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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Buffalo-Area Innkeeper Cited for Overtime, Pay Violations
Sep-8-10 Tonawanda, NY The operator of a Day's Inn in the Buffalo area is facing an overtime pay citation that will run him close to half a million dollars. The Buffalo News reported on 9/4/10 that Bhagwanji Kunvarji and his business, known as Haven Hospitality, has allegedly been less than hospitable to four housekeepers who have been employed at Kunvarji's... - Town Wants Reimbursement from Ex-Officials for Unum Insurance policy
Sep-8-10 Rostraver, PA Officials in a Pennsylvania town want former commissioners to reimburse the municipality for the Unum insurance policy they held on to after they left office. In July, town resident Donald Bottman told the board of commissioners that former commissioners Harold Hazelbaker and Carl Russell were still on the town's Unum Life Insurance po... - Baja Motorsports Recalls Mini Bikes and Go-Carts
Washington, DC: About 308,000 Baja Motorsports Mini Bikes and Go-Carts are being recalled because the gas cap can leak or detach from the fuel tank on the recalled mini bikes and go-carts, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. In addition, the throttle can stick due to an improperly positioned fuel line and throttle cable, posing a sudden accel... - Child's Death Prompts Recall of Portable Playard Tent
Washington, DC: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC), in cooperation with Tots in Mind Inc., of Salem, N.H., is announcing the recall of about 20,000 (and 85 in Canada) Cozy Indoor Outdoor Portable Playard Tents Plus Cabana Kits. Clips that attach the tent to the top of the playard can break or be removed by a c... - Fresh Express Recalls Expired Romaine Lettuce Products
Washington, DC: Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling certain Romaine lettuce salad products with expired Use-by Dates of July 8 - 12 and an "S" in the Product Code because they may have the potential to be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. No other Fresh Express salads are included in the recall. E. coli O157:H7 is a bacterium that can cause se... - Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Drop-Side Cribs
Washington, DC: Pottery Barn Kids is recalling about 82,000 drop-side cribs because the drop-sides can detach when hardware breaks, creating a space into which a young child can become entrapped, which can lead to suffocation. A child can also fall out of the crib. Drop side incidents also occur due to incorrect assembly and with age-related wear and t... - Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast
Sep-2-10 New Orleans, LA An oil rig exploded this morning in the Gulf of Mexico, roughly 80 miles off the Louisiana coast in Vermillion Bay. All 13 people on board the rig were rescued from the water by a commercial vessel. The latest reports indicate that one of the rig workers was hospitalized with injuries. It is not currently known whether the rig is leakin... - Veterans May Receive More Disability Pay Linked to Agent Orange
Sep-7-10 Dallas, TX In what might be welcome news to veterans who receive VA disability benefits , the list of conditions approved for benefits is about to get longer. The change concerns VA benefits and how they are given to veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will add more health problems to the list of conditi... - Risks of Accutane Still Not Clear
Sep-7-10 Washington, DC The debate over Accutane and its alleged link to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) continues to heat up, with apparent wins for those on both sides of the debate. Some plaintiffs have won judgments and compensation for their pain and suffering, while others have seen their actions defeated or reversed on appeal. The US Food and Drug Admin... - Pfizer Files Lawsuit over Chantix
Sep-7-10 New York, NY Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix , has filed a lawsuit against generic drugmaker Mylan, accusing it of infringing on two patents for the anti-smoking drug. According to The Street , the lawsuit claims that Mylan recently filed an abbreviated drug application with the US Food and Drug Administration, seeking to sell a generic version... - Coumadin 1 mg Tablet Blister Packs Recalled
Washington, DC: The FDA has announced a recall of Coumadin 1 mg Tablet Blister Packs because Bristol-Myers Squibb has determined that some of the tablets, over time, may not meet specification for isopropanol. Isopropanol is used to maintain the active ingredient, Coumadin, in the crystalline state, and could affect the therapeutic levels of the active... - Veterans PTSD Families Question Seroquel, Settlement Announced
Sep-1-10 Washington, DC Veterans PTSD , or post-traumatic stress disorder, is a fact of post-tour life for scores of veterans young and old alike. Now, a medication that has been increasingly prescribed to returning soldiers and post-traumatic stress disorder veterans is the subject of settlement news, a warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and... - Canadian Lawyer under Investigation for Possible Legal Malpractice
Sep-6-10 Kingston, ON A veteran lawyer from the Canadian city of Kingston has been accused of legal malpractice by the Law Society of Upper Canada with respect to various real estate transactions and mortgages associated with those transactions. The fact that the lawyer at the center of the case has spoken to the matter provides some insight into the issue. ... - $363 Million Raised Through Sale of BP Oil Stock
Sep-6-10 London, England British Petroleum recently sold a significant portion of BP oil stock , raising $363 million to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP sold off its chemical assets in Malaysia to Petroliam Nasional and will now focus on its projects in China and India. The London-based BP will sell its 15 percent stake in Ethylene Malaysia Sd... - Yale Study Finds Possible Alternative to Proton Pump Inhibitors
Sep-6-10 New Haven, CT A new study out of Yale shows that zinc salt may offer fast relief from heartburn without the risks associated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The researchers from the Yale School of Medicine were looking into how ion transporters interact during acid secretion and discovered that zinc can stop such secretion. "Our study showed th... - FDA Warns of Liver Injury with Arava
Washington, DC: The FDA is adding information on severe liver injury to the Boxed Warning of Arava (leflunomide) a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis - to highlight the risk of severe liver injury in patients using this drug and how this risk may be reduced. FDA previously required a Boxed Warning stating that leflunomide was contraindicated in pr... - When It's Time to Stop, Coming off Effexor Can Be Difficult
Sep-5-10 Chicago, IL Use of Effexor and other antidepressants in the US doubled to 10 percent of the population between 1996 and 2005. Such widespread use of antidepressants begs consideration of the question: what happens when you have to or want to stop? The doubling of antidepressant use, according to statistics published in a study last year in the Arch... - More Levaquin Tendon Rupture Plaintiffs Take Legal Action
Sep-5-10 St. Clair County, MI A new group of plaintiffs have added their voices to a complaint alleging that the antibiotic Levaquin caused a number of serious health problems."Levaquin-induced tendon injury [involving] the degradation of the tendon tissue, leading to severe and permanent injuries," claims a lawsuit filed on July 8 in St. Clair County Circuit C... - Ambassador to Malta Injured, Nun Killed in California Car Accident
Sep-5-10 Calabasas, CA The US ambassador to Malta was injured in a recent California car accident that killed a nun and injured a 94-year-old clergyman, both passengers in the vehicle. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Ambassador Douglas Kmiec was driving a Hyundai Accent on Mulholland Highway near Calabasas, California, when the vehicle went... - Chile California & Chile Nuevo Mexico Peppers Recalled
Washington, DC: Miravalle Foods Inc, is recalling 37,318 lbs. of "Miravalle Chile California & Miravalle Chile Nuevo Mexico" Brand Peppers" distributed between March 15th and May 6th 2010 to some customers in CA, CO, UT, NC, NE, ID, OR and NV because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious an...