent rate cut if a …
Tornado season is starting, but don’t ask meteorologists how bad it will be this spring and summer. They don’t know. They’re having a hard enough time getting a fix on the likely path of storms expected in the next 48 …
A judge on Thursday acquitted a man accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon diving trip to Australia eight years ago, saying in an unusual ruling that prosecutors did not prove the man intentionally killed his wife to …
More than 1,500 coal miners have tested positive for drug use since Kentucky began screenings six years ago, a state attorney told lawmakers, and he urged lawmakers to close legal loopholes that can allow miners who test positive to return …
