| CNA Names West Director of Business Development |
| Kevin West has been appointed director of business development for CNA In this role, West will help shape and expand CNA's market presence and sales culture He will be located in CNA's Woodland (more) |
| Escape from New York: Five tips for leaving the city when flights fail you |
| Filed under: North America, United States, AirportsNew York is no stranger to tourist and business travel We get lot of guests here, and eventually, their trips must come to an end When the weather turns harsh, this can be problematic Spring may b (more) |
| Obama Turns Up the Volume in Health Care Bid |
| In an appearance that harked back to his 2008 campaign, President Obama made an emotional pitch for public support (more) |
| Rockslide closes I-70 in Glenwood Canyon |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS A large rockslide at about midnight Sunday has closed Interstate 70 in both directions in Glenwood Canyon The slide punched two large holes in the westbound bridge and lanes, just west of the Hanging Lake Tunnel, according to th (more) |
| Home Insurance Quotes Online - Lower the Rates of Insurance |
| The economic climate changes from time to time The prices of necessities such as food and clothing often increase This is why many American families are having a tough time keeping up with their allotted budget for monthly expenses (more) |
| Minnesota Cities Brace for Spring Floods |
| Chances remain high for major spring flooding in some Minnesota cities along rivers as a heavy winter snowpack melts, the National Weather Service said But city officials remain confident their (more) |
| Purgatory ski resort takes out $8.85M loan |
| DURANGO, Colo Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort has taken out an $8 85 million loan to refinance debt and make improvements on the ski mountain La Plata County records show the resort and The First National Bank of Durango recorded a deed of (more) |
| Standard Life mulls sale of £200m health unit |
| STANDARD Life has appointed an adviser to consider a sale and other options for its health insurance business, which could fetch £200 million (more) |
| Rising Rivers Flood Rural Australian Towns |
| Floods caused by heavy rains have cut off several townships in Australia's northeastern Queensland state and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, the state's premier said (more) |
| Colorado lawmakers to feds: Halt medical marijuana raids |
| DENVER A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate the state's medical marijuana industry are calling on U S Attorney General Eric Holder to stop raids of medical marijuana operations, saying the raids are making it harder to cr (more) |
| Rockslide slows delivery of Aspen Times |
| ASPEN Delivery of Monday's Aspen Times and Glenwood Springs Post Independent has been delayed the result of a Sunday night rockslide that has closed Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon The printing facility for both newspapers is located in Gypsu (more) |
| Keeble Joins ACE UK Environment Team |
| ACE UK has appointed Victoria Keeble as Environmental Risk Underwriter She will report to Wayne Harrington, UK & Ireland Manager – Environmental Risk and work within the London (more) |
| Audit: Oregon Data Security Still Needs Fixing |
| An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State's office says there has been little progress in fixing serious gaps in the state's data security systems
Auditors wrote in the report that the weaknesses (more) |
| I-70 still closed; CDOT suggests detours around Glenwood Canyon |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon remained closed to traffic in both directions Monday morning, after a large rock slide sent huge boulders tumbling onto the interstate at about midnight Sunday No vehicles were struck by the f (more) |
| UK's Met Office 'Confirms' Greenhouse Gas Role in Climate Change |
| The UK's Met Office recently completed a review of the latest climate research The study "confirms our planet is changing rapidly and man made greenhouse gas emissions are very likely to be the (more) |
| On the trail: Biking? Nope, skiing |
| ASPEN I very nearly pumped up the tires on my road bike Sunday and took it for the inaugural spin of the season If only it had been a little bit warmer Torn, I settled on a second day of cross country skiing, opting for what might have been (more) |
| New Jersey Assembly Panel Advances Distracted Driver Bill |
| Police in New Jersey may soon have to note whether a driver was distracted before having an accident
A bill approved by an Assembly committee last week requires officers to check a box describing (more) |
| SkyWest jet lands safely in Aspen after smoke fills cockpit |
| ASPEN A commercial flight was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday at the Aspen airport after smoke filled the pilot's cabin because of a malfunctioning air conditioner, officials said Sixty five passengers, along with two flight attendant (more) |
| Arizona Senate Committee Considers Changes to DMV Notification Rules |
