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• Alarming Data in the Amount of Children Injured While Playing Baseball

  Greg Webb | June 22, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  While baseball may seem to be a fairly safe sport, researchers have found that over a thirteen year period, more than one and a half million players under eighteen years of age were injured enough...

• SSD/SSI Recipients: Look For Your One Time Payment

  Stuart McAtee | June 22, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  As mentioned in my earlier blog, the government has approved a one time payment for SSD/SSI recipients. Do you receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits? If so, you...

• Motorcyclist Killed In Keewatin Collision

  Mike Bryant | June 22, 2009 6:03 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Last Monday, a Iron Range woman was killed in a collision in Nashwauk. The motorcyclist was traveling on Hwy. 169, when a vehicle driven by a 20 year old, turned in front of her. Presently, the...

• Coast Guard Gets Help From Brazilian Navy to Rescue a Disabled Sailboat 200 Miles off Cape Hatteras

  Rick Shapiro | June 22, 2009 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The crew of a disabled sailboat was assisted by the Brazilian navy ship, Cisne Branco. The crew of three on the sailboat was helped on Wednesday. The boat was about 200 nautical miles off...

• Summer Heat - A Real Killer

  Pete Mackey | June 21, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I played tennis today. Feeling pretty puny, even though I drank almost a half gallon of weak Gatorade while playing, I came back to my air conditioned house and sat under a ceiling fan for about 30...

• Nestle Toll House Cookies May Contain E-Coli – Protect Your Kids

  Mike Ferrara | June 21, 2009 8:21 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  After getting reports of food-borne illnesses in 28 states that seem to have been caused by its cookie dough, Nestle is recalling 300,000 cases of it as a precaution, suspecting that it may be...

• Bachmann Who Believes This Stuff?

  Mike Bryant | June 21, 2009 8:09 PM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The Minnesota Republicans held their central committee meeting last Saturday and elected their new party leaders. It's an event to half pay attention to for me. Seemed like many of the speakers at...

• Toddler Killed in Auto Accident on Golden State Freeway

  Greg Owen | June 21, 2009 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman, the fatal accident occured Saturday around 9:30 a.m. near the San Fernando Blvd. offramp on the southbound 5 Freeway. A 50-year-old woman from...

• The Harsh Reality of Nursing Home Abuse

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 21, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In most cases, the nursing home and elder care facilities that make up the bulk of the assisted living communities across the United States are staffed with well trained, caring and...

• Coffee Grinder Recall: Starbucks Barista Blade Grinder and Seattle’s Best Coffee Blade Grinder May Cause Injury

  Rick Shapiro | June 21, 2009 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  If you own a Starbucks Barista Blade Grinder or a Seattle’s Best Coffee Blade Grinder, stop using the device immediately. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced these...