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 …
U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla., and Mary Landrieu, D.-La., have filed legislation for a recall and immediate ban on tainted building products from China, as more and more people around the country are reporting problems in their homes built with …
U.S. warships stalked a drifting lifeboat where Somali pirates were holding their first American hostage on Friday, apparently hoping to win a promise of safe passage in exchange for the captive. Four pirates have been holding ship’s captain Richard Phillips, …
Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks off the lawless Horn of Africa nation, officials said. The 17,000-tonne Maersk Alabama was seized off Mogadishu far …
Seven Alabama counties will benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money for flood map modernization. Officials say the grant will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and be routed through the state’s floodplain mapping program, based at the …
225 The weight of a 61-year-old Bloomfield Hills, Mich., man who is suing his former employer, claiming he was fired from a $75,000-a-year salesman’s job because of his waistline. The employer says Patrick J. Ronayne was let go because of …
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Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services’ managed care facility has announced new, enhanced features, including: -Broader definition of managed care services; -Contingent bodily injury wording incorporated into the policy; -Coverage for incidental medical services; -Third-party discrimination and harassment coverage standard with …
The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed eight people in Louisiana in January is suing the aircraft’s manufacturer and two other companies. The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Steven Yelton, of Floresville, Texas, and his wife, Kelly, …
Ernst & Young LLP has agreed to pay $109 million to HealthSouth Corp. shareholders who sued the firm for failing to detect an accounting fraud involving more than a dozen executives. According to papers filed in Birmingham federal court this …
