Union River dredging completed (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips (Insurance Journal)
The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms: * Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. I

23 Carolina dog deaths now linked to pet food (The Charlotte Observer)
Contaminated S.C.-made dog food has now been confirmed or is suspected in at least 23 dog deaths in the Carolinas, with a dozen cases still under review.

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Besieged House Is Still A Mess
The Ledger, FL - Jan 4, 2006 Polk County Sheriff's Office. Rae Croft thanks insurance adjuster Wayne Stewart for his help in front of Croft's home. So far, the

Scruggs Challenges Katrina Insurers With Billion-Dollar Suits
Bloomberg - Dec 20, 2005 In an Oct. 20 letter, a USAA insurance adjuster attributed damage to his guesthouse, garage and carport to ``the flood event.''.

A SISTER CITY FLOURISHES
Times Picayune, LA - Dec 13, 2005 When his insurance adjuster came by for the first time, Rosenblum told him that he hadn't yet assessed the damage and the man said fine and told him to contact

Take Two: Think Marco city councilors have a dream job? Dream on
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Dec 15, 2005 The newest icebreaker at post-Wilma parties is not about grandkids or favorite restaurants. It's "Where's your insurance adjuster from?".

Financial District disaster
New York Daily News, NY - Dec 21, 2005 "It looks more like a Sunday down here," insurance adjuster Paul Schaetzle said after he crossed Church St., where only a few cars were passing.

We never thought this would happen '
Auburn Citizen, NY - Dec 27, 2005 have to start from scratch, it will be a minimum of six months before they can move back in, Russell said, noting that he met with an insurance adjuster Monday

Fire damages Haven Ministry
Sunbury Daily Item, PA - Dec 19, 2005 Sunbury area.". Ms. Teisher had no estimate of the loss, since an insurance adjuster would not visit until today. "This is absolutely

Reasons to hope, dream
Fredericksburg.com - Dec 19 11:18 PM
Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their common bond of loss.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 2:29 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

Family gets much-needed $100,000 home makeover
Wisconsin State Journal - Dec 17 11:34 PM
Children take a toll on any house. And Mary and Jim Pertzborn's brood of 16 (all born to them) left their home on Madison's North Side begging for a makeover.Save to My Web

Family Of 9 Loses Everything In Fire
WJAC 6 Johnstown - Dec 08 5:03 PM
Cambria County -- A Cambria County family of nine lost everything but the clothes on their backs in a devastating fire. John and Rhonda Dietle and their seven children, ranging in age from one to 12 years old, weren't home when the fire started in their Summerhill home.Save to My Web

City embarks on first steps toward fixing Carnegie Arts Center after devastating fire
Turlock Journal - Dec 16 12:03 PM
Turlock officials are moving fast to get work going on the charred remains of the Carnegie Arts Center building.Save to My Web

Taking it one day at a time
CentralOhio.com - Dec 29 7:15 AM
COSHOCTON - Henry and Cathy Nichols are living day by day. Their home on Ohio 83 North caught fire Dec. 13 and again Dec. 14. They also recently found out firefighters returned a third time to completely snuff out the fire.Save to My Web

Fire damages Haven Ministry
The Daily Item - Dec 19 1:04 AM
SUNBURY When the fire alarm sounded at Haven Ministry on South Front Street on Saturday about 1 p.m., Cathy Teisher, executive director, immediately dialed 911.Save to My Web

Car fire spreads
Town Online - Jan 05 6:25 AM
Acar fire that began in the garage of a Wayland home last Friday night quickly grew into a three-alarm fire that attracted at least a half dozen fire trucks from Lincoln and Wayland.Save to My Web

Taking it one day at a time
Coshocton Tribune - Dec 29 7:07 AM
COSHOCTON - Henry and Cathy Nichols are living day by day. Their home on Ohio 83 North caught fire Dec. 13 and again Dec. 14. They also recently found out firefighters returned a third time to completely snuff out the fire.Save to My Web

A civil alternative
Riverside Press Enterprise - Lori Steeman went to four mediation sessions to avoid a long and costly trial over a back-injuring fall she took in a supermarket. Kurt Miller / The Press-Enterprise Retired Judge Elwood M. Rich, 85, in the courthouse in downtown Riverside. Rich is

Insufficient detectors?
Exeter News-Letter - NEWMARKET - Four of the first five apartment buildings to be inspected in the wake of a November fire that ousted eight tenants from their Exeter Street home have had deficiencies, according to Fire Chief Rick Malasky. Malasky said Wednesday that

Family gets much-needed $100,000 home makeover
Wisconsin State Journal - Children take a toll on any house. And Mary and Jim Pertzborn's brood of 16 (all born to them) left their home on Madison's North Side begging for a makeover. "Their house was literally falling apart around them," said their 37-year-old daughter Lisa

