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• Have a Happy but Safe New Years.....

  Troy Schwant | January 01, 2009 8:21 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I would like to wish everyone a Happy, but Safe New Years. I know that saying is cliche, and everyone hears these same words every year around this time, but even if you are being safe, you still...

• Philadelphia Mayor Tries to Close City Libraries – Common Pleas Judge Says No

  Camryn Hansen | January 01, 2009 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  New Year’s Eve, Common Pleas Judge Idee Fox put a stop to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to shut down 11 of the city’s library branches, as part of his proposal to...

• Security Breach Compromised Data at RBS WorldPay

  Jamie Sheller | January 01, 2009 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The RBS WorldPay security breach affected 1.5 million cardholders and their personal information. RBS WorldPay is an electronic payment processing service, based in Atlanta. In addition to...

• Homeowners Sue TVA for Environmental Spill

  Pete Mackey | January 01, 2009 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Residents of a subdivision in Tennessee located near the Kingston, Tn. Power Plant filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority seeking $165,000,000 in damages caused by the rupture of a...

• New Year Greetings

  Mike Bryant | January 01, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Each New Year brings with it, the challenges created by the past and the hope of something new. We have incredible changes coming with the new leadership of America. At the same time, we face what...

• California Sues Bush Administration Over Midnight Regulation.

  Wayne Parsons | January 01, 2009 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The AP (12/31, Young) reports, California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists, state...

• Sylvania, Ohio native loses life in fatal accident during Christmas play

  Chuck Boyk | December 31, 2008 11:02 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Keri Shryock of Sylvania, Ohio tragically died shortly after a fatal accident during a Christmas pageant on December 18, 2008, according to the Toledo Blade. Keri was playing the part of a...

• 5 Car Mash-Up Kills One and Injures Two on Seward Highway Near Girdwood

  James Cool | December 31, 2008 7:01 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Anchorage Daily News reports that a five-car accident on the Seward Highway took one life and left at least two others seriously injured. The paper reports that the accident occurred when...

• Defensive Medicine

  Beth Janicek | December 31, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  An editorial by USA Today states that physicians practice “defensive medicine” in order to protect themselves from lawsuits rather than serve their patients best interests. The editorial...

• It is Time to Look for Dangerous Toys

  Pete Mackey | December 31, 2008 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Remember Dan Akroyd as Irving Mainway hawking safe toys such as Bag O' Glass, Doggy Dentist and Mr. Skin-Grafter on Saturday Night Live? The joke was, nobody would sell toys that were as dangerous...