| The Arizona Senate is considering reducing or eliminating the need for some risky drivers to maintain their automobile driving insurance filing
An amendment to Senate Bill 1030 would reduce or (more) |
| Wake up when you are ready to be awake - Gadling reviews the Sleeptracker E |
| Filed under: Gadling Gear Review
As part of the 2010 Sleep Awareness Week, we'll kick things off with a smart gadget that can help you wake up more refreshed, and keep track of how well you are sleeping
The Sleeptracker Elite is part watch, part (more) |
| Addressing the dropout problem |
| Dear Editor:In our F A D class (Fundamentals of American Democracy) we were asked to come up with a public policy about a problem My group's problem was the rise of the dropout rate in high schools According to the website Dosomething org, on a (more) |
| After the Quake: Chile's Tourism is Open for Business |
| Many of Chile's major tourist areas, including Easter Island and Patagonia, survived the 8 8 magnitude earthquake Now could be an excellent time to visit, especially since the country needs our tourist dollars to rebuild (more) |
| Kansas Debates Ignition Lock Reporting Amendment |
| Some fear a proposed amendment to a drunken driving bill would make it easier for DUI offenders to avoid getting a device that prevents them from starting their vehicles if they have had too much (more) |
| Gisin edges Vonn to won Crans-Montana super G; Mancuso third |
| CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) Dominique Gisin of Switzerland won her first World Cup super G race on Sunday by denying Lindsey Vonn a second win in two days Gisin attacked the Nationale course to finish in 1 minute, 24 14 seconds Vonn finis (more) |
| Use Facebook to plan your next park vacation |
| Filed under: North America, United States, Internet ToolsMunicipalities are always feeling a financial squeeze, and the fallout from the financial crisis has only made an already grim norm even worse It's hard enough to get money for maintenance, le (more) |
| Garfield County airport to shut down April 5 through Nov. 18 |
| RIFLE, Colo Regular users of the Garfield County Regional Airport in Rifle are in for an unusual spring, summer and fall, as the airport will be closed to airplane traffic from April 5 through Nov 18 for some major improvements The project inc (more) |
| Biologics Boondoggle |
| Congress should scrap a plan to grant biologic drugs 12 years of protection from generic competitors (more) |
| Aspen Valley Land Trust says swap is best chance to preserve Sutey Ranch |
| CARBONDALE One of the leading land conservation agencies in the region believes a proposed land swap that would turn over 1,268 acres of public land to a private landowner is the best way to preserve the 520 acre Sutey Ranch north of Carbondale (more) |
| Pitkin County energy loans remain a work in progress |
| ASPEN An energy audit may be the first requirement for property owners hoping to take advantage of Pitkin County's Energy Smart Loan Program, once it's up and running Voters authorized the program last November, but it will likely be May or June (more) |
| Barry Smith: Irrelativity |
| 'What are you counting down to?' someone asks They're pointing to the calendar page stuck to my fridge, the one with big Sharpie written numbers 15 through 1, backwards and the day after the 1 has an exclamation mark in it The first half o (more) |
| Does Your Home Need Repairs? Try These Tips |
| You can save money by tackling around the house projects yourself instead of paying someone else to do it Find out how to handle some of the most common household problems (more) |
| Michigan School District Held Liable for Bullying |
| A Michigan school district accused of not doing enough to prevent the harassment of a student has been ordered to pay $800,000
Hudson Area Schools, in Lenawee County near the Ohio border, was (more) |
| The movie listings: Aspen to Glenwood |
| MONDAY THURSDAY, MARCH 8 11ISIS THEATER Alice in Wonderland at 4:45, 7:30 p m Cop Out at 5:20, 7:50 p m Shutter Island at 5:00, 8:00 p m The Last Station at 5:10, 7:40 p m 406 E Hopkins Ave , Aspen 925 7584 WHEELER OPERA HOUSE Wednesday: The (more) |
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| Man dies in crash on Vail Pass |
| VAIL, Colo A man died Saturday in a one car accident on Interstate 70 on Vail Pass The crash happened at about 10:25 a m , when the driver of a 2006 Dodge pickup truck, 47 year old Russell Lockwood of Highlandville, Mo , lost control of the veh (more) |
| Snooze tips from a NYC sleep concierge |
| Filed under: North America, United States, Hotels and Accommodations, Travel HealthNo matter how posh a hotel room is, sometimes it's hard to sleep well in new places
Anya Orlanska, the Sleep Concierge at the Benjamin hotel in midtown Manhattan, sh (more) |
| 62 pronghorn released on Colorado's Western Slope |
| GUNNISON, Colo Wildlife officers have transferred 62 pronghorn captured on private property near Pueblo to the Gunnison basin to boost the population in Colorado's Western Slope In late February, a low flying helicopter and about 100 Colorado D (more) |
| Mountain West Agency Services Names Kasper General Manager |