Light displays in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald - When people visit the Bonwit's home in Cutler Bay during the holidays, they not only get to see the massive light display that sprawls across the lawn and onto the cul-de-sac, they also receive a heartfelt message. Steven and Annette Bonwit lost

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Evansville Courier-Press - The biggest stocking hanging this Christmas season on the fireplace at the Alexander home belongs to the smallest member of the family. Sophia Grace Alexander, now 8 months old, is a West Highland terrier who was adopted by Debby and Gary Alexander

Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina Victims Find Relief Using Public Adjusters
... services of public adjusters to handle their insurance claims. Public adjusters are insurance adjustment experts who work exclusively ...

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala. (Insurance Journal)
A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office in Alabama said.

$2,500 insurance advance no gift (The Times Leader)
Some insured homeowners with Hurricane Katrina claims have been confused by settlements that deduct the $2,500 insurance companies initially offered to cover living expenses.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips (Insurance Journal)
The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms: * Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. I

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

Starting over
News 8 Austin - Harold and Rosary Baptiste met when they were 16, married at 18 and moved into their one and only house in their early 20s. It was a cute pink house in the Ponchartrain Park neighborhood of New Orleans near Lake Ponchartrain. There they raised their

Insurers: It's best to stay patient
Sacramento Bee - Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news. Sign up here. There's no better time to be covered by flood insurance than a day when 62 homes are knee deep in muddy water. Ask Jon Rice, treasurer of Sacramento's Woodside

Players await fire settlement
St. Paul Pioneer Press - A year after pulling an unconscious broomball teammate from what he described as a "10- to 12-foot-wide blow torch coming right at you," Josh Oren is still hot. He and others who escaped a burning Peterson Arena in West Duluth last December still are

Union River dredging completed (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.

Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina Victims Find Relief Using Public Adjusters
... services of public adjusters to handle their insurance claims. Public adjusters are insurance adjustment experts who work exclusively ...

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

She s had it with floods (The Mail Tribune)
Water seems to follow Dee Phillips wherever she goes. After moving to Bay St. Louis, Miss., about a year ago, she was forced last summer to escape the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

Insurers: It's best to stay patient (The Sacramento Bee)
There's no better time to be covered by flood insurance than a day when 62 homes are knee deep in muddy water. Ask Jon Rice, treasurer of Sacramento's Woodside Homeowners Association.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

She s had it with floods (The Mail Tribune)
Water seems to follow Dee Phillips wherever she goes. After moving to Bay St. Louis, Miss., about a year ago, she was forced last summer to escape the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Insurers: It's best to stay patient (The Sacramento Bee)
There's no better time to be covered by flood insurance than a day when 62 homes are knee deep in muddy water. Ask Jon Rice, treasurer of Sacramento's Woodside Homeowners Association.

Union River dredging completed (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

Fire damages Haven Ministry
Sunbury Daily Item, PA - Dec 19, 2005 Sunbury area.". Ms. Teisher had no estimate of the loss, since an insurance adjuster would not visit until today. "This is absolutely

We never thought this would happen '
Auburn Citizen, NY - Dec 27, 2005 have to start from scratch, it will be a minimum of six months before they can move back in, Russell said, noting that he met with an insurance adjuster Monday

Tax rolls open to public viewing in Jeff
Times Picayune, LA - Dec 16, 2005 available in mid-February, after property owners have had a chance to challenge their assessment by showing evidence from an insurance adjuster or contractor

Four charged in thefts of statues, desecration
Suburban - Sayreville, NJ - Jan 5, 2006 community of Sayreville. . Murphy said an insurance adjuster will estimate the cost of damage at the cemetery. He expects that

Ram on lam
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - Dec 11, 2005 excited. He was feeling hemmed in. This is going to be kind of hard to explain to the insurance adjuster, he said. District

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
The State, SC - Dec 30, 2005 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000

Mt. Lemmon gripes spur insurance changes
Tucson Citizen, AZ - Dec 30, 2005 Insurance companies on average offered about $200,000 less than the cost of rebuilding a house in Summerhaven, a public insurance adjuster working for those

Officer is home, with 'God's blessing and luck'
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Dec 11, 2005 Jackson Fulgham, an outspoken Dallas police supporter who works in Deep Ellum as an insurance adjuster, said he thinks Officers Rickerman and Coffey are among

Lake Carmel family loses home to fire
The Journal News.com, NY - Dec 23, 2005 Carlos Serrano, the father, returned to the house late yesterday afternoon to meet an insurance adjuster. "The kids are fine," he said, "but we're very upset.".

