- Eddie Farah | March 30, 2007 2:49 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Florida Highway Patrol is trying to find the driver of a tractor-trailer truck that hit and killed a motorcyclist Wednesday morning, and then kept driving southbound.It happened just north of Airport Road when the motorcyclist from Woodbine, GA drove in front of the back half of the tandum-trailer. The motorcycle driver was ejected and run over by the rig's back wheels while the trucker...
- Eddie Farah | March 28, 2007 5:27 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt almost sounds like a comedy skit on Jay Leno. The president of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine says he couldn't find a "felon-free" crew to complete construction on campus including the girl's dormitory.Is it that tough to find reliable workers in Florida? This despite the fact that school employees have been complaining for nine months that the school is showing a...
- Eddie Farah | March 26, 2007 5:01 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeYou are having chest pains and emergency room doctors believe it's a heart attack.Most commonly they turn to angioplasty - a procedure that inserts a tiny balloon into a block heart artery and inflates it so a stent can be permanently placed there.A new landmark study says about half a million of these procedures are unnecessary--the results could be as easily achieved with drugs. The findings...
- Eddie Farah | March 24, 2007 12:13 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis is a story that broke one week ago and the news just keeps getting worse.16 pets have now died from consuming canned cat and dog food produced by Menu Foods of Canada and produced in their two U.S. plants. Today Cornell University scientists found traces of a rat poison in cans they tested and they predict more dogs and cats will die. The FDA has recalled more than 60 million...
- Eddie Farah | March 23, 2007 11:34 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAnother accident in the streets of Jacksonville highlights just how dangerous police pursuits can be.This time three men in a truck whose driver appeared "suspicious" to police, took off in a neighborhood of Edgewood Avenue. Police began a high speed chase which lasted about 20 minutes, putting all of us in danger. They then deployed stop-sticks in order to blow out the tires of the fleeing...
- Eddie Farah | March 19, 2007 5:38 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBloomberg News has compiled data showing that a surge in prescriptions for Seroquel and other anti-psychotic drugs in its class are being promoted by drugmakers for use by teenagers and the elderly. Doctors are prescribing these drugs to treat mental-health issues and Alzheimer's disease, even though those are considered off-label use. Legally doctors, desperate for solutions to these ills, can...
- Eddie Farah | March 16, 2007 3:37 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYou can't watch an hour of television without seeing an ad for a drug. In fact, if drug advertising were pulled, it might threaten the entire broadcast industry.Among the most popular ads and profitable (3 billion in sales last year) are those for sleep aids such as Ambien and Lunesta. Restful sleep they promise with no side-effects. But wait a minute -- the FDA says there may be a rash of...
- Eddie Farah | March 15, 2007 3:22 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you've ever travelled north of Jacksonville toward Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach, the sheer number of big-rigs loaded to the top with pine logs heading north is overwhelming.But a van carrying adult passengers from a rehab center didn't see one of those tractor-trailers stopped and rear-ended it Wednesday morning. The van driver and two other passengers were killed instantly when logs...
- Eddie Farah | March 14, 2007 5:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousBlue Cross Blue Shield is not going to be asking what Brown can do for it anytime soon.It seems a CD with personal and medical information on 75,000 clients of WellPoint has disappeared. WellPoint, is an independent licensee of Blue's New York unit, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. It's making the uncomfortable calls to members that their social security numbers as well as account numbers,...
- Eddie Farah | March 10, 2007 7:47 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI honestly don't spend much time watching YouTube, the online marketplace for anyone who wants to say nearly anything with a video. But I thought this was a creative and useful tool to warn new drivers, mostly aggressive young males, about the consequences of driving drunk. Afterall, how are you going to teach them? With a lecture at a podium and power point presentation? I don't think so. ...
- Eddie Farah | March 09, 2007 12:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt might not be the most high-profile issue in front of the Florida Legislature this session, but the impending October 1st sunset of PIP automobile insurance is an issue that affects all Floridians and their bank accounts.Consider this--an uninsured motorist is in an auto accident. Regardless of who is at fault, PIP (Personal Injury Protection) provisions of your auto insurance offer $10,000...
- Eddie Farah | March 08, 2007 6:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt is supposed to be a fun-fest for lovers of motorcycles, but so far six motorcyclists have died on Florida's roads during the festivities in Daytona Beach.The latest occured when two motorcyclists died in a head-on crash. 31-year old Brian Charles Greene was in the westbound lane driving east passing a line of cars when he collided with 46-year old Charles Bigbee. Both men were from Deltona...
- Eddie Farah | March 02, 2007 10:10 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe mystery has been partially solved. Thursday the FDA announced it has found the same strain of salmonella at a ConAgra plant in Georgia that's been linked to more than 370 cases of food poisioning from peanut butter around the country.The company recalled Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter February 14th after peanut butter was found to be the link to salmonella sicknesses since August...
- Eddie Farah | March 01, 2007 11:04 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMost of us will admit that driving to work or across town can sometimes be a harrowing experience. It just seems that there are more aggressive drivers who use their cars to express their frustration and lack of patience. Cars should never be used as a means to express anger and when you feel like gunning it to make a point--get a grip on yourself and your car!The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)...