| Phoenix based Mountain West Agency Services Inc , a wholly owned subsidiary of SCF Premier Insurance Co , named Donald L Kasper general manager and Jim McErlean as marketing specialist
Kasper (more) |
| Quake Hits Eastern Turkey; 58 Reported Dead; RMS Analysis |
| An earthquake, initially measured at magnitude 6 0, struck eastern Turkey early this morning, March 8, centered in the Province of Elazig A report from Risk Management Solutions indicates that (more) |
| CDOT begins I-70 cleanup; no word on reopening lanes |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS The largest of some 20 boulders that smashed down on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon Sunday night weighs an estimated 66 tons It will be blasted apart Monday, but the Colorado Department of Transportation does not yet know (more) |
| Utah Lawmakers Focus on Seismic Safety of Schools |
| Utah schools would be sized up to see how they would fare in the event of a major earthquake under a bill passed by the state House
The House, on a 50 18 vote, sent House Bill 72 to the Senate (more) |
| Smart Deal of the Week: Car Rentals from $9.95 |
| Book now for Hotwire com's spring rate, which gets you a full size car rental in April for under $10 per day (more) |
| Mitchell International: LexisNexis(R) Claims Solutions and Mitchell Join Fo |
| NEW YORK, NY and SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) At the 2010 Mitchell Property and Casualty Conference, LexisNexis(R) Claims Solutions and Mitchell International today announced plans to join forces to address the challenges associated with handling se (more) |
| Aspen's road to state title continues on Thursday |
| ASPEN Aspen players took their turns climbing a ladder to cut off a strand of net as fans flooded the Aspen High hardwood Saturday afternoon Later, the Skiers retreated to the locker room for some celebratory orange juice and some words of wisdo (more) |
| Selective Insurance Announces Several Promotions |
| New Jersey based insurer Selective Insurance Group Inc has made several executive promotions
Anthony D Harnett has been promoted to to senior vice president, corporate controller Harnett (more) |
| AIG Sells Alico Unit to MetLife for $15.5 Billion |
| AIG is selling its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife Inc for about $15 5 billion, its second major asset sale in a week as it raises funds to repay a massive U S government bailout
MetLife (more) |
| Fokkers may take to the skies again with a new and improved Fokker |
| Filed under: Europe, NetherlandsIn 1996, Dutch aerospace company Fokker went bankrupt It was the end of a company that had been building planes since 1912 Even though it wasn't the end of the Dutch aerospace industry, no new Fokkers would be delive (more) |
| Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run Just Got License Back |
| The driver who has been charged with felony hit and run after a deadly crash that left three men dead over the weekend just got his license reinstated by the DMV just two days before the accident (more) |
| Chance of a lifetime |
| Dear Editor:The Hidden Gems Wilderness plan is a once in a lifetime opportunity to preserve environmentally sensitive parts of the national forests that surround us The areas proposed for protection by Hidden Gems generally consist of intact lower (more) |
| Who Dat? Inc. Sues NFL Properties, New Orleans Saints, La. |
| The company that made a 1983 recording of what became one of the New Orleans Saints' most popular cheers has filed a trademark suit against the state and the team
NFL Properties LLC, which deals (more) |
| Kentucky League of Cities Under Fire for Keeping Deputy, Insurance Chief |
| Criticism of the Kentucky League of Cities is mounting over a state audit that criticized its spending, and some member cities are withholding their dues
The Lexington Herald Leader reported that (more) |
| 'Hurt Locker' earns best-picture Academy Award |
| LOS ANGELES The Iraq War drama 'The Hurt Locker' won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow Bigelow is the first woman in the 82 year history of the Oscars to earn (more) |
| Aspen's Brownell-Patty makes it 2 for 2 |
| VAIL, Colo Aspen's Danielle Brownell Patty was understandably distracted during inspection before Sunday's J3 Junior Olympics super G at Vail 'I had a lot on my mind,' she said 'This morning, my mom kind of ran over my super G skis But tha (more) |
| Polar explorer sets out for second pole |
| Filed under: Activism, Skiing, North America, CanadaWe've mentioned Eric Larsen a couple of times in the past few months First, when he set off on his Save the Poles expedition, and again when he reached the South Pole, the first of three extreme de (more) |
| Aviva Exec Says Prudential/AIA Deal Creates Opportunities for Rivals |
| The proposed $35 5 billion takeover of AIA by Prudential Plc will offer opportunities for rival insurers to increase their market share in Asia, a top official at British insurer Aviva Plc (more) |
| AIG's Ex-CEO Greenberg Ready to Testify on General Re Transaction |
| Maurice "Hank'' Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc , believes he no longer faces possible criminal charges over a sham transaction involving the insurer and (more) |