Family member alerts others who then exit burning house
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers, MN - Dec 19, 2005 The home is a double-wide manufactured dwelling with an addition. It is not known if the insurance adjuster deemed the house is worth saving.

Insurance scam lands man in jail
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Dec 8, 2005 defraud and mail fraud. A Warren Farms employee and another insurance adjuster also went to prison. Another employee avoided prison

Union River dredging completed (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.

She s had it with floods (The Mail Tribune)
Water seems to follow Dee Phillips wherever she goes. After moving to Bay St. Louis, Miss., about a year ago, she was forced last summer to escape the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips (Insurance Journal)
The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms: * Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. I

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

No answers 10 months after fire at mansion
Chicago Tribune - Dec 20 3:28 AM
Chris Sikora remembers walking through the vacant fields near his Lemont home when he first spotted the Kettering mansion about six years ago. A passion ignited that day did not diminish as Sikora saw the pre-Civil War home become a graffiti-scarred structure over the last five years.Save to My Web

Taking it one day at a time
Coshocton Tribune - Dec 29 7:07 AM
COSHOCTON - Henry and Cathy Nichols are living day by day. Their home on Ohio 83 North caught fire Dec. 13 and again Dec. 14. They also recently found out firefighters returned a third time to completely snuff out the fire.Save to My Web

Bobbie Ray Davison
Minden Press-Herald - Jan 03 10:03 AM
Funeral services for Mr. Bobbie Ray Davison will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at the 14th Northwest District Building in Minden. Burial will follow at Mt. Comfort Cemetery in Minden.Save to My Web

She s had it with floods (The Mail Tribune)
Water seems to follow Dee Phillips wherever she goes. After moving to Bay St. Louis, Miss., about a year ago, she was forced last summer to escape the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips (Insurance Journal)
The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms: * Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. I

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

Car Accident Secrets Now Available
... can just repeat it to a claim adjuster at the insurance company ? You can talk to ...

Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina Victims Find Relief Using Public Adjusters
... services of public adjusters to handle their insurance claims. Public adjusters are insurance adjustment experts who work exclusively ...

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Union River dredging completed (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.

$2,500 insurance advance no gift (The Times Leader)
Some insured homeowners with Hurricane Katrina claims have been confused by settlements that deduct the $2,500 insurance companies initially offered to cover living expenses.

Wilma's damage forces East Naples small appliance repair store to
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Dec 24, 2005 start over.". Pottebaum got a call from his insurance adjuster this week, telling him that the business was totaled. Wilma's wind

Insufficient detectors?
Exeter News-Letter - NEWMARKET - Four of the first five apartment buildings to be inspected in the wake of a November fire that ousted eight tenants from their Exeter Street home have had deficiencies, according to Fire Chief Rick Malasky. Malasky said Wednesday that

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Evansville Courier-Press - The biggest stocking hanging this Christmas season on the fireplace at the Alexander home belongs to the smallest member of the family. Sophia Grace Alexander, now 8 months old, is a West Highland terrier who was adopted by Debby and Gary Alexander

Union River dredging completed
Bangor Daily News - ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over. Prock Marine of Rockland removed its last barge from the Union River last

Firefighters present list of needs
Biloxi Sun Herald - WIGGINS - Perkinston, Magnolia and Big Level volunteer firefighters were prepared to address the Stone County Board of Supervisors on Monday about concerns over equipment safety, but a flap over not being on the agenda led them to a meeting with the

Local radio talk show host Webb fired after fraud charge
Seattle Times - Liberal radio talk-show host Mike Webb has been fired from his job at KIRO radio after he was charged earlier this month with making a fraudulent insurance claim. A spokesman for KIRO confirmed today that Webb, who pleaded not guilty to the felony

Beacon residents: Pay for flood costs
Poughkeepsie Journal - BEACON River Knolls, as its name suggests, was supposed to be a residential neighborhood built on dry land east of the Hudson River and north of Fishkill Creek. Residents expected their houses to stay dry, but that wasn't the case last year for

Starting over
News 8 Austin - Harold and Rosary Baptiste met when they were 16, married at 18 and moved into their one and only house in their early 20s. It was a cute pink house in the Ponchartrain Park neighborhood of New Orleans near Lake Ponchartrain. There they raised their

Families in Gulf Coast states working to rebuild their lives
Free Lance-Star - Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their

Family member alerts others who then exit burning house
Princeton Union Eagle - As the Van Alst family Doug and Suzanne and their children, Andy, Anna and Anita sat in their room at Rum River Motel in Princeton last Friday evening, their minds were probably about seven miles away. That s where their house was that they escaped

Family flees burning home
Burnett County Sentinel - The Surdey s burning home on South Brad Street. Notice the upstairs window. Staff Photo by Byron Higgin. GRANTSBURG While the Lawrence Surdey house at 204 S. Brad in Grantsburg may not have gone up in flames Sunday night, the family s Christmas

FULL STORY
Memphis Commercial Appeal - ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the United

Light displays in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald - When people visit the Bonwit's home in Cutler Bay during the holidays, they not only get to see the massive light display that sprawls across the lawn and onto the cul-de-sac, they also receive a heartfelt message. Steven and Annette Bonwit lost

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud
al.com - Dec 30 6:07 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.Save to My Web

Everything's broken
Salon.com - Dec 13 3:03 AM
Real hurricane relief for the poor is coming not from the government or big charities but the kindness of strangers. It was always thus in America.Save to My Web

A SISTER CITY FLOURISHES
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Dec 16 12:45 PM
Jeffrey Rosenblum had a mess on his hands after Hurricane Hugo tore through Charleston, S.C., in September 1989. He had lost a lot of trees, including one that went right through his roof, wreaking havoc inside.Save to My Web

Courthouse Slowly Recovering From Fire
Shelbyville Daily Union - Dec 29 3:52 PM
Slowly but surely the Shelby County Courthouse is recovering from the fire that occurred on October 20. Sheriff Randy Sims who by statutes is the custodian of the courthouse, said the States Attorney and Circuit Clerks offices are now open on the second floor.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Baltimore Sun - Dec 28 10:08 AM
Flooded autos may arrive rebuilt on used-car lots across nation As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S. Save to My Web

Clinton Carpenter, a Music Lover Who Completed Mahler's Tenth
PlaybillArts, NY - Dec 29, 2005 Clinton A. Carpenter, an insurance adjuster who wrote an ending for Mahler's unfinished Symphony No. 10 in his spare time, died

Some answers to insurance claims queries
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 14 12:10 AM
Q. Why does the mortgage company have a claim to my insurance check?Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala.
Insurance Journal - Jan 02 7:22 AM
A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office in Alabama said.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 5:28 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Baltimore Sun - Dec 28 10:13 AM
Flooded autos may arrive rebuilt on used-car lots across nation As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S. Save to My Web

Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market
KTLA 5 - Dec 30 1:06 AM
Police and insurance officials are trying to keep thousands of vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina from being resold.Save to My Web

Tornado rips through Lincoln
The Advocate Messenger - Jan 03 10:18 AM
STANFORD - Renda Hodge and her family rode out the tornado Monday evening in the bathroom of their mobile home on South Fork Road as the structure was moved from its foundation and across a railroad track.Save to My Web

Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market
Los Angeles Times - Dec 30 12:20 AM
Police and insurance officials are trying to keep thousands of vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina from being resold.Save to My Web

Reasons to hope, dream
Fredericksburg.com - Dec 19 11:18 PM
Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their common bond of loss.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
Centre Daily Times - Dec 30 10:36 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (Centre Daily Times)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Family finances: Don't wait until creek rises. Check out flood insurance now (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After New Orleans' hurricane fiasco, in which many residents were surprised to learn that they had no flood insurance, we checked out our flood insurance policy extra carefully.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Cyclist says he was daredevil
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Dec 7, 2005 of San Rafael and its insurance adjuster, Carl Warren & Co., claiming that officials knew the bikes were dangerous and that a number of children had been

Officer is home, with 'God's blessing and luck'
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Dec 11, 2005 Jackson Fulgham, an outspoken Dallas police supporter who works in Deep Ellum as an insurance adjuster, said he thinks Officers Rickerman and Coffey are among

Holiday goes from shelves, to homes
Port Arthur News, TX - Dec 5, 2005 Hurricane Rita's visit has caused area residents to listen for the jingle of an insurance adjuster's call as children tilt an ear for Santa's sleigh bells.

Meeting to address marina management
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - Dec 15, 2005 "I believe that it is more accurate to state that the insurance adjuster stopped the investigator from proceeding any further," Young wrote in a Dec.

Automobile theft sparks fire
Prince George Free Press, Canada - Dec 23, 2005 Inside the garage was the El Camino, which Cheyne was storing for a friend. The insurance adjuster said the smoke could have damaged the paint.

Residents of burned condos get help
Billings Gazette, USA - Dec 7, 2005 Preliminary estimates of damage were pegged at $120,000 by O'Toole Tuesday night. An insurance adjuster was on the scene Wednesday afternoon.

Warrick Co. storm damage is worse
Indianapolis Star, United States - Dec 5, 2005 An insurance adjuster thought the house just needed a new or repaired roof, but the home's builder suspected something else was awry.

