- Steve Lombardi | August 31, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsThe Sioux City Journal reported that Allen Pratt, age 49 is in fair condition after being involved in a single vehicle collision and that he smelled of alcohol. Allen Pratt, 49, was northbound on Highway 982 around 11 p.m. entering a right hand curve when he lost control, crossed the center line and left the roadway. The motorcycle then struck an embankment, ejecting Pratt off the bike. The...
- Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 5:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsVirginia "Jenna" Ortiz, a chemical engineering major at ISU was killed as a result of a Marshalltown women crossing the center line and hitting her car head-on. The reporting is sketchy as to why Cristina Helmer, a 50 year old woman, crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 30 near Route 131.The law requires us to drive on our own side of the road so there better be a pretty good explanation for...
- Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 5:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhat Casandra Shannon needs today is a good lawyer. As she was turning into the LPL's lounge north of Harry Langdon Blvd. her pickup truck was rear ended by a Ford Escort driven by Jody L. Penny. It slammed into her so hard that she was pushed into an F-150 pickup and an F-250 pickup truck. You know the law requires everyone driving to maintain a proper lookout and to drive at a speed that...
- Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 4:55 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsShawn M. Geers, a twenty-five year old man from Marion was killed as the driver of a car attempted to turn left of center at the intersection of Collins Road NE with the drive at Northland Square Mall. Alexander Best, an eighteen year old man from Marion attempted to turn left and collided with Geers. The collision occurred around 7:17 p.m. Monday night. The accident is reported in The Gazette....
- Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsJames McLane from Garnovillo was killed Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle motorcycle accident on the Great River Road in Clayton County, Iowa. His bike left the roadway, vaulting off of a driveway. Slow it down out there. I wish they would report on the size, make and model of the motorcycles to see if there are any similarities with other collisions. Wear your helmet and slow it down. For...
- Steve Lombardi | August 29, 2007 1:30 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsIn 1998 alone there were over 120 backover deaths associated with a relative or parent backing over a toddler or child. Last year no fewer than 100 children were backed over and killed. SUV's and other large vehicles with large blind spots or lousy visibility were involved. Safety Tips for ParentsKeeping your children out of harm's way requires ongoing education, supervision, and vigilance:...
- Steve Lombardi | August 29, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsWhat is it with single riders crashing their motorcycles? This past weekend two riders, Kyle Wyatt and David Abell, both ended up in the ditch suffering severe and fatal injuries. Wyatt apparently failed to negotiate a curve and crashed. The other, Abell drove off of the roadway colliding with the ditch sustaining fatal injuries. The station reporting on these two did not disclose if there was...
- Steve Lombardi | August 28, 2007 10:20 AM |
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MiscellaneousCleary Gottlieb is a law firm of International reputation. But oops.... Judge Preska clearly wasn't impressed with the reasons given by the firm for what was said to the non-party witness when it came to not attending the deposition. The judge concluded that Cleary tried to dissuade a witness from attending a deposition, in part because of a concern the witness would testify adverse to the...
- Steve Lombardi | August 28, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAn outbreak of a waterborne illness called Cryptosporidiosis has been reported in Dubuque, Iowa. Within the last month, 20 cases have been recorded. Mary Rose Corrigan, a public health specialist, says that this illness is caused from coming in contact with a source that contains the parasite, such as water. It can be contracted either through hand to mouth contact or through swallowing...
- Steve Lombardi | August 27, 2007 12:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWhere do you go to see what has been recalled? Several federal departments and agencies share the responsibility for making sure that products sold in the United States are safe. To see if any products you've purchased or are considering purchasing are subject to recall go to: www.recalls.gov, tracks recent actions taken by all those agencies. "Americans demand top-quality service from the...
- Steve Lombardi | August 26, 2007 12:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWith the growing list of recalled foreign manufactured products a risk-rewards analysis needs to take place. Where do you go to see for yourself where products including toys are made, which are being recalled and to file a complaint with the United States governement? MADE IN CHINA: A Chinese company operates this Web site, where U.S. and other firms can find manufacturers to build their...
- Steve Lombardi | August 25, 2007 12:04 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsTodd Rhoades of Crystal Lake, Iowa a long time motorcycle enthusiast died as a result of a truck motorcycle collision. He was wearing his helmet and died following the collision with a truck being driven by a sixteen year old. Rhoades is survived by his wife and daughter along with four brothers, a sister and his mother. The truck turned left from southbound Randall Road towards Huntington Drive...
