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• Foster Kids Put On Drugs At Alarming Rates

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2009 10:26 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A new report by the state finds that hundreds of kids in foster care have been placed on psychiatric drugs by their caregivers in Northeast Florida. What’s especially shocking is that no one...

• Super Speeder Fines Increase In Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It may not pay to be a super speeder in Georgia. Those who drive fast on the state’s highway are facing an increased fine of $200 that would accomplish two goals. First, to get speeders to...

• Jacksonville Link To Killer of Adam Walsh

  Eddie Farah | December 16, 2008 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  27 years is a long time to look for closure, not that it can ever come when your child is murdered. Today the Hollywood, Florida police chief announced that the 1981 murder of Adam Walsh had been...

• $16.6 Million Duragesic Pain Patch Trial Ends

  Eddie Farah | November 24, 2008 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The trial of a woman who died from an overdose of the drug delivered through the Duragesic pain-killing patch is over. The jury awarded her husband and three children $16.6 million. The Chicago...

• Florida Vision Test Works To Reduce Elderly Deaths On The Road

  Eddie Farah | November 14, 2008 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was almost five years ago now that Florida changed its law to require elderly drivers, age 80 and above, to have their vision tested before they renew their drivers license. It turns out that...

• 5-Year-Old's Asthma Death At School Results In Wrongful Death Suit

  Eddie Farah | October 25, 2008 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The tragic death of a five-year-old boy who suffered an asthma attack at the beginning of school last year has resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit. Trenton Stokes died in August 2007. It was his...

• Red-Light Runners- Smile Your On Candid Camera

  Eddie Farah | September 03, 2008 11:42 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Those who feel compelled to run red lights have a new challenge in Florida. This week a new technology will take images of red-light runners and automatically issue them a ticket. The new...

• OSHA Cites Jacksonville's T2 Laboratories For December Explosion

  Eddie Farah | June 18, 2008 11:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was a blast that was seen for miles away. Last December 19th, a chemical plant on the Northside of Jacksonville exploded. Four people were killed and many were injured. The...

• Officer Killed by Drunk Driver Auto Accident

  Eddie Farah | February 01, 2008 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Not that there was much doubt about the cause of the auto accident, but a man who drove into a car driven by a Jacksonville police officer last October has been charged with DUI manslaughter.57-year old Joseph May was driving a van near New Berlin Road and Heckscher Drive around 11:30 October 13th. He struck the door of Officer Scott Bell's patrol car causing the cruiser to spin around, hit a...

• Growing Number of Floridians Without Health Insurance

  Eddie Farah | November 02, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Here are the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.They tell us that Floridians are increasingly opting to go without health insurance. The latest count -- one in four residents, under age 65, did not have health insurance coverage last year. In terms of numbers, that translates to almost four million Floridians. Back in 2002, one in five Floridians lacked health coverage. Those numbers...