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• Transco - Enjoying The Benefits Of Doing Business In The U.S. Without The Responsibilities

  Pete Mackey | May 15, 2010 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Self described as the world's largest offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, Ltd. is headquartered in the foothills of the Swiss Alps. Is it the clean mountain air, or perhaps the rosy cheeked...

• Fishing Opener: Think About Getting The Boat Safely From The Road To The Water

  Mike Bryant | May 15, 2010 1:55 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The fishing opener is off and running. There will be all sorts of stories about what the Governor caught and maybe if his wife will catch more then he does again. Hopefully, everyone will have...

• Are Modern Medications the Cause of a Triple Increase in Children’s Peanut Allergies?

  Paul Napoli | May 15, 2010 12:31 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A new study showing that peanut allergies in children have increased at a shocking rate has researchers wondering what caused the spike. A team of researchers led by Scott H. Sicherer, MD,...

• Walgreen's Won't Sell At-Home DNA Tests Any Time Soon as FDA Intervenes

  David Mittleman | May 14, 2010 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Pathway Genomics’ DNA tests allege that from a small saliva sample, they can assess a person’s risk of getting more than 70 diseases. The kits, which cost about $20 via the...

• UPDATE: Amtrak Accident in Mebane, North Carolina

  Pierce Egerton | May 14, 2010 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  On May 13, 2010 I blogged about a collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a tractor-trailer that injured several commuters. Staff writers at news-record.com are now reporting that 12...

• Insurance Companies Lie to the Court But Then Scream for Tort Reform

  Ben Glass | May 14, 2010 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  One of my clients was injured when she was a passenger in a parked car in a McDonald’s parking lot. Her daughter was the driver and decided to stop the vehicle because she was talking on her...

• UPDATE: Fatal Mother’s Day Collision Caused by Cell Phone Usage?

  Pierce Egerton | May 14, 2010 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I recently posted a blog about two multi-car collisions that both occurred on the same stretch of Interstate 40 in Greensboro, North Carolina on Mother’s Day, May 9, 2010. The first wreck...

• Water Bottles Still Contain BPA

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 14, 2010 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Summer is just around the corner and that means it’s time to stay hydrated. Many Chicagoans try to conserve by using reusable plastic water bottles, but they may want to take a second to...

• Why Are Cars Safer?

  Mike Bryant | May 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I wrote about car safety changes back when my wife bought a car. My hypothesis back then that the potential for liability clams probably played a role. Today, I learned about a great study from the...

• South Florida Psychiatrist's License Suspended After Medication Overdose of Autistic Boy

  David Mittleman | May 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Florida state regulators recently suspended the license of a South Florida psychiatrist who has been linked to the death of a 12-year-old autistic boy who allegedly died of a medication overdose....