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Aftershocks Rattle Chile, as New President is Sworn In; RMS Analysis Sebastian Pinera's inauguration as Chile's new president was accompanied by a blunt reminder of the peril the country faces from earthquakes as two large aftershocks struck just before the ... March 11, 2010 11:53 AM Nebraska Jobless Rate 4.6% in January, Well Below National Average Nebraska's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent, state officials said in a report issued March 10. The state said ... March 11, 2010 11:52 AM West Pennsylvania Couple Sues Target over Toy Box Injury A suburban Pittsburgh couple is suing Target, claiming their daughter sustained a brain injury when a toy box lid fell on her. Eric and Laura Surman, of Cranberry, claim 2-year-old Camryn Surman ... March 11, 2010 11:21 AM Powerful Tornadoes in Arkansas Damage Homes; Injuries Reported Three powerful tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on March 10, damaging homes and injuring at least four people, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has reported. According to National Weather ... March 11, 2010 11:15 AM Worker's Compensation Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill aimed at worker's compensation system reform, SB 1973, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. Provisions of SB 1973 include: Decreases the ... March 11, 2010 10:57 AM Calif. Earthquake Authority CEO Testifies In Support of Cat Insurance Bill California Earthquake Authority CEO Glenn Pomeroy testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and Subcommittee on Capital Markets, ... March 11, 2010 10:41 AM Holt Joins Higginbotham & Associates Parker Holt has joined the Austin, Texas, office of independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates as vice president. He is a property/casualty insurance ... March 11, 2010 10:28 AM National Interstate Adds 144 Companies to Group Programs in 2009 Richfield, Ohio-based National Interstate Insurance Company reports it experienced significant expansion in its Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) component in 2009. The company added 114 companies ... March 11, 2010 10:24 AM Sen. Dodd to Unveil Financial Regulatory Reform Next Week Senator Christopher Dodd said Thursday that he will present on Monday his own version of a financial reform bill after compromise talks with Senate Republicans broke down. Dodd, the chairman of ... March 11, 2010 10:14 AM Zurich Picks Perritaz to Replace Howie as Asia-Pacific/Middle East CFO Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Pascal Perritaz (37, Swiss citizen) to the position of Chief Financial Officer Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME), effective April 1, 2010. He ... March 11, 2010 9:52 AM

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Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP) AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats. March 11, 2010 5:47 PM VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (AP) AP - VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems. March 11, 2010 5:35 PM Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US (AFP) AFP - The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others. March 11, 2010 5:32 PM OnLive Plans On-Demand Streaming of Video Games (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - In a move to shake up the online gaming industry, OnLive has announced PC and Mac versions of its on-demand, instant-play games will roll out in June during the E3 2010 show. Here's the rub: Gamers don't have to buy a console, and they can get broadband speeds. March 11, 2010 3:56 PM Summary Box: Report on online censorship (AP) AP - THE INTERNET'S `ENEMIES': A dozen countries were deemed by Reporters Without Borders to be the most repressive at censorship. March 11, 2010 3:46 PM Glance: Countries in Internet censorship report (AP) AP - Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms: March 11, 2010 3:27 PM Rights group puts Australia on Internet watchlist (AFP) AFP - A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship. March 11, 2010 3:23 PM Report finds online censorship more sophisticated (AP) AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday. March 11, 2010 3:21 PM Google honours Iranian women bloggers (AFP) AFP - Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists' rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year's post-election unrest. March 11, 2010 3:21 PM Why the FCC National Broadband Plan Should Include Public Wi-Fi (PC World) PC World - As the FCC prepares to release its National Broadband Plan next week, I hope it will address expanding Wi-Fi as part of improving mobile data access. It appears no amount of repurposed radio spectrum is likely to meet the expanding wireless data demand for very long. March 11, 2010 3:12 PM