| Losses From Latest East Coast Snow Storm Pegged at up to $300M |
| AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses from the February 23 28 U S Winter Storm will Range from USD 150 million to USD 350 million
Insured losses From Two Prior Storms in February Estimated at (more) |
| A call for a flood barrier |
| Dear Editor:Spring is a season everyone enjoys Sunny days, cool breezes and birds chirping Everyone enjoys the springtime, everyone but the residents of the Pan and Fork Mobile Home Park For them spring isn't just sunny cool breeze days For th (more) |
| Aspen ski club enrollment soars to record high |
| ASPEN A record number of kids enrolled in the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club's recreational and competitive programs this winter, despite the recession There were 1,908 kids enrolled last winter That swelled to 1,979 this winter, said s (more) |
| SkyMall Monday: Sling Couture Arm Sling ACTUAL REVIEW |
| Filed under: Gear
A few weeks ago, SkyMall Monday reviewed the Sling Couture Arm Sling We were thrilled to learn that it made people feel good by making them look good But it was such an important product and held such potential to help people who (more) |
| Okla. to Receive Federal Aid for Ice Storm |
| The White House has approved Oklahoma Gov Brad Henry's request for a major disaster declaration for the Jan 28 ice storm
Under the declaration issued March 5, 25 counties will receive public (more) |
| SkyWest jet lands safely in Aspen with smoking cockpit |
| ASPEN A SkyWest jet landed safely Sunday at the Aspen Pitkin County Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit Flight 5940 landed at about 1 p m All 70 passengers, including four crew members, safely exited the plane and were escorted into (more) |
| The empty bladder: why hydration packs make great travel companions |
| Filed under: Gear, Camping, Budget Travel, What's in Your Pack?, Gadling Gear Review, Women's TravelI've never been into purses Even at home, I find them loathsomely girly, and they completely jack up my bad back When I began zipping all over the g (more) |
| Minnesota lawmaker wants to ban state workers from hotels that sell 'violen |
| Filed under: North America, United States, Hotels and AccommodationsMinnesota Senator Tarryl Clark is sponsoring a bill that will ban state workers from using public money to stay at any hotels that sell violent pornography on their pay per view TV s (more) |
| Daily Pampering: Visit 'the pharmacy of the holy trinity' |
| Filed under: Austria, Women's Travel
Saint Charles Apotheke is a small Viennese empire producing all natural, locally grown products specifically designed to make you look and feel better Alfred Blumenthal founded the original pharmacy in 1886, and (more) |
| Fixing our school |
| Dear Editor:When I started school this year I was surprised to find that we didn't have textbooks in many classrooms I was also surprised to see so many students in a classroom with me because I had become accustomed to the small class sizes usua (more) |
| Guay of Canada wins men's World Cup super G in Norway |
| KVITFJELL, Norway Erik Guay of Canada ended three years of near misses and captured his second career World Cup victory Sunday, narrowly winning a super G that Bode Miller skipped Guay edged early leader Hannes Reichelt of Austria on the 1994 (more) |
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| West Virginia Mining Foreman Says Boss Put Profit Ahead of Safety |
| A mining foreman accused of forging safety inspection reports at a West Virginia coal mine says his boss put profit ahead of potential danger, telling him to stop production and evacuate the mine (more) |
| Why we love Hong Kong |
| Filed under: Festivals and Events, Food and Drink, Asia, Budget Travel, Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of those few places in the world that just never gets old A city rapidly expanding upward and outward, it's one of the largest cities in southeast A (more) |
| Daily gear deals - $13 iPhone car mount, $10 USB cable kit and more |
| Filed under: Gadling's Daily Deal
Here are the hottest gear deals for today, Monday March 8th 2010 Remember, these deals are often valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone
Today's first deal is for the Griffin WindowSeat iPh (more) |
| Why Public Adjusters Are Not Enemies of Independent Agents |
| Here's why working with a public adjuster can be good for an independent insurance agency and for its customers:
1 After a disaster, insureds have hundreds or even thousands of questions and (more) |
| Paul Andersen: Fair Game |
| The last day of February was the first day of spring A robin warbled that morning as I carefully set my skis in the car rack These weren't just any skis They were my cherished Bonna 2400s hickory skis with lignostone edges skis made in N (more) |
| AIG to Get $231 Million If Sale of Asian Unit to Pru Fails |
| American International Group Inc will receive a termination fee of $230 6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain's Prudential PLC falls through
In a filing with the (more) |
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