Miscellaneous

• Presidential Candidate Romney Victim of Laptop Theft

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Those who do not learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat them. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has apparently learned some of the lessons from recent high profile laptop thefts involving government agencies such as the Veterans Administration and private business such as Stevens Hospital in Washington. Over the weekend, burglars broke into Candidate Romney's campaign...

• Major Data Breach at Monster.com Exposes 1.3 Million Personal Records

  Staff Writer | September 02, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  This past week, Monster.com disclosed that thieves hacked into and stole confidential information about several hundred thousand job seekers posted in 1.3 million records.According to a Fox news report,The information, which included first and last names, e-mail and home addresses and phone numbers, was then used to send "phishing" e-mails to members, apparently from Monster.com, encouraging...

• Are On-Line Pharmacies Trafficking Narcotic Drugs?

  Staff Writer | August 29, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Perhaps you have seen stories or received spam e-mail messages from on-line pharmacies offering instant access to prescription drugs at low cost. You want a percocet or vicodin but your family doctor did not prescribe it for you? No worries. Just log onto your spam-friendly Internet pharmacy, fill out a brief questionnaire, pay for your medication with a credit card and in no time, you will...

• Court Blasts Sheriff's Office for "Arbitrary and Capricious" Action Against a Local Newspaper

  Geoff Trachtenberg | August 28, 2007 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Another new opinion from Division One, West Valley View v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, blasts the Marcopa County Sheriff's Office. In short, Sherriff Joe decided he did not like the coverage by the West Valley View, a local newspaper, so he eliminated the West Valley View from the electronic distribution list for press releases and refused to respond to public records requests or provide...

• Dog Food Recalled Due to Salmonella

  Courtney Mills | August 22, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Mars Petcare has announced in tandem with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it is recalling its 'Red Flannel Adult Formula' dry dog food and its 'Krasdale Gravy' dry dog food. Mars Petcare has issued this recall because of a potential for the dog food to be contaminated with Salmonella.The FDA and Mars Petcare are under taking the recall as a precautionary measure after FDA...

• Insurers Profits Rising Based on Bad Business Practices?

  Staff Writer | August 10, 2007 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  A recent article in the on-line publication Bloomberg suggests that anti-consumer insurance industry practices have led to a stark increase in insurance profits in recent years. According to Bloomberg, consumers have been bearing the burden of bad-faith insurance industry practices:Insurers often pay 30-60 percent of the cost of rebuilding a damaged home -- even when carriers assure homeowners...

• Rescue Crews Send Mike Down to Check on Miners

  Courtney Mills | August 10, 2007 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Rescue efforts involving over a hundred of people in Huntington, Utah have lasted several torturous days as workers struggled to find trapped colleagues. Six miners were trapped 1,500 feet beneath collapsed rubble in a coal mine, the unfortunate result of a disastrous mining accident that occurred early Monday, August 6. The fate of the men has not yet been established.Early rescue efforts...

• Medical Plane Crash in New Mexico Kills 5

  Jenny Albano | August 06, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  A medical plane crashed on the night of August 5 and all 5 passengers, including a women and her young daughter, were killed in the accident.Those deceased include 15 month-old Lilly Smith and her mother Tracy Smith, a 56 year-old pilot, a 44 year-old male nurse, and a 40 year-old paramedic. The names of the three staff members have not been released so authorities could contact next of kin.The...

• Man Paralyzed with Botulism Poisoning

  Jenny Albano | August 03, 2007 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  A man in New Mexico was found to have botulism poisoning. State health officials are trying to figure out if the man ate any food that was included in the Castelberry's Food Co. recall.Castleberry's Food Company has recalled over 90 different brands of canned food and pet food because cans of hot dog chili sauce were found to contain the bacterium that causes botulism.The 52 year-old man, whose...

• TV News Helicopter Collision Kills All 4 On Board

  Jenny Albano | July 30, 2007 7:48 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ

  On July 28, two TV news helicopters crashed into each other while trying to follow a police chase in Phoenix, Arizona. The helicopters collided over Steele Indian School Park around 12:40 P.M. and crashed into the lawn in front of a boarded-up church. The choppers were engulfed in flames and all four people in the two helicopters died.Killed on board the KTVK chopper were pilot Scott Bowerbank...