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• High-Profile Mass Transit Accidents Cause for Worry?

  David Mittleman | October 11, 2008 10:44 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  Mass transportation is convenient, environmentally friendly, and increasingly popular given the price of gasoline. As we gear up for a holiday season full of travel, it is likely that some form of...

• Why is HPV Vaccine Gardasil Sweeping the Nation, and Should You be Worried? Merck’s Aggressive & Underhanded Marketing Reminds Me of Vioxx. Part II

  Mike Ferrara | October 11, 2008 9:43 AM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Continued from Part I. “Merck lobbied every opinion leader, women’s group, medical society, politicians, and went directly to the people — it created a sense of panic that...

• A Lawyers Plea for the 2008 Election Cycle

  Jeremy Thurman | October 11, 2008 12:46 AM | 1 CommentOklahoma City, OK

  I’ve been doing a lot of reading and even watching of books written about or by our forefathers. From the Federalist papers to the biographies, it dawns more and more on me how far we have...

• McCain Mortgage Plan: The Wrong Approach

  Paul Kiesel | October 10, 2008 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  John McCain announced, during the last Presidential Debate, that he has a plan to combat rising foreclosure rates and curb the amount of underwater mortgages throughout the country. McCain proposes...

• If You Have an Option ARM Loan with FDIC IndyMac, Read This!

  Paul Kiesel | October 10, 2008 9:47 PM | 10 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Any Californian who has a Pay Option ARM loan from IndyMac (now FDIC IndyMac) that was originated between 2004 and 2007 and has faced or will be facing an interest rate reset (ballooned monthly...

• Why is HPV Vaccine Gardasil Sweeping the Nation, and Should You be Worried? Merck’s Aggressive & Underhanded Marketing Reminds Me of Vioxx. Part I

  Mike Ferrara | October 10, 2008 9:23 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  As the Center for Disease Control (CDC) announces that its the Merck vaccine Gardasil is now being used by one in four US girls ages 13 to 17, and more and more state governments and other...

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Statistics

  Amber Wheat | October 10, 2008 7:09 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Very, very interesting stuff. Their website has many different statistics, guides, and safety curriculums. Thanks to a post by Beth Janicek, my attention was brought to the 2007 reports on traffic...

• 7 People die in firey crash

  Gibson Vance | October 10, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Recently in Montgomery County, Ala., a fiery head-on collision between an 18-wheeler and 16-passenger van killed one Alabama Department of Corrections employee and six applicants for prison...

• Curvy Arkansas Roads Require Extra Care While Driving

  Sach Oliver | October 10, 2008 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  It seems every day we read an article in the newspaper where someone is hurt or killed in a head-on collision on another Arkansas Curvy Road. Our state is beautiful and these curvy roads allow us to...

• Profit Over Safety in a World of Rapid Research and Development: A Few Comments about Guidant and Medtronic

  Armand Rossetti | October 10, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Profit Over Safety in a World of Rapid Research and Development: A Few Comments about Guidant and Medtronic There is always an ounce of concern among manufacturers about consumer safety, and a...