- Steve Lombardi | August 25, 2007 12:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousAshby Jones for the Wall Street Journal recently wrote an article about pro se litigation. In Iowa this is a serious issue that keeps on getting attention. It seems the Court rules for ghost writing pleadings are geared towards the increase in pro se litigation. That litigation is up state wide in the 99 counties in Iowa. The Courts need lawyer assistance with pro se cases, if nothing else other...
- Steve Lombardi | August 24, 2007 5:45 PM |
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MiscellaneousThey say we that our government has no money for building new courthouses or for balancing the social security fund or for educating our children or for a national health plan. Not even one dollar to put into the social security fund. Not one. But we do have $454,862,762,596.00 that has been spent to date on the war in Iraq.If you want to know the current dollar amount spent go here and you'll...
- Steve Lombardi | August 24, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesDes Moines, Iowa. Ian Harris, six years old, was attacked by a dog this Monday and was severely injured. It's been reported that this was a good dog. It's unclear exactly what occurred before the attack. Iowa law imposes strict liability for damages done by a dog. It's important to identify the dog's owner. Also whether the owner has liability insurance for paying the child's bills, both past,...
- Steve Lombardi | August 23, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe federal minimum wage increased by 70 cents on July 24, the first increase in ten years. The minimum wage is now $5.85 an hour, as opposed to $5.15 an hour. The government says that this increase is just the beginning of more increases that will eventually raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour by the year 2009.This small victory is the result of the now Democratic-controlled Congress. ...
- Steve Lombardi | August 22, 2007 12:19 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsAccording to the Iowa City Press Citizen, Daniel D. Christ, president of the Iowa City chapter of BMW Motorcycle Owners of America, was heading home from a weekend motorcycle rally in West Bend, Wis., when he was killed by a suspected drunk driver on Highway 60.Christ, 40, died Sunday of injuries sustained when a woman driving in the opposite direction in Rubicon, Wis., crossed the centerline...
- Steve Lombardi | August 22, 2007 12:18 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reported about Dennis Armstrong being shot in a robbery. TOLEDO --- A hotel clerk is recovering today after being shot in the leg Thursday during a robbery attempt.Dennis Armstrong, 23, was working at Designer Inn and Suites along U.S. Highway 30 in Toledo. A man reportedly came in shortly after 3 a.m. and brandished a handgun, according to Toledo police.The man...
- Steve Lombardi | August 21, 2007 10:54 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsIA - An Iowa tractor-trailer driver died Wednesday in a crash on northbound Interstate 435 in western Wyandotte County. The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. when a car struck the truck over the Metropolitan Avenue bridge, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report. The collision sent the car and the tractor-trailer into the interstate bridge rail. The truck cab flipped over the rail and...
- Steve Lombardi | August 21, 2007 10:45 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsIt was reported earlier today that an Orange City, Iowa man was killed when his truck was struck by another semitruck that pulled out from a stop sign. The Vandermeulen semi went into a ditch rolled and he died.One comment blames the death on Vandermeulen not wearing a seat belt but that is unfair and not according to the law. It's not Vandermeulen's fault the other driver did not obey the law....
- Steve Lombardi | August 21, 2007 12:36 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesIt's been reported that Melanie Ann Haverhals-Selken died on the premises at the Grain Millers Incorporated processing plant in St. Ansgar. As of July 23, 2007 the cause of her death was unexplained. IOSH administrator, Mary Bryant has offered no explanation. Speculation was that she may have fallen up to eight stories. She was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. According to reports she was found at...
- Steve Lombardi | August 21, 2007 12:06 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsWe are doing it to ourselves. After almost a lifetime of work the Baby Boomers are taking time off and getting ready for retirement. More of us are buying that Harley-Davidson we always wanted and taking to the road in droves. More than 25% of the bikes registered in 2003 were owned by people 50 and older. People 40 and over own 53% of the motorcycles. And guess what fatalities among motorcycle...
- Steve Lombardi | August 20, 2007 10:33 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Fifty boys and adults from a state run facility were hospitalized after suffering episodes of vomiting, nausea and respiratory distress. Is it carbon monoxide or food poisoning? Was there a gas leak? Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. It is extremely hard to detect. Carbon monoxide is a by product of fossil fuel combustion. Poorly maintained equipment is probably the...
- Steve Lombardi | August 20, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsJuly 21, 2007--Two motorcycle riders are recovering after an accident on Des Moines' south side last night. The crash happened at 10:00 on SE 14th Street and Diehl in Des Moines Friday night. Police say two motorcyclists were driving in the turning lane. When the lane ended, one of the riders lost control causing both to crash. Both were taken to the hospital.At the time of the accident, one was...