When the river rises, residents get out of way
Mail Tribune, OR - Jan 1, 2006 swept through his patio and into the lower floor of the house, the Fremont, Calif., resident bided his time, waiting for an insurance adjuster, taking pictures

Job quest frustrations are voiced
MaineToday.com, ME - Jan 3, 2006 Right out of college, Colin Kelley was earning $40,000 a year as a car-insurance adjuster, but he wasn't using his communications degree.

Greene County Collector Larry Kidd dies of cancer
Jonesboro Sun - PARAGOULD -- Greene County Tax Collector Larry Kidd, 61, of Paragould, known as "Butch" to family and friends, died on Saturday. Kidd succumbed to cancer, according to family and friends. Born in Van Buren County, he was a farmer, a hunter and a

Firefighters present list of needs
Biloxi Sun Herald - WIGGINS - Perkinston, Magnolia and Big Level volunteer firefighters were prepared to address the Stone County Board of Supervisors on Monday about concerns over equipment safety, but a flap over not being on the agenda led them to a meeting with the

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Submit a press release: It's easiest to contact our beat reporters directly. If we don't have a reporter who covers your area of interest, please contact one of our editors. Click here for more information. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta

City approves $144K for new vehicles, equipment
Boerne Star - Boerne's city manager got the go-ahead to spend approximately $112,000 on new vehicles and equipment at Tuesday night's regular council meeting. Councilmen also awarded a contract to complete work on a brushfire attack truck, totaling $32,330.07 for

Family flees burning home
Burnett County Sentinel - The Surdey s burning home on South Brad Street. Notice the upstairs window. Staff Photo by Byron Higgin. GRANTSBURG While the Lawrence Surdey house at 204 S. Brad in Grantsburg may not have gone up in flames Sunday night, the family s Christmas

Light displays in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald - When people visit the Bonwit's home in Cutler Bay during the holidays, they not only get to see the massive light display that sprawls across the lawn and onto the cul-de-sac, they also receive a heartfelt message. Steven and Annette Bonwit lost

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud (Tuscaloosa News)
A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

Local merchants, homeowners ponder pros and cons of flood insurance (Marin Independent Journal)
After 23 years of forking over annual flood insurance premiums, Mary Rathbun says her claim payoff from the weekend's storm damage will likely be a wash.

Insurers: It's best to stay patient (The Sacramento Bee)
There's no better time to be covered by flood insurance than a day when 62 homes are knee deep in muddy water. Ask Jon Rice, treasurer of Sacramento's Woodside Homeowners Association.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (Centre Daily Times)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Program gives bikes to Lafourche, Grand Isle children
The Daily Comet - Dec 23 1:08 PM
GRAND ISLE - First-grader Matthew Jackson, 7, got what he wanted most for Christmas this year, a bicycle, but it was his grandmother who shed tears Thursday when he received it.Save to My Web

Storm-ravaged Eagle Point community needs county help
Mississippi Press - Dec 07 3:25 AM
OCEAN SPRINGS -- It will take a lot to rebuild Eagle Nest Road to the waterfront neighborhood it once was. To say it bluntly, homes there were beaten down to bare foundations by Hurricane Katrina.Save to My Web

A SISTER CITY FLOURISHES
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Dec 16 12:45 PM
Jeffrey Rosenblum had a mess on his hands after Hurricane Hugo tore through Charleston, S.C., in September 1989. He had lost a lot of trees, including one that went right through his roof, wreaking havoc inside.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala.
Insurance Journal - Jan 02 7:22 AM
A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office in Alabama said.Save to My Web

Family safe after fire destroys home
Tullahoma News - ESTILL SPRINGS The Estill Springs home of Nordeck and Mary Claire Thompson, at 269 H Lane, burned to the ground before dawn early Friday morning. Only two of the six Thompson children were in the home with their parents at the time. Teenage

Families in Gulf Coast states working to rebuild their lives
Free Lance-Star - Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their

Fire damages Haven Ministry
Daily Item - SUNBURY When the fire alarm sounded at Haven Ministry on South Front Street on Saturday about 1 p.m., Cathy Teisher, executive director, immediately dialed 911. Thanks to a recently installed interconnected alarm system, Ms. Teisher was able to

Light displays in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald - When people visit the Bonwit's home in Cutler Bay during the holidays, they not only get to see the massive light display that sprawls across the lawn and onto the cul-de-sac, they also receive a heartfelt message. Steven and Annette Bonwit lost

Firefighters present list of needs
Biloxi Sun Herald - WIGGINS - Perkinston, Magnolia and Big Level volunteer firefighters were prepared to address the Stone County Board of Supervisors on Monday about concerns over equipment safety, but a flap over not being on the agenda led them to a meeting with the

