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McMahon, Other Ex-Players Allege NFL ‘Culture of Drug Abuse’ in Injury Suit
Retired players including ex-Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon accused the National Football League of using painkillers to mask injuries in a "culture of drug misuse," expanding litigation over ...
Safety Agency Probing Fracking Risks After Oilfield Workers Die
The Obama administration is investigating the health risks of hydraulic fracturing after at least four deaths among oilfield workers since 2010 in North Dakota and Montana. The National Institute for ...
If Cars Drive Themselves, How Will Actuaries Make Sense of Data to Price the Risks?
Scientists and engineers predict the day is near when cars drive themselves, but that doesn't mean that traveling on the highway will be entirely carefree. There will be accidents, and someone will ...BP Faces Billions in Spill Claims as Court Denies Rehearing
BP Plc faces billions of dollars in additional payments after failing to convince an appeals court that the company is being forced to pay claims that aren't directly related to the 2010 Gulf of ...
Judge: Corzine, Ex-MF Global Execs Can Tap More Insurance Funds for Defense
Jon Corzine and other former insiders of collapsed brokerage MF Global can tap another $10 million of insurance funds to defend lawsuits accusing them of hastening the firm's downfall, a U.S judge ...
FBI Announces Massive Cyber Crime Bust; Takes Down Blackshades Malware
Law enforcement officials in more than a dozen countries arrested about 90 people in a U.S.-led crackdown on the makers and users of software designed to steal identities and remotely control ...
Long Wildfire Season Ahead; Weary Crews Prepare
Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared ...
U.S. Infrastructure Vulnerable to Cyber Risks; Experts Say CEOs Too Complacent
After warning for years that the U.S. electric grid and other critical infrastructure are dangerously vulnerable to hacking, security experts fear it may take a major destructive attack to jolt CEOs ...