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Travelers Loses Customers, Promises It's All According To Plan (Dow Jones Newswires)
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Travelers Cos. told investors Thursday it is selling less new coverage and hanging onto fewer of its existing customers as it continues to raise prices. And that means everything is going according to plan.
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Long-Gone Factories Leave Lead in Nearby Yards (USA Today)
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The Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators may have known about contaminated soil.
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Wal-Mart Hushed Up Mexican Bribery (New York Times)
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The retail giant is accused of covering up its bribes of Mexican officials to gain building permits.
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Storm Chasers Create Chaos (Wall St. Journal)
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As tornado fans multiply, 'rolling roadblocks' delay emergency crews and scientists.
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Millions Awarded to ConAgra Explosion Survivors (The News & Observer)
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A Superior Court awarded $14.6 million in damages for medical care, lost wages and other factors to seven people hurt in the June 2009 explosion at the now-abandoned ConAgra Slim Jim factory.
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The Iceberg Was Only Part of It (New York Times)
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What doomed the Titanic is well known, at least in outline. On a moonless night in the North Atlantic, the liner hit an iceberg and disaster ensued, with 1,500 lives lost.
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AIG Is Planning a Return to U.S. Property Investing (Wall Street Journal)
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AIG is planning to jump back into U.S. property investing, reversing yearslong efforts to downsize its real-estate business in the wake of its near-collapse and government bailout in 2008.
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California Workers' Comp Overhaul Effort is Stirring (LA Times)
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Labor unions and large employers are quietly crafting the biggest reform in a decade. The system's pendulum, which swung in favor of business and insurers last time, appears to be moving toward workers.
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Jeep Wrangler Engine Fire Investigation Intensifies (Associated Press)
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U.S. safety regulators have expanded an investigation into 23 complaints of fires in Jeep Wrangler SUVs.
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No Tsunami? Why Earthquake Spared Indonesia (National Geographic)
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Quake's odd location and size make it "something new," expert says.
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Amid Bomb Threats, Security Clamps Down on Pitt's Campus (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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University of Pittsburgh faculty scrambled Monday to find alternative ways to teach students who are opting to leave campus over a rash of bomb threats, while bag searches and Pitt ID checks became a new entry requirement for some classroom buildings.
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Tightening the Lid on Pain Prescriptions (New York Times)
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Doctors that over-prescribe pain meds are facing more scrutiny.
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Maryland Bans Employers From Workers' Social Media Accounts (The Daily Caller)
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Maryland became the first state in the U.S. to ban employers from asking their employees and applicants for the passwords to their personal social media accounts.
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Recent Twisters Spawn Claims Topping $300 Million (Houston Chronicle)
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An insurance industry group estimates the tornadoes and hailstorms that caused scattered devastation in North Texas last week has prompted damage claims topping $300 million so far and could top $500 million.
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March was Warmest in US on Record: U.S. agency (Yahoo! News)
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The United States has experienced the warmest March on record dating back to 1895 due to unusually high temperatures in the eastern two-thirds of the nation, federal scientists said on Monday.
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