Jeff residents, businesses to get property tax assessments
KATC 3 - GRETNA, La. Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy has sent notices to residents and business owners informing them of how their property tax assessments changed after Hurricane Katrina. Owners will not be able to check their new valuation

City could pay $200,000 for Carnegie fix
Turlock Journal - Dec 09 11:32 PM
Turlock's city council plan to put some time and money toward the now fire-gutted Carnegie Arts Center at its meeting Tuesday night. On the council's agenda is an agreement with and architectural firm to provide engineering and architect services associated with the center.Save to My Web

Ram on lam
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - Dec 11, 2005 excited. He was feeling hemmed in. This is going to be kind of hard to explain to the insurance adjuster, he said. District

Family Of 9 Loses Everything In Fire
WJAC 6 Johnstown - Dec 08 5:03 PM
Cambria County -- A Cambria County family of nine lost everything but the clothes on their backs in a devastating fire. John and Rhonda Dietle and their seven children, ranging in age from one to 12 years old, weren't home when the fire started in their Summerhill home.Save to My Web

Tax rolls open to public viewing in Jeff
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Dec 16 10:45 PM
Assessor Lawrence Chehardy opened the revised property tax rolls in Jefferson Parish on Friday, giving residents a two-week window to view, and possibly challenge, their post-Katrina assessments.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
Centre Daily Times - Dec 30 10:36 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.Save to My Web

Everything's broken
Salon.com - Dec 13 3:03 AM
Real hurricane relief for the poor is coming not from the government or big charities but the kindness of strangers. It was always thus in America.Save to My Web

Beacon residents: Pay for flood costs
Poughkeepsie Journal - Jan 05 12:10 AM
BEACON River Knolls, as its name suggests, was supposed to be a residential neighborhood built on dry land east of the Hudson River and north of Fishkill Creek.Save to My Web

Fire at Austin plant causes at least $200,000 in damages
The Bradford Era - Dec 19 7:21 PM
AUSTIN - The fire at Emporium Specialties in Austin Sunday morning cost more than $200,000 in damages, officials report.Save to My Web

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Evansville Courier-Press - The biggest stocking hanging this Christmas season on the fireplace at the Alexander home belongs to the smallest member of the family. Sophia Grace Alexander, now 8 months old, is a West Highland terrier who was adopted by Debby and Gary Alexander

Jeff residents, businesses to get property tax assessments
KATC 3 - GRETNA, La. Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy has sent notices to residents and business owners informing them of how their property tax assessments changed after Hurricane Katrina. Owners will not be able to check their new valuation

KIRO radio host is let go after felony charge filed
Seattle Times - Radio talk-show host Mike Webb has been fired from his job at KIRO radio after he was charged earlier this month with making a fraudulent insurance claim. A spokesman for KIRO confirmed Wednesday that Webb, who pleaded not guilty to the felony charge

Fire damages Haven Ministry
Daily Item - SUNBURY When the fire alarm sounded at Haven Ministry on South Front Street on Saturday about 1 p.m., Cathy Teisher, executive director, immediately dialed 911. Thanks to a recently installed interconnected alarm system, Ms. Teisher was able to

Starting over
News 8 Austin - Harold and Rosary Baptiste met when they were 16, married at 18 and moved into their one and only house in their early 20s. It was a cute pink house in the Ponchartrain Park neighborhood of New Orleans near Lake Ponchartrain. There they raised their

City approves $144K for new vehicles, equipment
Boerne Star - Boerne's city manager got the go-ahead to spend approximately $112,000 on new vehicles and equipment at Tuesday night's regular council meeting. Councilmen also awarded a contract to complete work on a brushfire attack truck, totaling $32,330.07 for

Fire damages Haven Ministry
Daily Item - SUNBURY When the fire alarm sounded at Haven Ministry on South Front Street on Saturday about 1 p.m., Cathy Teisher, executive director, immediately dialed 911. Thanks to a recently installed interconnected alarm system, Ms. Teisher was able to

Light displays in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald - When people visit the Bonwit's home in Cutler Bay during the holidays, they not only get to see the massive light display that sprawls across the lawn and onto the cul-de-sac, they also receive a heartfelt message. Steven and Annette Bonwit lost

Beacon residents: Pay for flood costs
Poughkeepsie Journal - BEACON River Knolls, as its name suggests, was supposed to be a residential neighborhood built on dry land east of the Hudson River and north of Fishkill Creek. Residents expected their houses to stay dry, but that wasn't the case last year for

Families in Gulf Coast states working to rebuild their lives
Free Lance-Star - Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their

