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• Liability for alcohol consumption at your home

  Sam Bazar | August 07, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Can you be held responsible for the acts of a Drunk Driver who drank at your home and then injures someone on the road?

• Spiderman Water Bottles Sold at Sears Recalled Due to Choking Hazard

  Jenny Albano | February 20, 2008 10:16 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Fast Forward LLC, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 6,600 Spiderman Water Bottles due to a choking hazard.Screws under the bottle's lid can come loose and fall into the cup, posing a choking hazard to children. The firm has received three reports of screws coming loose under the water bottle's lid. No injuries have been reported.The water bottles have a picture of Spiderman on...

• Careful Using Space Heaters During the Winter

  Jenny Albano | November 18, 2007 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Space heaters can pose a significant risk of fire or electrical shocks if they are not used properly and safely. Space heaters are the leading cause of home fires during December, January and February-but such disasters can be prevented with a few simple precautions.When used improperly, space heaters-gas-fueled, kerosene-fueled or electric, fixed or portable, wood stoves and fireplaces can all...

• President Bush Vetoes Children's Health Insurance Program

  Courtney Mills | October 03, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  President Bush exerted his veto power for the fourth time of his presidency today, upsetting legislation that would expand a children's healthcare program.Democrats in Congress appeared undaunted about overriding the President's veto of the legislation, but Democratic senators on the hill are not likely to muster the 2/3 majority required to reverse the veto.This law would benefit lower income...

• Shaw's Supermarkets Beef Patties Recall Across New England

  Courtney Mills | September 06, 2007 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Fairbanks Farms, a large national retail supplier of ground beef patties and retail packaged meat products, has recalled certain lots of its packaged beef patties due to fear of E. coli contamination.Fairbanks announced the recall of the beef patties in the New England distribution area on Wednesday. The patties might have been purchased by consumers between 7am and 11am in Shaw's Supermarkets...

• Man Dies after Rhode Island Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A man has died a few weeks after his neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain.As an emergency operation at Rhode Island Hospital was underway to stanch bleeding in a patient's brain, Dr. Frederick Harrington's nurse practitioner allegedly neglected to record which side of his patient's head needed surgery. According to reports, when another nurse pointed out what required...

• 3 Deaths in Rollover Car Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 17, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Three people died in a rollover crash on Thursday afternoon, and a fourth was injured, in Tiverton, Rhode Island, the police said. The driver was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle, causing his car to edge off the roadway and flip over, sliding onto its roof. The accident occurred at approximately 5:00pm.The driver and two of the passengers were killed...

• Hip Protectors Don't Stop Fractures in Falls

  Jenny Albano | August 08, 2007 7:44 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that padded hip protectors worn by the elderly do not prevent fractures if a person falls. The study monitored 1,000 nursing home residents at an average age of 85. The researchers had the participants wear the protector on one hip and leave the other one free to compare the results. After 20 months, the fracture rate between...

• FDA Stops Import of Chinese Fish

  Jenny Albano | June 29, 2007 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  On Thursday, June 28, the FDA banned the import of five different kinds of fish and shrimp from China. The seafood contained drugs that have been found to cause cancer.The species include catfish, shrimp, eels, basa -- a kind of catfish -- and the carp-like dace. The FDA is not ordering that the products be pulled out of restaurants or from supermarket shelves but said that all incoming...

• Naples Medical Malpractice Trial Wrapping Up

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 11:19 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A medical malpractice case in Naples, Florida is close to finishing and being put before the jury. Melvin Dill is suing gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Marks for the death of his wife. The doctor performed a colonoscopy on Judith Dill, which resulted in complications that lead to her death. Dill, who lived at Citrus Park in Bonita Springs with her elderly blind father each winter, went to...