The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has taken over an investigation surrounding a possible sexual assault of a 4-month-old girl at a Killeen Texas daycare. After being told her daughter had a diaper rash, a doctor examinied the 4-month-old and said the baby girl had bruising consistent with a sexual assault.Authorities suspect a Little Blessings Daycare employee. Daycare staff...
Munire Furniture Inc., in cooperation with the CPSC, announced a voluntary crib recall of about 24,000 cribs due to a fall hazard. The recalled cribs were sold under many different brand names including: Brighton/Sussex Cribs, Captiva Cribs, Essex Cribs, Majestic Curved Top and Flat Top Cribs.The cribs fail to meet the federal safety standards for cribs. The four support brackets on the mattress...
A couple of weeks ago the popular news program "60 Minutes" aired a story on Bayer's Trasylol. The broadcast told the tragic story of Joseph Randone and his experiences following heart surgery where Trasylol was used to reduce bleeding during the surgery. Physicians told the Randone family that the risk associated with the surgery was around five percent and that Joe would likely be able to...
At least two people were killed when a tractor trailer fell from an overpass in downtown Dallas and landed on a car crushing it.The rig was traveling northbound on Woodall Rogers headed to Interstate 35 North when it lost control in the left lane and vaulted off the ramp.The rig landed on Continental Avenue in Dallas, where a vehicle was waiting to pass through an intersection.Dallas tractor...
The American Civil Justice System has been sold to the highest bidder---and the results are in! Big Business has bought the Civil Justice System. The founding fathers put in place the right for all people to have a trial by jury. The jury system has worked to protect citizens in a variety of cases, from the Pinto fire explosion to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It is the only way to make...
A recent study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission found that the number of ATV accidents has increased in the past three years, with 606 people suffering wrongful death from ATV accidents in the year 2006 alone. Thirty percent of all injuries related to ATV accidents involve children under the age of sixteen. A Fostoria man suffered personal injury after an ATV accident Tuesday night,...
A Fostoria man suffered personal injury after an ATV accident Tuesday night, according to the Toledo Blade. The Blade also reported the impact knocked his helmet off. A recent study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission found that the number of ATV accidents has increased in the past three years, with 606 people suffering wrongful death from ATV accidents in the year 2006 alone. Thirty...
Two busloads of first responders to the World Trade Center attacks traveled to Washington D.C. yesterday in order to ask for better health care coverage for themselves and others. Thousands are people are believed to suffer World Trade Center Illness after being exposed to toxic fumes and rubble. Two jetlines flew into the buildings on September 11, 2001 causing them to collapse. Thousands of...
Jessica Lunsford was killed in 2005 by a registered sex offender living about 100 yards from her home. John Couey was convicted of killing her and has been sentanced to death. He claims he held the girl captive for days in his bedroom closet before killing her. Mark Lunsford feels the sheriff's office did not do enough to find his daughter. He is now planning to sue the Citrus County...
Today an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association claims that commonly used anemia drugs sold by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson raise the risk of death in cancer patients by about 10 percent. The publication, based on new analysis of existing clinical trial data, comes just as the FDA is planning to convene an advisory panel to address concerns associated with the...