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• Chief Justice Calls Potential Budget Cuts "Murder"

  Seth Miles | March 20, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Due to fiscal shortfalls, caused in large part by a sinking economy, Florida officials proposed a 10% cut to the Court's budget. Chief Justice Fred Lewis warned Florida's legislators that the cuts would lead to the firing of 900 court employees and be nothing less than a "spear to the heart." The sad reality? The budget cuts are necessitated by a bad short-term federal fiscal policy more...

• Security Breach at Hannaford Supermarkets Results in Massive Credit and Debit Card Fraud

  Don Briggs | March 20, 2008 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  On February 27th, Hannaford Supermarkets became aware of a major security breach which lead to credit and debit card fraud for more than 1,800 shoppers and but another 4 million at risk. An article in the Bangor Daily News Reports that the security breach affected all of the 165 stores in the Northeast and 102 Speedbay stores in Florida. Investigators later determined that, although Hannaford...

• Death Toll Rises in Crane Collapse

  Beth Janicek | March 20, 2008 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A 5 ½ ton steel collar being installed around a 20 story crane broke loose from a building on East 51st St. and as the collar fell it struck another collar, knocking it loose rendering the crane unstable. The unsupported crane tumbled, crashing into the building and leveling a town house. Two construction workers and a woman from Miami were pulled from the Manhattan crane collapse. Torres,...

• Spelt Bread Recalled Due to Wheat

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2008 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Food for Life has issued a product recall for spelt bread that was made with wheat products. The wheat is not declared on the packaging and could pose a health hazard to those allergic to wheat. The recall involves over 2,200 cases of spelt bread. The recalled frozen products were sold nationwide through health food distributors and natural food retailers in 24 oz. light blue packages. The...

• Class I Recall on Medtronic Drug Pump

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Medtronic warned doctors in January of an increase in inflammatory masses around their implantable infusion pumps. The warnings involved the SynchroMed and IsoMed infusion pumps. They deliver medications to patients. The FDA has now said that makes it a Class I recall. The Food and Drug Administration defines a Class I recall as a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use...

• Hit-and-Run Accident Knocks 13-Year-Old Cyclist Unconscious

  RLF Staff | March 20, 2008 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A young teen driver fled the scene after striking a 13-year-old boy who was riding his bike in Rowlett Wednesday. According to a witness, the driver stopped a few blocks away and was later arrested on a charge of failure to stop and render aid. The boy was knocked unconscious by the blow. A helicopter flew the victim to Parkland Memorial Hospital, and his condition was not available at the time...

• ARTHRITIS DRUG ADDS WARNING

  Beth Janicek | March 20, 2008 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Amgen and Wyeth adds strongest U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to the prescribing information for the arthritis drug Enbrel. Amgen who manufactures the drug has now highlighted the risk of infections, including tuberculosis. The warning, already in boldface, must now be highlighted inside a boxed border, the so- called "black box" warning. In studies of more than 20,000 patients...

• Kent County Judge Retires

  Tim Smith | March 20, 2008 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI

  Judge Kolenda announced his retirement from the Kent County Circuit Court bench. His sense of fairness and an unwaivering quest for the truth makes his loss as a jurist a sad day for the folks of Grand Rapids. He issued an opinion in a case involving one of the Big-3 auto makers who had played games with the plaintiff's attorney and the court in obstructing discovery and witholding evidence. His...

• Courts weaken uninsured motorist coverage

  Don Jacobs | March 20, 2008 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Smart consumers purchase uninsured motorist coverage when they buy insurance for their car. With so many uninsured drivers on the road this coverage is a must. Not only are there more uninsured drivers on the road now than in the past, many who do carry insurance buy the cheapest coverage possible. Most states set thresholds for the lowest coverage you can purchase and still legally drive. ...

• Ritter doctors cleared of malpractice

  Ben Glass | March 20, 2008 8:09 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  On Friday, March 14, a cardiologist and radiologist were cleared by a jury of medical malpractice for the diagnosis and treatment of deceased actor John Ritter. Ritter died of a torn aorta in 2003.A majority of the jurors believed there was no time for the cardiologist summoned to the hospital after the diagnosis of a heart attack to order a chest X-ray which would have discovered the tear.They...