Business Review Hails Lengal Financial Ohio’s Most Exceptional Customer Service

New York, New York (PRWEB) December 22, 2012Business Review has determined that Frank Lengal’s devotion to customer service surpasses its competitors’, after recently comparing Ohio insurance agencies to determine which offered the best service to their customers. Claim Satisfaction Guarantee is Lengal Financial’s newest initiative, making Columbus, Ohio insurance policies more lucrative than ever....

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Washington saying goodbye to Inouye at memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) — Admirers will bid farewell to Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye at a memorial service before a final trip home to his native Hawaii.President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were to be among those offering tributes during the ceremony Friday at Washington National Cathedral, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.Biden...

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NRA returns to public debate, to meet with media

WASHINGTON (AP) — One week after the mass shootings that killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school — 20 of them children — the nation's largest gun-rights lobby is returning to the spotlight as Congress prepares to consider tighter restrictions on firearms in the new year.The 4.3 million-member National Rifle Association largely disappeared from public debate after the shootings in Newtown,...

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Few memorials to forgotten victim: Gunman's mother

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — When people here speak of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they use the number 26: the ones killed after Adam Lanza blasted his way into the school.When the bells of Newtown toll mournfully Friday morning to honor the victims of last week's shooting rampage, they'll do so 26 times, for each child and staff member killed.Rarely do residents mention the first person...

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France's Hollande reaffirms 2013 deficit target

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande reiterated on Friday that his government was targeting a reduction of the public deficit in 2013 to three percent of GDP despite new official data showing economic growth way below forecast.Hollande told Europe 1 radio he also expected that French unemployment would only begin to fall by late 2013 despite what he said would be a "difficult year"...

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S&P downgrades Cyprus on default fears

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Cyprus further into junk status amid concerns that the country could default on its debts.It says Friday that the two-notch downgrade to CCC+ is due to a "considerable and rising" risk that the country, one of the 17 EU countries that uses the euro, may default.It also maintains its negative outlook on the country, meaning...

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Thursday's Scoreboard

Thursday's GamesNBAMinnesota 99 Oklahoma City 93Miami 110 Dallas 95Portland 101 Denver 93--AHLLake Erie 4 Houston 3Peoria 5 Charlotte 4 (SO)--U.S. College FootballPoinsettia Bowl at San DiegoBrigham Young 23 San Diego State...

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Apple Australia map glitch: Snakes! In the desert!

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police have warned travellers off using Apple's troubled iPhone mapping software after several motorists became stuck in a snake-infested, desert corner of the country while using their phone for directions.Police in southeast Victoria state said they had been forced to rescue a number of motorists who had become stuck for up to 24 hours "without food or water" after...

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Police: Apple Maps stranding drivers in Australia

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australian police are warning that Apple's much-maligned mapping application is stranding drivers headed to the southern city of Mildura in the middle of a remote state park.Victoria state police said Tuesday that an error in Apple's Maps service places the city of Mildura about 70 kilomters (44 miles) away in the Murray Sunset National Park. The park is a desert-like 5,000-square-kilometer...

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Andy Serkis plays dual role in "Hobbit" - Gollum and director

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Andy Serkis reprises his role as Gollum in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," to be released worldwide this week, but his main role this time was as a second unit director, shooting battle sequences in 3D for director Peter Jackson.The British-born actor, 48, who rose to fame as the obsessive Gollum in Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spoke with Reuters about playing...

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