- Eddie Farah | April 30, 2007 2:35 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYou've heard the joke about not wanting to know how laws or lunchmeat are made?This study is not a joke and will have you thinking twice next time you want to down that ballpark dog. Before you dismiss it, the study looked at more than 7,300 people from 1988 to 1994. Researchers from Columbia Medical School found that those who ate the most cured meat had a 20% chance of being diagnosed with an...
- Eddie Farah | April 25, 2007 2:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAngry motorists have innundated the Department of Transportation Jacksonville's offices over the bridge closure that has increased their commute from 15 minutes to an hour. The Matthews Bridge, the main artery from downtown to Arlington, had its eastbound lanes closed last week while the DOT replaces the steel grating with a new, epoxy smooth surface.The westbound lane remains open, but that...
- Eddie Farah | April 24, 2007 9:33 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTruckers from around the nation plan to circle the White House this week in a show of outrage over a pilot program to open our borders and jacksonvill'e highways to Mexican long-haul rigs. President Bush has signed a bill that opens the nation's highways to 18-wheelers from south of the border. Up to 17,000 could soon be on our roads by-passing the sort of scrutiny and safety checks for big-rigs...
- Eddie Farah | April 23, 2007 6:59 PM |
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MiscellaneousSchool officials aren't fooling around when it comes to copy-cat threats following the massacre at Virginia Tech. A 14-year-old high school student from Bartram Trail has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to kill 100 people.The student is alleged to have sent the threat via e-mail to a female friend. He said he planned to best the 33 killed last week at Virginia Tech. Luckily the...
- Eddie Farah | April 23, 2007 8:18 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis is one of the more bizarre stories I've heard lately. A teenager was waiting for his school bus on Jacksonville's Westside. That happens every day, but what was strange was this young man had his pillow and blanket and was sleeping in the street. There is obviously more to this story such as where were his parents? Where is his head? And why was he so exhausted? As you might expect a car...
- Eddie Farah | April 18, 2007 11:50 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt's a plaque detecting rinse made by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, McNeill PPC.The company is complying with the FDA and voluntarily recalling all lots of GLACIER MINT™ and BUBBLE BLAST™ flavors of LISTERINE® AGENT COOL BLUE. Apparently the preservative is not protecting against contamination by certain microorganisms. No one has been injured yet.The company stresses that no other...
- Eddie Farah | April 17, 2007 11:33 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThey are men with an average age of 35. That's who is most likely to be injured by a nail gun. It sounds like a pretty good excuse to get out of home repairs to me.Duke University researchers find the number of do-it-yourselfers who are unintentionally injuring themselves with multiple firing nail guns, more than tripled between 1991 and 2005. 14,800 per year were recorded according to the...
- Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 2:51 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly this morning in Arlington a failed traffic light lead to a school bus crash which could have been much worse.Traffic lights failed at Merrill and Rogero Roads. Around 7am, a driver rammed their car into a school bus with 12 students aboard.Luckily none of the students was hurt, nor was the driver. But the car's driver was taken to Shands. There is no word yet on his or her condition.While...
- Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 10:37 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsFlorida state legislators are hurrying to finish this session which ends tomorrow, Tuesday, April 17th. Among the bills which will likely get a boost is one that requires child safety restraint seats for children as old as seven. But voters need to call their state senators and reps right away as budgetary issues may force the clock to run out on this important bill. Car accidents are the...
- Eddie Farah | April 14, 2007 12:26 AM |
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MiscellaneousA trial that is underway in Louisiana underscores the on-going and as yet unsettled debate about just how much and what kind of hurricane damage insurance will untimately cover. This is only the second Katrina trial to take place in a Louisiana federal court and that question of coverage is still unanswered. Better hurry up- Florida's hurricane season is about to begin June 1st. Allstate...
- Eddie Farah | April 13, 2007 11:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsYou see them all the time on the road--cyclists who sometimes follow the rules of the road--sometimes do not. Something went terribly wrong Wednesday evening when 18-year-old Ronald Dale of Waycross, Georgia failed to stop at a sign and that began a chain of events resulting in the death of a female motorist. 33-year old Sarah Elaine Cribb Poss was just trying to avoid Dale. She did, but lost...
- Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAmanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...
- Eddie Farah | April 11, 2007 11:50 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt took the courage of one woman to save the lives of three children riding in an SUV who were hit head-on Monday.The as-yet unidentified woman was traveling north on AIA from Duval into Nassau County when the Dodge Neon in front of her crossed the median into oncoming traffic. The 17-year old driver, Lawrence Brown was following his father to work in Amelia Island. No word on why he crossed...
- Eddie Farah | April 05, 2007 11:08 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWe see it every day. A person injured in an auto accident goes to the doctor for common pains that result. Even without health insurance, Personal Injury Protection or PIP, which every person pays for as part of their auto policy, can mean the difference between finding problems or letting chronic conditions go undiagnosed. But the insurance lobby wants to get rid of PIP and the up to $10,000...
- Eddie Farah | April 04, 2007 9:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA is asking Novartis Pharmaceuticals to stop making Zelnorm because of a suspected link to cardiovascular problems.Zelnorm is prescribed primarily to women for gastro-intestinal problems and constipation. It is marketed in 55 countries. Earlier this year, Novartis reported to the FDA the result of 29 short term clinical trials involving more than 11,000 patients taking Zelnorm. 7,000 were...
- Eddie Farah | April 02, 2007 3:51 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt's thought that at least 100 pets have died so far from this massive pet food recall which on Friday expanded to include dry food.The FDA has announced it found melamine, a chemical used to make plastic, in samples of the recalled food.It's believed the melamine comes from the wheat gluten ingredient imported from China. Melamine was also found in the urine of sick cats. So far 60 million...