Family safe after fire destroys home
Tullahoma News - ESTILL SPRINGS The Estill Springs home of Nordeck and Mary Claire Thompson, at 269 H Lane, burned to the ground before dawn early Friday morning. Only two of the six Thompson children were in the home with their parents at the time. Teenage

Firefighters present list of needs
Biloxi Sun Herald - WIGGINS - Perkinston, Magnolia and Big Level volunteer firefighters were prepared to address the Stone County Board of Supervisors on Monday about concerns over equipment safety, but a flap over not being on the agenda led them to a meeting with the

Cleaning up after most crimes is left to private sector
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - Dec 18, 2005 medical technician and medic. He earned his master s degree in criminal justice and is also now an insurance adjuster. The two part

Judge orders $150,000 in restitution
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Dec 17, 2005 Delisi was an insurance adjuster as well as a contractor, who obtained clients who needed homes built or repaired after fires, Korngut said.

Tax rolls open to public viewing in Jeff
Times Picayune, LA - Dec 16, 2005 available in mid-February, after property owners have had a chance to challenge their assessment by showing evidence from an insurance adjuster or contractor

Insurance scam lands man in jail
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Dec 8, 2005 defraud and mail fraud. A Warren Farms employee and another insurance adjuster also went to prison. Another employee avoided prison

Santa comes to visit Biloxi
Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - Dec 4, 2005 chefs. Holiday spirit was everywhere, and to the delight of everyone, not a single FEMA worker or insurance adjuster could be found.

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Henderson Gleaner, KY - Dec 24, 2005 errands. "She's a lot of company," the insurance adjuster said, although "I can't get much done with her around, I know that.". Debby

Why is Katrina insurance so delayed?
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Dec 8, 2005 The only thing we had left was a slab. We had flood insurance and wind insurance. An insurance adjuster came out about two weeks after the storm.

Historic Downtown Block Lost To Fire
Caledonian Record, United States - Dec 12, 2005 Bartley said an insurance adjuster will also be on the scene Monday to asses the damage and make recommendations concerning what should be done with the

Young politician a mover, shaker
Danbury News Times, CT - Dec 12, 2005 with degrees in communications and leadership studies, he returned to Brookfield and commuted to New York to work at AIG Insurance as a crime insurance adjuster

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala.
Insurance Journal - Jan 2, 2006 A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the US

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (Centre Daily Times)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

When the river rises, residents get out of way
Mail Tribune, OR - Jan 1, 2006 swept through his patio and into the lower floor of the house, the Fremont, Calif., resident bided his time, waiting for an insurance adjuster, taking pictures

Residents of burned condos get help
Billings Gazette, USA - Dec 7, 2005 Preliminary estimates of damage were pegged at $120,000 by O'Toole Tuesday night. An insurance adjuster was on the scene Wednesday afternoon.

Readers' forum
Charleston Gazette (subscription), USA - Dec 22, 2005 ceiling. The electricians, insurance adjuster, cleaners and everyone who has seen the damage are amazed by the small amount of loss.

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud
Tuscaloosa News - Dec 30 6:05 AM
A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.Save to My Web

DWI offender impresses with return to sobriety
Dallas Morning News - Dec 22 6:02 PM
To Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Steven Shearin was a tragic car accident waiting to happen. He has been arrested six times for driving while intoxicated. He's been through alcohol counseling. His license has been suspended. He's been put in jail.Save to My Web

Katrina after the storm: Harold and Rosary Baptiste
News 8 Austin - Dec 27 8:27 AM
(Part 2) The Baptistes, both 55, found themselves in Buda after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their home. Now they're training for new careers in a town far away from their children and grandchildren.Save to My Web

Island children get bikes to replace those the hurricane ruined
Houma, Louisiana Newspaper - The Courier - Dec 25 6:05 AM
GRAND ISLE -- First-grader Matthew Jackson, 7, got what he wanted most for Christmas this year, a bicycle, but it was his grandmother who shed tears when he received it.Save to My Web

Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market
KTLA 5 - Dec 30 1:06 AM
Police and insurance officials are trying to keep thousands of vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina from being resold.Save to My Web

Your Weather
The Auburn Citizen - Dec 28 5:23 AM
We never thought this would happen...' PORT BYRON - The remnants of a Christmas tree lie limp in a pool of brown water, its gold ornaments still attached. Surrounding it are mounds of muddy debris; dangling pieces of plaster hang precariously above.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
TimesLeader.com - Dec 30 10:28 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.Save to My Web

Tornado rips through Lincoln
The Advocate Messenger - Jan 03 10:18 AM
STANFORD - Renda Hodge and her family rode out the tornado Monday evening in the bathroom of their mobile home on South Fork Road as the structure was moved from its foundation and across a railroad track.Save to My Web

