Posted October 24, 2009 By ANDREW STRICKLER, newsday.com   A dozen New York City firefighters were hurt – including a seriously injured driver who was trapped in an overturned vehicle – when two trucks rushing to a gas leak collided in a Brooklyn intersection Saturday morning, officials said.   Witnesses described a deafening collision between ... Read more

Posted October 25, 2009\ By Gary Taylor, Orlando Sentinel   One teenager was killed and six others injured early Saturday in a single-vehicle accident on E. Michigan Street at Center Avenue in Orlando.   Brandon Wesley Wise, 17, of Orlando, is the 22nd person to die in a traffic crash in Orlando this year, Orlando ... Read more

Posted on October 23, 2009 By Ben Schmidt, freep.com   A former Michigan soldier who lost his hand after an explosion while trying to disarm a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004 won a $4.3 million verdict today against the U.S. Army in a disability discrimination civil case.   “He proved that the Army created ... Read more

Posted October 22, 2009 by courierpost.com   MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — A 9-year-old boy was killed and two people with him were hurt Wednesday night in an ATV accident in Posey County.   Authorities say the boy and a 12-year-old girl were passengers on an ATV driven by Phillip E. Gross on Maier Road south ... Read more

By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian | Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009   A lawsuit against a Swiss pharmaceutical company went to trial last week in Missoula, but a verdict in the case could have national significance for hundreds of plaintiffs suing the company in a mass tort.   Peggy L. Stevens of Missoula filed ... Read more