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• Recall on JumpStart External Defribillators

  Greg Owen | March 12, 2009 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Welch Allen is recalling 14,054 AED 10 and MRL JumpStart exteral defribrillators made between Oct. 3 2002, and Jan 25, 2007. The announcement comes after 39 reported incidents, including two that...

• US Airways Flight 1549 Crashes into Hudson River

  Greg Owen | January 15, 2009 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Rescue is in progress for what is said to be 146 passengers on an Airbus 320 flight heading from New York LaGuardia to Charlotte, NC. The pilot was able to land the plane gently on the water after...

• Safe Motorcycle Helmets are Not Cheap, but They Can Be Inexpensive

  Greg Owen | January 09, 2009 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  There is a safe way to buy an inexpensive motorcycle helmet, as long as you do your research. First, it must be made clear that wearing a helmet is, undoubtedly, the best way to prevent injury...

• Are Your New Tires Really New?

  Greg Owen | July 14, 2008 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Many drivers may think they know the answer to the question "Are your new tires really new?" Even if you bought your tires as new, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are new. The tires may be new in...

• FDA Warns - Don't Eat the Tomatoes

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2008 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  You may have noticed warning's to U.S. consumers. Some warning can be seen at restaurants and in supermarkets telling consumers about a salmonellosis outbreak which has been linked to particular...

• Four Die in Crash Involving Amtrack

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On Monday, an Amtrack train carrying 161 passengers collided with a vehicle. The collision was a result of the driver of the vehicle making a decision to drive around the crossing gate, witnesses reported. When you hear stories like this, it seems, truth can be stranger than fiction!Most unfortunately, the driver caused the deaths of three other people besides himself. Thankfully there were no...

• Nokia BL-5C Battery Recalled

  Greg Owen | August 18, 2007 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006 is the subject of an advisory by Nokia. The manufacturer has stated that the affected batteries could over heat and short circuit. More than 300 million BL-5C batteries have been produced by several suppliers. This particular advisory applies to 46 million batteries...

• Sexual Harassment Involving College Professors

  Greg Owen | July 15, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The University of Missouri-Kansas City's pockets are a little lighter after they settled a one million dollar lawsuit that was filed due to sexual harassment of two of their professors. In the complaint that was filed two women, Linda Garavalia and Megan Pinkston-Camp, claim that the university did absolutely nothing after getting complaints about the sexual misconduct. The accused professors...

• More Recalled Products from China

  Greg Owen | July 06, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Of late, the phrase "made in China" makes many consumers downright uneasy. There have been so many recalled products that came from China people are proceeding with extreme caution, and who can blame them. Product recalls from China continued this week when a New York company recalled two snack food products. The recalled products were feared to be contaminated with salmonella, which was traced...

• Parents of College Student Sue Over Fraternity Hazing Related Death

  Greg Owen | September 22, 2009 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The parents of the Cal Poly fraternity pledge who died last year after an alleged hazing incident have filed a lawsuit against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and nine of its members. Carson...