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Latest El Niño 2014 Forecast: Weak and Late
El Niño will probably develop as a weak event in late summer or early fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to MDA Weather Services, while Commodity Weather Group LLC said it may be delayed for ...
Congress Urged to Help Miners with Black Lung Disease
A retired coal miner who suffers from black lung disease urged Congress last week to help clear a backlog of claims of fellow miners who have the disease. "I look to y'all to help us to get that ...
Air Crashes Set Year on Course to Be Deadliest Since 2005
Three fatal airline crashes in a week mean 2014 is shaping up to become the worst year in almost a decade for passenger fatalities. The crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft on the fringes of ...
Deadly March Washington Landslide Connected to 2006 Event
The disastrous March 22 landslide that killed 43 people in the rural Washington state community of Oso involved the "remobilization" of a 2006 landslide on the same hillside, a new federally ...
Bad Weather Likely Cause of Air Algerie Crash: French Officials
Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight over the West African state of Mali with 116 people on board, French officials said on Friday. Investigators at the scene ...
AIG Is Lead Insurer for Taiwan Plane Crash
American International Group Inc. is the lead insurer of the TransAsia Airways Corp. passenger plane that crashed near Taiwan's Magong airport, according to Aon Plc, a broker that tracks the market ...
$23B Punitive Damage Award Against R.J. Reynolds Likely to Be Cut: Experts
A decision by a Florida jury to impose punitive damages of $23.6 billion against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on Friday is likely to be rejected on appeal or the award reduced substantially, lawyers ...
New Trends Seen in Jailing of Former Two Sigma Employee for IP Theft
The plan was for Kang Gao to do his exit interview with Two Sigma Investments LLC, a $21 billion quantitative hedge fund in New York, and jump to Citadel LLC, a rival firm in Chicago. Gao never got ...