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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- California Chicken Products Recalled
Gourmet Foods, Inc., a Rancho Dominquez, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 130 pounds of various ready-to-eat chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The ready-to-eat chicken products were distributed to retail establishments in the... - MTD Recalls Utility Vehicles Due to Fire Hazard
Approximately 700 Cub Cadet 4 x 4 EFI Volunteer Utility Vehicles are being recalled by the manufacturer, MTD of Brownsville, TN, due to excessive heat that causes the wiring harness to melt. MTD has received five reports of heat damage to the vehicle. There have been no reports of personal injury. The recalled utility vehicle is a four-wheel drive... - Deadly Bus Crash Among the Worst in Nation's History
Aug-11-08 Sherman, TX A horrific Texas bus crash took 17 lives on Friday, making it one of the deadliest in history. Preliminary investigations reveal a growing trail of outrageous conduct that somehow did not prevent the doomed bus from venturing out onto the nation's highways, loaded with passengers, when it had no business doing so. The tour bus was carr... - Pfizer Warns of Liver Problems with Somavert
Pfizer Canada Inc., following discussions with Health Canada, is informing Canadians of the increased risk of liver problems when SOMAVERT (pegvisomant) is taken in combination with a somatostatin analogue (octreotide acetate). SOMAVERT is a medicine used for the treatment of acromegaly (a disease caused when the body produces too much growth hormone)... - 100 Die in Sudan Plane Crash
A plane carrying approximately 200 passengers and crew has crashed in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, while attempting to land. At least 100 people on board are believed dead, while 13 of the 14 crew are believed to be alive. The identities of the passengers on board have not been released. The plane was en route from Amman, Jordon. Early reports say tha... - Morphine Sulfate Tablet Recall
ETHEX Corporation notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of a single lot of morphine sulfate 60 mg extended release tablets (Lot No. 91762) due to a report of a tablet with twice the appropriate thickness. Oversized tablets may contain as much as two times the labeled level of active morphine sulfate. The lot was distributed by ETHEX... - Camouflage Pajama Sets Recalled
About 28,00 children's camouflage pajama sets are being recalled due to excessive lead. The manufacturer, The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc., of Secaucus, N.J., issued a voluntary recall of its long and short sleeved pajama sets with a blue shirt that has a red screenprint that reads 'Athletics 90' .pajama sets were sold in boys' sizes XXS (2/3) t... - Medical Helicopter Accidents Spark FAA Concern
A recent spate of medical helicopter accidents has federal aviation authorities concerned, following four fatal crashes in nearly as many months. On June 8, a helicopter carrying a nurse, a paramedic, a 58-year old patient, and the pilot crashed into a wood near Huntsville, Texas. Everyone on board was killed. Three other accidents have occur... - Golf Cart Injuries Indicate Need for Safety Measures
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that there were more than 48,255 golf-cart related injuries between 2002 and 2005, with the highest injury rates observed in males 10-19 years old and those over 80. Golf carts are becoming a popular means of transportation away from golf courses, and this research suggests that inj... - Desert Hot Springs City, CA agrees to pay $47,500 settlement in wrongful demotion lawsuit.
Palm Springs, CA: (May-24-08) Former Desert Hot Springs police Sgt. David Henderson brought a civil rights lawsuit against the Desert Hot Springs City in 2006, naming then-Police Chief Walter McKinney and former City Manager Jerry Hanson as defendants, alleging that he was wrongly demoted from lieutenant to sergeant. Henderson claimed that the demotion w... - Missouri Attorney General's Office to pay $26,000 settlement in disability discrimination lawsuit.
Jefferson City, MO: (May-28-08) Marla Grothoff, a quadriplegic woman, brought charges against Attorney General Jay Nixon's office, alleging that she was discriminated against on the basis of her disability. Records show that Grothoff was one of 16 attorneys in the Department of Social Services' Child Support Enforcement Division whose jobs were eliminate... - The Pasha Group agrees to pay $13 million settlement in bid-rigging and price-fixing lawsuit.
San Diego, CA: (May-29-08) The Federal Government brought charges against the Pasha Group, which processes about 200,000 cars and trucks annually at the National City marine terminal, alleging that the company participated in a bid-rigging conspiracy to fix prices charged to move goods belonging to US military and related personnel stationed in Europe. ... - Nassau, NY agrees to pay $215,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Nassau, NY agrees to pay $215,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. Nassau, NY: (May-29-08) The estate of Eileen Tosner, a 73-year-old lady, brought a lawsuit against Nassau County, after a former psychiatric patient shot and killed Tosner, of Lynbrook, and a priest during a Mass in Lynbrook in 2002. County officials confirmed that the Nassau Legis... - Newark, NY, Seton Hall University and Argenbright Security to pay $5.5 million settlement in murder/suicide lawsuit.
Newark, NY: (May-29-08) The family of Sohayla Massachi brought charges against the city of Newark, after the Seton Hall student was killed by her ex-boyfriend because 9-1-1 personnel botched a call reporting the woman's abduction. The suit stated that the city was negligent when an operator gave the wrong make and model of the car Sohayla was pulled into... - Air and Water At Risk in Michigan
Two significant new Canadian industrial projects - a heavy oil mega-refinery and an underground radioactive waste repository - have residents and business in Michigan sounding alarms. Shell Canada plans to build an oil refinery along the shores of the St. Clair river, which currently runs through farmland, and plays host to a number of marinas. The refi... - Wrong Patients Selected for Cardiac Devices
Patients with advanced heart failure may be receiving implantable cardiac devices that do not help them because they are too ill to benefit from the treatment, a Saint Louis University study found. Implantable cardiac devices were not intended for, or studied as 'rescue therapy' for very ill hospitalized patients with heart failure, the study authors r... - Fremont Plane Crash Kills Six
Six people, including a former state lawmaker, were killed in a plane crash in Ohio Sunday afternoon. The plane went down in a residential area of Fremont, near Freemont Airport. The plane was carrying sightseers, as part of a Lions Club pancake breakfast fund raiser hosted by the Gene Damschroder. No severe weather conditions were reported in the... - Potentially Fatal MRSA Bacteria Has Entered Food Chain
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging federal agencies to check for methacylin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in meat sold across the country. The highly infectious bacteria was recently found in farm workers and pigs in Iowa and Illinois by an assistant professor and her graduate students. In fact, they found that more than 70 percent of... - Private Investigators to pay over $600,000 settlement in boardroom spying case.
Washington, DC: (May-28-08) The Federal Trade Commission brought charges against several private investigators, alleging that they fraudulently obtained consumers' private phone records without their knowledge and consent and sold them to third parties. The suit claimed that Hewlett-Packard Co., a Palo Alto, CA, based company, hired the investigators in... - The Virginia Public Utilities and Foster Wheeler Corp. to pay over $100,000 penalty in wood-fired boilers violation lawsuit.
Duluth, MN: (May-29-08) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency brought charges against the Virginia Public Utilities, alleging that there were several violations at the utility starting in 2007. The suit stated that the violations were over the start-up of the utility's new wood-fired biomass boiler. As part of a settlement reached in the case, the Virgi...