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• Eleven Year Old Girl Bitten By Pit Bull

  Mike Bryant | August 05, 2009 1:35 AM | 8 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This am, a St Cloud little girl was bitten by a pit bull. Her family was apparently holding the dog for a friend. She was taken to the hospital due to multiple puncture wounds and torn flesh. It is...

• Local Skin Care Products Company Raided by U.S. Marshals

  Bret Hanna | August 04, 2009 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  According to a report today in the Salt Lake Tribune, Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory in Roy was raided last Friday by U.S. Marshals. The raid comes on the heels of an FDA inspection which...

• Hispanic Worker Deaths Skyrocket 76%

  Mike Ferrara | August 04, 2009 10:02 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Although the total number of workers killed in this country while on the job has declined, the number of Hispanic workers killed in the workplace shot up 76% between 1992 and 2007, according to...

• Arthritis Drugs Increase Cancer Risk in Children

  Scott Kappes | August 04, 2009 6:07 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  The list of warnings associated with the class of medications commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments continue to increase. Today the FDA announced that the labels for the...

• Lucrative Fees More Attractive to Loan Servicers than Modifications

  Paul Kiesel | August 04, 2009 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From The New York Times: This week, the Obama administration summoned mortgage company executives to Washington to demand they move faster to lower payments for homeowners sliding toward...

• Way to Go Bill: Imprisoned Korean Journalists Are Coming Home!!!!

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Wasn't it just a month ago that we were all talking in Hawaii and death and injury from a missile attack from North Korea on Honolulu? Well there was a serious mood swing on that paranoia today. And...

• Samarion Fall Prevention System in Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | August 04, 2009 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Falling is the leading cause of injury deaths and non-fatal injuries among older adults. Each year about 1,800 people living in nursing homes die from fall-related injuries. This is a problem that I...

• Banning Texting, Twitter and Cell Phone Use in Cars Isn't Enough __ Increasing Speed Limits Spikes Automobile Accident Death and Injury Toll According to New Study

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 3:04 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  Ever here the saying that speed kills. Well its true according to a recent study of deaths on U.S. highways. But does this apply in Hawaii? Are Honolulu and Oahu roads in need of new lower speed...

• House subcommittee finds elevated lead levels in D.C. children.

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Washington Post (8/4, Leonnig) reports that congressional investigators have found that more than twice the previously reported number of D.C. children were found to have high levels of lead in...

• Chinese Drywall Showing Up in Foreclosed Homes for Sale

  Scott Kappes | August 04, 2009 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Over the past several months the news of homes infected with Chinese drywall has swept across the nation. The Consumer Products Safety Commission has received complaints of Chinese drywall in at...