Steve Klearman |
November 24, 2009 4:54 PMReno, NV
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn September 29, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration alerted consumers about Toyota and Lexus vehicles experiencing unintended acceleration due to the accelerator becoming...
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David Mittleman |
December 07, 2009 9:28 AM |
Lansing, MI
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Zhu Zhu Pets are the latest toy craze this holiday season. However, according to some safety experts, the stuffed hamster look-alikes contain unsafe levels of tin and antimony. Antimony is a...
Steve Lombardi |
December 01, 2009 9:01 AM |
Des Moines, IA
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Wrongful DeathToday looks like the day Scott Rothstein will be charged and then arrested by the FBI. He claims to not be talking but those who have followed this story closely see it differently. Rothstein has...
Brett Emison |
December 01, 2009 10:27 AM |
Kansas City, MO
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Automobile AccidentsChris Weiss of MotorCrave.com has reported that the largest recall in Toyota history -- an attempt to solve the sudden acceleration problem that has plagued Toyota for more than five years -- caught...
Brett Emison |
November 30, 2009 11:09 AM |
Kansas City, MO
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Automobile AccidentsThe Los Angeles Times has reported that safety data points to Toyota electronic throttles -- not floor mats -- as the primary cause of sudden acceleration problems.
Amid widening concern over...
Beth Janicek |
November 30, 2009 1:25 PM |
San Antonio, TX
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToyota Motor Corp. claims the gas pedal design in more than 4 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles makes them vulnerable to being trapped open by floor mats. On Wednesday it announced a costly recall...
Brett Emison |
November 30, 2009 10:10 AM |
Kansas City, MO
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsSeveral news organizations, including the Kansas City Star have reported an overturned tractor trailer spilled hydrochloric acid in the northbound lanes of I-35 on the Paseo Bridge in Kansas City,...
Paul Napoli |
December 03, 2009 8:35 AM |
New York City, NY
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Miscellaneous December 2, 2009
A popular Philly local musician and high school counselor went to a hospital emergency room on Saturday complaining of heart attack symptoms. He sat untreated in the waiting room...
Jane Akre |
December 07, 2009 11:23 AM |
National News DeskMr Squiggles, the Zhu Zhu Pets Hampster is not being recalled, but is the focus of a low rating from the for-profit consumer group, GoodGuide, because of a high level of the metal, antimony.