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• RTA Wrongful Death Suit Settled

  Chrissie Cole | May 21, 2009 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  The Greater Regional Transit Authority (RTA) has settled a wrongful death suit with the family of a Cleveland man who died after he was struck by a commuter bus while walking in the crosswalk. A...

• Wilmington, North Carolina ambulance hit by another vehicle whose driver had a suspended license

  Jim Lewis | May 21, 2009 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A Bladen County, North Carolina ambulance was heading back to Elizabethtown after picking up a patient from a doctor’s appointment when a driver of another vehicle ran a stop sign and hit...

• I'm Receiving Social Security Benefits but It's Still Not Enough

  Stuart McAtee | May 21, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Most disabled Americans do not have the ability to maintain their same standard of living they lived in prior to becoming disabled. This is due to lack of income, never ending medical...

• Full Disclosure From Clients

  Danny Lehane | May 20, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Apparently but unbeknownst to me, I speak a second language and rather fluently at that. As best I can tell this incomprehensible second language starts in an initial meeting with a prospective...

• Tests Confirm Toxic Substances In Chinese Drywall

  Chrissie Cole | May 20, 2009 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released test results on May 21 that confirmed toxic materials in Chinese drywall. Strontium, a highly reactive chemical, was also detected at levels...

• Has Swine Flu Made its Way to Hampton Roads Schools?

  Rick Shapiro | May 20, 2009 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock on a moon in another galaxy, you’ve heard about the mania swine flu has been causing lately. Until recently, you may have thought it couldn’t...

• Accident Leaves Vehicle Wedged Between Two Toll Lanes

  Chrissie Cole | May 20, 2009 8:08 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A two-car accident on Saturday left a vehicle wedged on its side between two tollbooths. Carrie Anne Dolamore, 32, of Pensacola, was driving south toward the Garcon Point Bridge Plaza in the...

• Water-Based Face Paints Recalled by FDA

  Scott Kappes | May 20, 2009 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  The Unites States Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to immediately discontinue use of face paints distributed by Oriental Trading Co. and its subsidiary Fun Express due to reports...

• Hundreds of Children Beaten, Sexually Abused and "Terrorized" for Decades at Catholic-run Schools in Ireland

  Paul Kiesel | May 20, 2009 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from London -- Boys and girls were beaten, sexually abused and emotionally terrorized for decades in workhouse-style schools run by Ireland's Catholic Church,...

• Plaintiffs' lawyers to release AstraZeneca documents in Seroquel case.

  Wayne Parsons | May 20, 2009 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Wall Street Journal (5/20, Rockoff) reports, Plaintiffs' lawyers in lawsuits against AstraZeneca PLC plan to...release documents they say show executives at the drugmaker discussed...