Miscellaneous

• Anti-Consumer Bills Won't Create Jobs

  Paul Jacquart | October 07, 2011 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Under the guise of job creation, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is promoting some legislation that will, without a doubt, hurt consumers. The evidence that the bills will actually result in job...

• Wishing Canada a Happy Thanksgiving

  Anne McGinness Kearse | October 06, 2011 5:25 PM | 1 CommentCharleston, SC

  This Monday, Oct. 10, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day, which marks the close of the harvest season. Similar to Thanksgiving festivities in the United States, Canadians celebrate this day by...

• US Chamber of Commerce Hypocrites: Tort Reform Resembles “Groundhog Day”

  Mark Bello | October 06, 2011 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  In Groundhog Day fashion, it seems not a day passes and bam, you can go on the Internet and find an article about tort reform. For instance: In April, Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed...

• John McKiggan nominated for national journalism award

  John McKiggan | October 06, 2011 12:40 PM | 1 CommentHalifax, NS

  I am honoured (and surprised) to say that I have been nominated by Beyond Borders for their 2011 award for exemplary journalism covering issues related to the sexual exploitation of...

• Brothers Killed Walking on Railroad Tracks May Have Smoked Spice Before Being Hit by Train

  Pierce Egerton | October 06, 2011 12:34 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The father of two teenagers says that his sons may have been smoking the synthetic drug “spice” before they were killed by a train in Mebane, N.C. It’s a horrible loss for the...

• Man Cleared of Murder After Eyewitness Evidence Proved To Be a Lie

  David Mittleman | October 06, 2011 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  With high profile executions taking place in the United States over the past month, it goes without saying that every time I hear about a person's murder conviction being overturned I have to take a...

• Steven Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Necrolysis Injuries on the Rise

  Brenda Fulmer | October 06, 2011 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The incidence of drug-related injuries and deaths is rising. A report by the Institute of Health of the National Academy of Sciences several years ago found that more than 1.5 million patients are...

• Denmark Imposes Fat Tax to Reduce Obesity

  David Mittleman | October 05, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Michelle Obama recently introduced the Let's Move! plan to reduce the childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S. Some people expressed outrage over the changes to the food pyramid, as well, which is now...

• Homebuilder Sentenced for Theft from Elderly

  Beth Janicek | October 04, 2011 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A San Antonio homebuilder was sentenced this week to deferred adjudication for stealing from an elderly customer in 2008. Frank Kurkal, a WWII Veteran, hired the homebuilder to build a home on...

• More Parents are Delaying Vaccines for Their Children

  David Carney | October 04, 2011 11:09 AM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  A nationwide survey found that more than 1 in 10 parents are vaccinating their children outside of the recommended schedule developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....