Miscellaneous

• Report Finds Heavy Toll From Medication Errors

  Staff Writer | August 08, 2006 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. The report is the fourth in a series done by the institute, the nation's most prestigious medical advisory organization, that has called attention to the enormous health and...

• Use Of Forensic Evidence In Sport And Personal Injury Cases

  Michael Myers | August 08, 2006 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A French official said that Floyd Landis' doping samples contained synthetic testosterone -- indicating the substance came from an outside source.The announcement came after a second doping test came up positive earlier Saturday. The American Tour de France champion responded by saying he "never taken any banned substance" and that he won because he "was the strongest man" in the race.The...

• Roll Over Accident on I-5

  Michael Myers | August 08, 2006 7:11 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two people were hurt after a fiery crash on I-5 near SeaTac Monday morning. State Patrol troopers said it started as a hit and run crash on I-5 North in Federal Way between a Ford Excursion and another vehicle. There were no injuries in that crash, but the Excursion took off. Troopers say the driver eventually flipped the car while trying to get off the South 200th Street exit and the car...

• Everett Woman Dies in Tragic Boating Accident

  Michael Myers | August 08, 2006 6:54 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 21-year-old Everett woman died over the weekend after a boating accident in Eastern Washington.Olga Davydenko died Saturday after she was thrown from a boat on Alta Lake near Pateros in Okanogan County. She was hit by teh boat's propeller.According to an Okanogan County Sheriff's Office news release, she had been riding in the bow of the boat when the boat's driver made a sharp turn, ejecting...

• Brothers Killed in Separate Motorcycle Accidents

  Michael Myers | August 08, 2006 6:35 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two brothers were killed in separate motorcycle accidents on the same stretch of road and within just two hours of each other. One was headed to the scene of his brother's accident.Steven Kerr, 37, of West Sunbury, was killed late Saturday when his motorcycle crashed into a speed limit sign on state Route 38, state police said.Less than two hours later and only about 100 yards away, 29-year-old...

• Family Tragedy--Teen Run Over by Sister on Lake Sammamish

  Michael Myers | August 07, 2006 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A teenager was run over by a boat driven by his sister during an outing on Lake Sammamish. The 16-year-old boy was swimming with his father near a buoy offshore Thursday evening around 9:30. The boy was in critical condition in Harborview Medical Center Friday in the intensive care unit.His 18-year-old sister was in the family's 19-foot ski boat returning from visiting friends on another part...

• Adelphia and Motorola Part of SEC Investigation

  Staff Writer | August 07, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  An August 5, 2006, AP story out of Washington points to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investment fraud investigation of Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest cell phone maker, and Adelphia Communications Corp., a Colorado-based company that was the fifth largest cable maker in the nation at one time. Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son Timothy faced a 2004 conviction of...

• Fraud Settlement Helps Coloradan Consumers

  Staff Writer | August 07, 2006 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  An August 5, 2006 AP article details a $70 million securities fraud settlement that will help Coloradans who fell prey to a company that targeted military personnel. The Texas-based company, American-Amicable Life Insurance Co. reportedly duped 90,000 consumers, including 70,000 military personnel."Sales agents misled military personnel to believe they could earn $1 million in 20 years if they...

• Vail Resorts May Be Sued by SEC

  Staff Writer | August 07, 2006 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  According to a recent report, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may file a civil lawsuit against Vail Resorts, Inc., a company that owns ski resorts in both Wyoming and Colorado. With investigations beginning in 2003, the SEC has brought into question the company's financial restatements after changing the way it accounted for club fees in 2002.

• I WANT TO BE IN STURGIS!!

  Craig Kelley | August 07, 2006 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  In spite of the fact that there is too many people, too much traffic, too many accidents, and too many inexperienced riders that have not taken the proper motorcycle safety courses:I really wish I was up in the Black Hills riding Needles Highway, Iron Mountain Road, and checking out Mount Rushmore under the lights after an afternoon of tranquility at Sylvan Lake.So, all of you who did get to...