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• Chickens, Eggs, Lungs and Ducks

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  An EWN investigation has come up with some rather worrying findings over the inspection process at a Corona, Queens wholesale poultry market. Some of the chickens and ducks being offered for sale...

• Declining crime in NYC but too many stray bullets

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  In the last month three people have been ‘accidentally’ killed by gunfire by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly are confident...

• Making Sense of the Medical Record - Medication Administration Abbreviations

  Jan Boswell | October 22, 2009 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Deciphering a medical record can be a real headache, especially handwritten records. Once you break through the handwriting code, you have to deal with the alphabet soup that is medical jargon....

• Gotti Trial Reveals FBI Agent was Paid $12,000 a Month

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  FBI agent Robert Herbster told the jury that Lewis Kasman was paid $12,000 a month to cover his expenses. Kasman the adopted son of the late John “Dapper Don” Gotti was recruited by...

• LIRR Scandal Charges May be Dropped

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 12:37 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Fredrick Kreuder faces a 49-count indictment, but Judge John Kase (Nassau County) is said to mulling over whether to drop the charges against him after hearing arguments from defense attorneys. ...

• New Regulations for NYC Pedicab Drivers

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  D-day is coming for NYC Pedicab Drivers. By November 20 Pedicabs will need to be licensed, registered and insured to stay in business in New York City. Many New Yorker’s feel the new...

• Post-LASIK Problems Underplayed and Unreported

  Paul Thomson | October 22, 2009 12:24 PM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Aggressive marketing has made the well known vision correction surgery known as LASIK surgery (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) a $2 billion industry, with it coming under fire for overstating...

• Wisniewski Lawsuit will Continue after her Death in Fire

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  While there is some doubt in the minds of the public and Bianca Kuros’s friends and family as to whether the fire that took her life was suspicious or not there is no doubt that the lawsuit...

• Texas Tandem Bicyclists Killed

  Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  This collision took place a little while ago, but I saved the news article for today's safety post. He was 42 and she 36. Their 7-year-old daughter was home while they were out riding their tandem...

• Risks of Ortho Evra

  Carrie Strasser | October 22, 2009 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsStoughton / Canton, MA

  The Boston Globe reported yesterday on the risks associated with the birth control patch, Ortho Evra, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. The article reported the story of an otherwise healthy...