PoCo house lit up to remember, for cause
Coquitlam Tri City News, Canada - Dec 14, 2005 his illness because the bills kept coming in but the money didn t. Lavallee had to take a leave of absence from her job as an insurance adjuster to care for

Starting over
News 8 Austin, TX - Dec 27, 2005 a locksmith. Back home, Rosary was an insurance adjuster and Harold ran his home-based lawn care business of 25 years. "Being born

Warrick Co. storm damage is worse
Indianapolis Star, United States - Dec 5, 2005 An insurance adjuster thought the house just needed a new or repaired roof, but the home's builder suspected something else was awry.

Take Two: Think Marco city councilors have a dream job? Dream on
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Dec 15, 2005 The newest icebreaker at post-Wilma parties is not about grandkids or favorite restaurants. It's "Where's your insurance adjuster from?".

Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market
Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 30, 2005 Under the proposal, when a licensed mechanic or insurance adjuster determines that the cost to repair a car exceeds its cash value, its identification number

Cyclist says he was daredevil
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Dec 7, 2005 of San Rafael and its insurance adjuster, Carl Warren & Co., claiming that officials knew the bikes were dangerous and that a number of children had been

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Dec 30, 2005 The charges include forgery and mail fraud. US Attorney Alice Martin said 36-year-old Felicia Michelle McKinzy was an insurance adjuster with Vesta Insurance.

Repeat DWI offender impresses with return to sobriety, society
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Dec 22, 2005 But his treatment counselors say Mr. Shearin a 32-year-old insurance adjuster has made a recovery unlike most offenders they've seen.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

As water recedes, claims pour in (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.

Fire Damages Storage Building At Grafton County Complex (The Caledonian-Record)
A three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a storage building at the Grafton County complex in North Haverhill, N.H., Monday night has been deemed accidental.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud (Centre Daily Times)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud (al.com)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

Insurers: It's best to stay patient (The Sacramento Bee)
There's no better time to be covered by flood insurance than a day when 62 homes are knee deep in muddy water. Ask Jon Rice, treasurer of Sacramento's Woodside Homeowners Association.

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala. (Insurance Journal)
A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office in Alabama said.

KIRO radio host is let go after felony charge filed
Seattle Times - Radio talk-show host Mike Webb has been fired from his job at KIRO radio after he was charged earlier this month with making a fraudulent insurance claim. A spokesman for KIRO confirmed Wednesday that Webb, who pleaded not guilty to the felony charge

Families in Gulf Coast states working to rebuild their lives
Free Lance-Star - Free Lance-Star photographer Rebecca Sell and reporter Rusty Dennen returned to the battered Gulf Coast this month where they caught up with four families they met two weeks after the hurricane. Here's how the storm victims are coping with their

Firefighters present list of needs
Biloxi Sun Herald - WIGGINS - Perkinston, Magnolia and Big Level volunteer firefighters were prepared to address the Stone County Board of Supervisors on Monday about concerns over equipment safety, but a flap over not being on the agenda led them to a meeting with the

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Evansville Courier-Press - The biggest stocking hanging this Christmas season on the fireplace at the Alexander home belongs to the smallest member of the family. Sophia Grace Alexander, now 8 months old, is a West Highland terrier who was adopted by Debby and Gary Alexander

FULL STORY
Memphis Commercial Appeal - ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the United

A civil alternative
Riverside Press Enterprise - Lori Steeman went to four mediation sessions to avoid a long and costly trial over a back-injuring fall she took in a supermarket. Kurt Miller / The Press-Enterprise Retired Judge Elwood M. Rich, 85, in the courthouse in downtown Riverside. Rich is

Greene County Collector Larry Kidd dies of cancer
Jonesboro Sun - PARAGOULD -- Greene County Tax Collector Larry Kidd, 61, of Paragould, known as "Butch" to family and friends, died on Saturday. Kidd succumbed to cancer, according to family and friends. Born in Van Buren County, he was a farmer, a hunter and a

City approves $144K for new vehicles, equipment
Boerne Star - Boerne's city manager got the go-ahead to spend approximately $112,000 on new vehicles and equipment at Tuesday night's regular council meeting. Councilmen also awarded a contract to complete work on a brushfire attack truck, totaling $32,330.07 for

Family gets much-needed $100,000 home makeover
Wisconsin State Journal - Children take a toll on any house. And Mary and Jim Pertzborn's brood of 16 (all born to them) left their home on Madison's North Side begging for a makeover. "Their house was literally falling apart around them," said their 37-year-old daughter Lisa

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