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Environmental Groups Sue EPA for Fracking Data
A coalition of advocacy groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking access to information on toxic chemicals released by the energy industry through hydraulic fracturing, or ...
Insurers Hope to Identify AirAsia Crash Beneficiaries by Month’s End
Insurers have begun processing claims in the crash of an IndonesiaAirAsia aircraft last month and hope to identify the beneficiaries by the end of January, an official from Indonesia's financial ...
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
Southeast Asia Pilots Taking Risks in Overcrowded Skies
The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by ...
Over 7M Keurigs Recalled; Potential Burn Injuries
A few days before Christmas last year, Keurig Green Mountain Inc. said it was recalling about 7.2 million single-serve brewing machines because they could overheat and spray hot liquids on users. The ...
Bank of America’s Countrywide Mortgage Bonds Trigger Ambac Lawsuit
Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68 billion of securities backed at least in part by risky mortgages from ...
Apple Storage Space Shortage in iOS 8 Spurs Customer Lawsuit
Apple Inc. misleads consumers about the amount of storage space used by its iOS 8 operating system in iPhones, iPods and iPads, two users claimed in a suit targeting the software, adding a new ...
AAA: Americans Murky on Driving Risks with Pot and Prescription Drugs Alike
About 85 percent of Americans want to see laws that punish drivers impaired by marijuana, even as more states have legalized its recreational use. They remain less worried, however, about driving ...