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• FDA Shuts Down Texas Seafood Processing Plant

  David Mittleman | May 18, 2008 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was shutting down Hope Food Supply for its failure to take adequate steps to prevent bacterial contamination of its smoked seafood...

• California Bus Accident Leaves One Dead Many Others in critical condition

  Paul Kiesel | May 18, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  One woman was killed and 21 others injured, eight of them seriously, when a bus traveling from Culver City, California to Laughlin Nevada drifted off of Interstate 40 and onto the shoulder of the highway.

• Maine Breast Cancer Patients: Important Information

  Anne Fennessey | May 18, 2008 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  A study released by Canadian researchers on May 15, 2008 sheds new light on the possible link between vitamin D and breast cancer survival rates. Dr. Pamela Goodwin, a breast cancer researcher at...

• If Homeowners Update Insurance, Will Companies Hold Up Their End?

  Diego Madrigal | May 18, 2008 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  One of the interesting effects of the unfortunate wildfires affecting Central Florida, has been the PR campaign to induce homeowners to raise the insurance coverage on their homes. Local news...

• Multiple Car Crash In Heavy Smoke In Lee/Hendry Counties on State Road 25

  Joseph Bernardo | May 17, 2008 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A multiple vehicle pile-up involving cars and trucks occurred early this morning in thick smoke from nearby brush fires. It happened on SR 25 near the Lee/Hendry county line. There were numerous...

• Failure to Follow FDA Rules Prompts Recall

  Susy Owen | May 17, 2008 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave orders to Hope Foods to shut down and recall all of their products that were made in their Texas location since 2007. Hope Foods makes smoked...

• Austin Man Killed in Georgetown Construction Accident --- A Case Study

  Brooks Schuelke | May 17, 2008 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  This week, an Austin man was killed in a Georgetown on-the-job accident. The 40-year-old man, who worked for L&O Electric, Inc., an Austin company doing subcontract work on an addition to the...

• European Union Proposes Warnings on Magnetic Toys

  Todd Slaughter | May 17, 2008 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  On April 21, 2008 the Commission of the European Communities decided to direct its European Member States to issue specific warnings on toys with magnetic parts. This followed the mass recall of...

• Fortis/Time/Assurant Health Insurance Denials and Rescissions

  Nick DiCello | May 17, 2008 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Fortis Insurance Company, now known as Time Insurance Company, and which also uses the name Assurant Health, is one of the largest individual health insurance providers in the United States....

• Plane Crashes in Alaska: Serious Injury and Death Above U.S. Averages

  Internal Administrator | May 17, 2008 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Fast changing weather, bush landing sites, animals on the runways, and pilot inexperience help make Alaska a very dangerous place to be an aircraft passenger. Pilots die at a rate 100 times the...