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Teen's death leads to sign change at Ga. Six Flags
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) - State regulators say Six Flags Over Georgia must increase the size and number of warning signs near a popular roller coaster that hit and killed a teen. Police say 17-year-old Asia LeeShawn Ferguson IV of Columbia, S.C. scaled two fences and wandered into a restricted area where he was decapitated by the roller coaster.

W.Va. Gov. seeks review of $400M DuPont case
By LAWRENCE MESSINA Associated Press Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Joe Manchin has urged the West Virginia Supreme Court to clarify whether DuPont has a right to have an appeal heard on $196.2 million in punitive damages, about half of a jury settlement awarded last year in a civil suit claiming health threats at a former zinc smelting plant.

LifeLock Ads Overstate Identity Theft Service, Suit Says
By TRICIA GORMAN, Andrews Publications Staff Writer
LifeLock, an identity-theft protection service that broadcasts its CEO's Social Security number in its ad campaign, exaggerates the level and effectiveness of its identity protection, according to a Texas federal court lawsuit.

San Francisco denies liability in tiger attack
By AMANDA FEHD Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials said Monday the city is not liable for the death of a San Jose teenager who was attacked by an escaped tiger on Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo.

Helicopter crash leaves a mother-to-be in mourning
By KATIE OYAN Associated Press Writer HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A soon-to-be father who loved being a firefighter was among six people killed when two medical helicopters collided in Arizona.

 

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