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• Shot in the Back by Police: Signficant and Immediate Threat?

  Mark Bello | September 17, 2009 12:33 PM | 2 CommentsVoices

  Settlement discussions are ongoing and a $1.5 Million settlement is expected to be approved by Oakland (California) city council in the shooting death of 20 year old Gary King, Jr.. King was...

• AAJ Responds to Presidential Memo on Medical Liability

  Cecelia Prewett | September 17, 2009 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  Today, the White House released a memorandum from the President to the Secretary of Health & Human Services concerning medical liability reform. In response, AAJ released the following...

• AMF Ultra Short Fund Subject of Fraud Investigation

  Adam Gana | September 17, 2009 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Asset Management Fund’s Ultra Short Fund (AMF) (NASDAQ: AULTX) has declined by more than 50% in value going the way of a number of ultra short bond funds this year: down the tubes. Pitched...

• Morgan Keegan "Slammed" with $1.46 million verdict

  Adam Gana | September 17, 2009 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  NBA player Horace Grant slammed Morgan Keegan & Co. with a $1.46 million arbitration award on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. The amount is the largest arbitration loss for Morgan Keegan to date....

• Help Tony Save Lives and Keep America’s Roads Safer.

  Jeffrey Meldon | September 17, 2009 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  More of us do it every day than we’d like to admit. We know we shouldn’t; we’ve heard it’s dangerous but, we still do it. Meanwhile, one man is out to spread the word, town...

• Air Traffic Controller On A Personal Phone Call Just Before the Hudson Crash

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Quoting from the the Daily Record, the Chairman of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Deborah Hersman, ...told a congressional committee Wednesday that shortly after the single-engine...

• FDA Issues Warning to Evenflo After Reports of Electrical Shock from Breast Pump Use

  David Mittleman | September 17, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Several women who used the Evenflo breast pump were shocked while expressing their breast milk—literally. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to the Evenflo Company for...

• Pilot Fatigue- FAA is taking notice but are they telling passengers the truth

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 9:38 AM | 1 CommentMiami, FL

  Federal Aviation Administration head Randy Babbitt says It's absolutely unsafe to think that commuter cockpit crews can fly as many hours or stay on duty for as long as pilots who may fly one...

• Mother Hit By Tractor Trailer While Changing Tire on I-40 Highlights Need For Safety Precautions

  Jean Martin | September 17, 2009 9:35 AM | 3 CommentsWilmington, NC

  An update on the I-40 accident from last week: Kristen Anne Belair stopped to change her tire just before 1 p.m. Wednesday alongside the eastbound lanes near the Burgaw exit, said Sgt. W.L....

• 35E Shut Down As Multi Car Collision Kills One In Lino Lakes

  Mike Bryant | September 17, 2009 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Tuesday night, a four car pile up resulted in one driver being killed. The decedent's car was stopped for construction on northbound I-35E near 80th Street when it was rear-ended by another and hit...