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• Automobile Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Greg Owen | September 18, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Yesterday, in Jamestown, California, an extremely drunk driver, Herondina Pinherosias, pulled into the intersection without having the right of way. The victim, Clement Cope was driving eastbound on Highway 120 and Sims Road when the incident occured and was given no time to react. The drunk driver suffered a broken arm, in additional to other injuries. To make matters worse, Pinherosias was...

• Defective Candles Recalled

  Greg Owen | September 09, 2007 8:57 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Hayes Company Inc. Recalls Outdoor Candles Due to Fire and Burn HazardsThe Consumer Product Safety Commision announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of "Avant Yarde" Decorative Glaze Outdoor Candles. In all, 83, 000 units will be recalled. The problem with this particular defective product is that it is feared that the candle wax may be a fire hazard. The wax produces a high flame,...

• Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Brain

  Greg Owen | August 27, 2007 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  An 86-year-old man underwent emergency surgery at Rhode Island Hospital on July 30. The surgery was necessitated due to bleeding in the patient's brain. It appears that a nurse practitioner did not record which side of the brain was in need of surgery. Unbelievably, Dr. Frederick Harrington did not check a CT scan for the missing information, instead he committed medical malpractice and actually...

• Avandia to Stay on Market

  Greg Owen | August 09, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In spite of the fact that dozens of studies strongly suggest that taking the diabetes drug Avandia points to a significantly increased risk of heart attack, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously acknowledged that fact, an advisory panel determined that Advandia could stay on the market. While the FDA is not required to follow the advise of the advisory panel, it usually does....

• Menu Food Sues ChemNutra Inc. Due to Tainted Pet Food Ingredient

  Greg Owen | May 24, 2007 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A lawsuit was filed on Monday by Menu food as a result of the tainted pet food ingredient that was supplied to them by ChemNutra, Inc. Menu Foods is now asking for damages substantially in excess of $75, 000. ChemNutra fired back the claim that Menu Foods waited weeks prior to advising them of potential problems. The pet food ingredient, wheat gluten, contained melamine, which is a toxic...

• First Pet Food Recall - Now, Human Food Chain Affected

  Greg Owen | May 04, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Of late, the recall food situation has gotten out of hand. As if it was not bad enough that we have had an ever-increasing array of pet food recalled, now the contamination has reached the human food chain. Yes, I'm afraid so. The latest scare began when it came to light that 'byproducts' of the contaminated pet food had been fed to hogs - who knew hogs were eating pet food. That's another...

• Salmonella Contamination Goes Globel

  Greg Owen | February 27, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  It has been widely reported that the particular peanut butter containing Salmonella that has been found in 41 of the 50 U.S. states was also sold in more than 60 other countries on three other continents and islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, according to the manufacturer. Some of those sales were in Europe, South America, Africa, Brazil, Belize, British Virgin Islands, U. S. Virgin...