North Carolina Opens Criminal Probe of Insurance Agent Who Killed Himself

State Insurance Department officials say they have begun a criminal investigation into the businesses of a Fayetteville man who killed himself in August.
The Fayetteville Observer reported that a spokeswoman says the state Insurance Department has begun the investigation of the business affairs of 63-year-old Raymond Lee Mulkey Jr.
Documents filed in Harnett County court show Mulkey left behind more than $40 million in liabilities and only $8 million in assets.
Those debts caused the Insurance Department to audit Mulkey's insurance businesses in Dunn and Fayetteville. Department spokeswoman Kristin Milam says the criminal investigation began after the audit was finished.
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Two Killed as Combine Strikes Power Lines on New Jersey Farm

October 14, 2010
New Jersey State Police say a farm machine struck overhead power lines and caught fire, killing two workers and injuring a third.
Sgt. Julian Castellanos says a chute on a combine the men were operating snagged high-tension wires at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday on a South Jersey farm.
Castellanos says a 69-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man died at South Jersey Healthcare's Elmer Hospital.
A third man was flown to Crozer Chester Medical Center in Chester, Pa. His condition was not immediately available.
The farm is located in Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, about 30 miles south of Philadelphia.
State police and fire officials are investigating.
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