Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River’s most infamous fire helped spawn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, artists and entrepreneurs have turned old jokes into inspiration and forged decades of embarrassment into a fiery brand of Cleveland pride. “Everybody knows Cuyahoga ...

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Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River’s most infamous fire helped spawn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, artists and entrepreneurs have turned old jokes into inspiration and forged decades of embarrassment into a fiery brand of Cleveland pride. “Everybody knows Cuyahoga ...

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The failure of safety devices designed to prevent blowouts contributed to an explosion and fire that killed five workers last year at a southeastern Oklahoma natural gas well, according to a federal agency’s report Wednesday that also lists inadequate training ...

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The failure of safety devices designed to prevent blowouts contributed to an explosion and fire that killed five workers last year at a southeastern Oklahoma natural gas well, according to a federal agency’s report Wednesday that also lists inadequate training ...

Tagged with: explosion fatal fire natural gas Oklahoma safeguards U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

New satellite photos obtained on Tuesday show significant damage to Syrian villages and surrounding farmland as a result of a government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the country. The images, provided to The Associated Press by the Colorado-based ...

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New satellite photos obtained on Tuesday show significant damage to Syrian villages and surrounding farmland as a result of a government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the country. The images, provided to The Associated Press by the Colorado-based ...

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Wilson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 67807/Case No. WD77396 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

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A St. Francois jury in January determined a couple will get nothing for lying about their losses after a three-day trial on insurance fraud.

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A Clay County judge ruled that a man who allegedly set fire to his own garage in an apparent suicide attempt cannot collect on insurance for the damages caused.

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The daughter of a man found dead in a flaming St. Louis shed in early 2011 settled a lawsuit with the owner of the property.

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A Cape Girardeau federal judge this month added $109,000 in attorneys’ fees to a verdict that let an insurer off the hook for a claim over a fire that destroyed a southeastern Missouri restaurant.

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