A federal jury has awarded a Madison resident more than $93,000 in a lawsuit against three city police officers for excessive force and for violating his constitutional rights. The Clarion-Ledger reported that the verdict favoring Steve C. Thornton was handed …
The Federal Trade Commission voted Friday to finalize its settlement with Facebook, resolving charges that the social network exposed details about users’ lives without getting the required legal consent. Facebook Inc. agreed to submit to government audits of its privacy …
Praetorian Insurance Co. is facing up to a 36 percent rate reduction for Florida homeowners. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Friday announced his intent to disapprove a company proposal for a 2.2 percent decrease. McCarty said his Office of …
Welcome to the Pirate Action Group. Pirate commander Jamal wishes to congratulate you on being hijacked. Kindly speak to his negotiator about your ransom, bearing in mind that his demands are similar for every vessel he seizes. This is not …
The death toll from twin earthquakes in Iran has risen to 250 [later reports put the death toll in excess of 300], Iranian state television said on Sunday, while over 2,000 were injured and thousands spent the night outdoors after …
The London Olympics were described as “happy and glorious” by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge on Sunday as he officially closed the 30th Summer Games. “These were happy and glorious Games,” Rogge told cheering competitors and spectators packed into …
Health care providers across Oklahoma will be receiving checks worth more than $15.3 million this month, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced. The funds are actual damages owed by the defunct AmCare Health Plans of Oklahoma Inc., a health …
A former Plainville, Conn., doctor has been sentenced to four months in prison for dealing prescription drugs.Prosecutors say Richard Luzietti was charged after an investigation into about 100 prescriptions that he wrote in 2009 for Oxycontin and other drugs.
Sterling & Sterling Inc. an insurance broker based in Woodbury, N.Y., and The Hyde Agency, a specialty surety bond broker in New York City, are forming a joint venture under the name SterlingHyde Group. This new entity will focus on …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and state and federal emergency management officials have surveyed parts of the state scorched by recent wildfires. The group viewed damage in Cleveland County on Aug. 9 where they stopped at the burned out home of …
