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Detectives investigating the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson reportedly found shell casings with the words 'deny', 'defend' and 'depose' inscribed on them. Police sources told ABC News that casings were found at the scene with the cryptic messages left on them. Detectives are now working to determine what the words mean and if they could possibly hint at a motive for the slaying of the 50-year-old. Officers are still searching for the unknown assailant who gunned down Thompson outside of the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday morning. Authorities say he fled the scene on foot before then making...

WASHINGTON - The mounting deaths and injuries to civilian contractors in Iraq could cost the federal government millions of dollars for hundreds of workers' compensation claims. Federal law requires all U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to obtain workers' compensation insurance for civilian employees who work overseas. If an injury or death claim is related to a "war-risk hazard," the War Hazards Compensation Act provides for government reimbursement to insurance carriers. Nearly half the 771 injury claims filed by U.S. contractors so far this year occurred in Iraq — 345. Of the 66 deaths reported as of last week, all but...

The use of lie detectors has led to a quarter of Admiral policyholders withdrawing claims that their vehicle has been stolen. The company began testing Digilog's voice risk analysis software earlier this year but have extended the pilot after it also revealed one fifth of all motor claims are exaggerated, fail to disclose material information, or are fradulent. Brownsword, the outsourcing company running the system for Admiral, said that policyholders who telephone are immediately told that the conversation is recorded and that information will be analysed. The claims handler will ask general questions for a few minutes, such as the...