Miscellaneous

• Back-to-school time is time to guard against abduction

  Pierce Egerton | August 24, 2011 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  It was an outrageous case of child abduction. A little girl was taken from her elementary school in Mississippi – multiple times – apparently with the unwitting cooperation of the...

• Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella -- Current Litigation

  Brenda Fulmer | August 24, 2011 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  There are now more than 7,500 individual lawsuits pending in state and federal courts involving girls and young women who suffered blood clots (leading to deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism,...

• Early Fetal Sex Test Raises Ethical Concerns

  David Mittleman | August 24, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Boy or girl: it's usually the first thing people want to know after learning that they are pregnant. Thanks to advances in medical research, couples can now know the sex of their baby much earlier...

• Dismal Swamp Fires Creating Problems for Hampton Roads Residents

  Kevin Duffan | August 23, 2011 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Since August 4, 2011, when it was first spotted, the Great Dismal Swamp fire has been in the headlines nearly every day and has been affecting those of us living in the Hampton Roads area. And now,...

• Salads for Every School!

  Jessica Hoerman | August 23, 2011 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  If you haven't visited your local school cafeteria in a while - I would suggest that now might be a good time to do so. Does your school have a salad bar? If not, why not? Thanks to Whole...

• Bicycle Safety Tips That Will Hopefully Help Protect Bicyclists From Serious Injuries

  Claude Wyle | August 23, 2011 6:21 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  We all can agree that to most cyclists, safety is of high importance. Yet, many cyclists have vastly different ideas as to how to ride safely whether in traffic or even off road. Below, I make some...

• Schools Requiring Vaccine Updates for All Students

  David Carney | August 23, 2011 6:08 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Pennsylvania schools are requiring students to update their vaccinations before returning to school in the upcoming school year. School officials say the vaccination requirements would bring...

• Vatican Denies Responsibility for Sexually Abusive Priests

  John McKiggan | August 23, 2011 5:08 PM | 7 CommentsHalifax, NS

  The Washington Post has reported on litigation in Oregon that seeks to prove that the Vatican should be held liable for alleged sexual abuse by Father Andrew Ronan. The lawsuit hopes to prove that...

• New Jersey Earthquake - Are you kidding me?

  Andrew D'Arcy | August 23, 2011 4:59 PM | 2 CommentsAtlantic City, NJ

  New Jersey just encountered a force that we were not prepared for and no, we are not talking about the cast of Jersey Shore. Just before 2pm on August 23rd, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck in...

• Fayetteville police seize bath salts drug from “smoke shops”

  Pierce Egerton | August 23, 2011 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Despite the fact that North Carolina outlawed the deadly synthetic drug known as “bath salts” on June 1st, it is still being sold. Police in Fayetteville searched seven businesses on...