Posts tagged bus

• Woman Gunned Down by Ex Had Sought RO

  Linda Chalat | April 27, 2012 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A California woman had sought an emergency restraining order against her estranged husband a week before he shot her in a murder-suicide on last week outside a divorce lawyer’s office...

• Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

  Linda Chalat | June 15, 2011 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Each year, hundreds of thousands of older persons are abused, neglected, and exploited. In addition, many seniors throughout the United States lose an estimated $2.6 billion or more annually due...

• Prescription Painkillers Pose Danger

  Linda Chalat | April 20, 2011 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  To halt prescription drug abuse, the nation's fast-growing drug problem, Congress is seeking special training for doctors and other health care workers before they are allowed to prescribe powerful...

• Denver Student In Critical Condition After School Bus Accident

  Chrissie Cole | April 30, 2010 9:08 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A fifth grader is in critical condition after he was run over trying to catch his school bus on Friday morning. It appears the boy, 12, was late and running alongside the bus pounding on it to...

• Colorado Ballot Initiative Would Require Companies to Provide Health Insurance

  Linda Snyder | January 28, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Tuesday, January 29th, there will be a public hearing on a proposed ballot initiative at the State Capital in Denver."The Fair Share Health Care Initiative" would make an amendment in the Colorado Constitution requiring companies that employ 20 or more to offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents.A Colorado Springs postal worker, Chuck Bader, initially wrote the...

• Two Companies to pay $407 million for Mistakes in Big Dig Project

  Linda Snyder | January 24, 2008 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Wednesday, January 23rd, two companies that managed and designed the Big Dig project in Boston, MA, will have to pay $407 million to the state and federal governments due to leaky tunnels and a fatal ceiling collapse which killed a woman who was driving through a tunnel to Logan International Airport.The two companies, Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff acknowledged...

• Plane Diverts Landing in Denver due to Severe Turbulence

  Linda Snyder | January 21, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Monday morning, a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had to land in Denver due to severe turbulence.As soon as the plane landed, paramedics came on scene to take two flight attendants and eight passengers that were injured on board to a nearby hospital.The plane landed at 3:00am according to the Denver International Airport and the plane checked out ok for...

• F.D.A. says Food from Cloned Animals is Safe

  Linda Snyder | January 16, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Tuesday, January 15th, the Food and Drug Administration stated that food from cloned animals is safe to eat. This makes it possible for milk and meat from cloned cows to be sold in grocery stores.Numerous farmers and cloning companies have been pushing the government to approve products from cloned animals for some time. However, animal breeding takes time so it may be many years before we...

• It Pays to be Healthy

  April Armani | July 12, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  New health plan pays for healthy choices.UnitedHealthcare unveiled a new program this month which will allow Coloradoans to save as much as $4000.00 in their insurance deductibles if insureds maintain low blood pressure and smoke free, among other things. The plan, called "Vital Measures" will be tested in Colorado, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plan is only available to those...

• Two People Pleaded Guilty to Federal Arson For Their Role in the 1998 Vail Ski Resort Fire

  Staff Writer | December 17, 2006 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Thursday, December 14th, two people pleaded guilty to federal arson charges for their role in the 1998 Vail ski resort fire. The blaze did $12 million worth of damage and gained national attention to the activities of radical environmentalists. The Two Elk Lodge, a restaurant, ski patrol office, and operators' shack of four ski lifts were all burned in the fire. Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas...