May 28, 2010
One of just two major makers of emergency air packs for U.S. coal mines has stopped selling the devices because they often don’t automatically start and the industry fears it will lead to a shortage, officials said. Underground mines must …
May 28, 2010
Legislation that would allow law enforcement in Oklahoma to impound uninsured vehicles is one step away from becoming law. House Bill 2331, by state Rep. Steve Martin and state Sen. Gary Stanislawski, passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives 93-3 and …
May 28, 2010
For the fourth time in the past year, the nation’s flood insurance program will lapse because Congress has not voted to reauthorize it. That’s the latest on Capitol Hill, according to property/casualty lobbyists and other sources. As a result, the …
May 28, 2010
Legislation designed to improve Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system for injured workers and reduce costs for the state’s employers has passed the House of Representatives. The four bills comprise a bipartisan agreement that was negotiated over the course of this legislative …
May 28, 2010
Delaware authorities say 26,000 birds were lost after an electrical malfunction caused a fire that destroyed a poultry house west of Bridgeville. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials say the chicks …
May 28, 2010
Ag States Group, the insurance subsidiary of CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 energy, grains and foods company, has been honored as Agency of the Year by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (MIIAB) association. In the presentation of the …
May 28, 2010
The woman whose chimpanzee mauled and blinded her friend last year, leading to lawsuits and a national debate over the regulation of exotic pets, has died, her attorney said. Sandy Herold died Monday night of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, lawyer …
May 28, 2010
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is proposing new regulations that she says will rein in sales and underwriting practices for auto insurers and agents in the state. The regulations come in response to a report issued by her office last …
May 28, 2010
One ballplayer says he can’t even stand to see his own reflection. Another says he feels like some creature wandering outer space. “Gazoo” is the term of choice for this latest sports look. Minor league baseball is bulking up on …
May 28, 2010
Vincent Liew waited five years for the kidney that was supposed to change his life. Instead, the organ ended it. The kidney came from a woman who had uterine cancer, but she and doctors didn’t know it. Once her disease …