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Workers’ compensation fraud is a growing problem, which adds billions to the cost of everything we buy. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), which investigates and tracks insurance fraud nationally, estimates that workers’ compensation fraud costs businesses, and ultimately all of us, $5 billion per year. One of every 10 dollars spent for premiums to…

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Just under two weeks after his arrest, a 30-year-old substitute teacher in Missouri accused of raping a 14-year-old student has been found dead in his jail cell under “mysterious circumstances,” at the St. Louis County Justice Center, officials said Tuesday. In connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Bernard Middle School student, whom he…

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For those women who enjoy sleeping on make-up on their faces, we know just how much of a chore it can be to wipe everything off after a long day (or night). Granted, it does happen from time to time when you’re really exhausted and just K.O. upon reaching home. However, commit this beauty crime…

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Sex education is to provide young people with the knowledge and abilities they need to make the best choices about sex and relationships for themselves throughout their life. This type of sex education early and often leads to an appreciation of sexual diversity, dating and intimate partner violence prevention, development of healthy relationships, prevention of…

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Several Illinois firefighters have quit after officials appointed a convicted arsonist as the head of their fire department. As many as 10 volunteer firefighters with the Illinois department have quit their job after their chief was replaced by a man previously convicted of arson. The decision to appoint a new chief was taken after a…

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A 12-year-old boy has been left with significant burns after being asked if he’d like to see a magic trick before two hoody-wearing men set fire to his t-shirt with a cigarette lighter. The victim was with a friend in Bancroft Park, off Seasiders Way, when he was approached by two older men who asked him…

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As most of the northern hemisphere moves into its coldest period of the year, heating systems are being turned on and in many cases space heaters are being pulled out of storage. As firefighters claim, these items should never be plugged into a power strip. Fire District #1 of Umatilla County, Oregon, reminded everyone that…

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Police officers in Indonesia made a massive drug bust when they caught a criminal operation that was in possession of more than three tons of highly potent marijuana. Because cannabis is not legal in Indonesia (like it is in many states in America), police were eager to get rid of it before it made its…

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Here’s a story you don’t hear too often: in England, a criminal knocked a man to the ground and took his wallet, but he turned himself into the police a short time later. The explanation could possibly help you regain some of your faith in others. Around 10 p.m., 19-year-old Connor Dawes was hanging out…

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Savannah Guthrie just gave us all the smiles we desperately needed. It was too late to change her outfit choice for Savannah Guthrie, when she took to the ‘Today’ stage. Guthrie experienced a bit of a harmless wardrobe malfunction during Thursday’s Today show that had her co-anchors calling for a GIF of the moment. Broadcasting from…

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