- Steve Lombardi | August 19, 2007 11:04 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Bush Administration has repeatedly accused trial lawyers of being greedy, but Mark McGoldrick and Goldman Sachs have redefined greed. While trial lawyers' toil to prove damages in a court of law, persuade a Judge there is support in the law and then persuade citizens of the case's merits to win a verdict it seems disingenuous that they would ever be called greedy. Greed is defined as...
- Steve Lombardi | August 18, 2007 12:04 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsJuly 23, 2007--Emergency crews responded to an accident in rural Polk City this morning. Three people were involved in the accident, which happened around 8:30 a.m. just northwest of Big Creek State Park. The Polk County sheriff's department says two pick-ups collided in the intersection of Northwest 146th Avenue and 128th Street. One of the people involve din the accident was airlifted to...
- Steve Lombardi | August 17, 2007 12:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousA friend of mine recently informed me that our beloved Dunkin Donuts has added a warning to its coffee cups that the coffee is hot. He was chiding me about the McDonald's verdict as we were on our way to Mt. Elbrus to climb to the summit. With us were a total of ten climbers. Three were doctors from the Seattle and Chicago areas - a neurologist, an internist and an oncologist. The rest were all...
- Steve Lombardi | August 16, 2007 12:11 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsDES MOINES, Iowa -- A Burlington woman was killed Tuesday in a motorcycle wreck on County Road P53 in Madison County.David Delaney Beckman, 57, of Burlington, was driving a motorcycle northwest bound on P53 when he lost control of the bike around a curve and rolled into a ditch, according to the Iowa State Patrol crash report.Beckman and his passenger, Julie Anne Beckman, 58, were thrown from...
- Steve Lombardi | August 16, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesAn owner of a Chinese toy factory at the center of a major recall of lead-tainted toys by Mattel Inc. reportedly committed suicide just days after the U.S. toy maker identified his company as the manufacturer.While it is unclear whether Cheung Shu-hung's suicide is linked to the recall, the incident is likely to be seen as a tragic symbol of the mounting pressure Chinese manufacturers face to...
- Steve Lombardi | August 15, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsCouncil Bluffs rescue transported two men to Creighton University Hospital Saturday after their vehicles collided around 1 p.m. According to reports, Taneko Brown, 35, of Omaha was southbound on Interstate 29 in a 2000 Buick Regal just north of the 13th Avenue railroad overpass. He reportedly crossed the median and collided with David Edmunds, 57, of Council Bluffs who was northbound on I-29 in...
- Steve Lombardi | August 14, 2007 9:43 PM |
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Automobile Accidentshttp://theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS01WAYLAND, MO. --- A former Waterloo woman died Friday while returning to Iowa for a high school reunion.Pamela (Moran) Lujan, 47, of Clarksville, Tenn., had been to her 20th and 25th Central High reunions and was looking forward to the 30-year get-together last Saturday, said her sister, Lisa Casey.Lujan was traveling with a friend...
- Steve Lombardi | August 14, 2007 12:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousDavid S. Walker, dean of Drake University Law School and the Dwight D. Opperman distinguished professor of law, has notified the University and the Law School that he will resign as dean at the end of the 2007-08 academic year and return to the faculty.Let me congratulate Dean Walker for a job well done. Below is a list of his accomplishments. David is a friend of mine and I consider him an...
- Steve Lombardi | August 13, 2007 12:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe company that produces Veggie Booty Food Snack, Robert's American Gourmet, decided to recall its product on June 28, after the Food and Drug Administration contacted the company. As of June 28, the FDA was informed of 51 cases, in 17 different states, of salmonella poisoning that may be linked to this product. The snack food company immediately recalled its product after hearing of the food...
- Steve Lombardi | August 12, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesIn March 2007, the state cigarette tax in Iowa increased by a dollar per pack. Officials are proposing to increase that tax again by 61 cents, but there is high opposition from various groups. Convenience store owners believe that the increase in the tax does not deter people from buying cigarettes, but instead encourages them to steal cigarette packs.Dawn Carlson of Petroleum Marketers and...
- Steve Lombardi | August 11, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe risk for heart attacks is significantly raised by the hardening of the arteries, which is caused by numerous factors. It has been recently reported that pollution from heavy traffic may be one of these factors. Breathing in the fumes from heavy traffic does not only happen on the highways, but can also be caused in inner-cities where there is heavy street traffic.The recent report that...
- Steve Lombardi | August 10, 2007 12:19 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsAugust 2, 2007--A Colfax man has been charged with homicide by vehicle-reckless for the death of a Norwalk teenager back in June. Twenty-year-old Matthew Garlick was charged yesterday for the West Des Moines motorcycle accident. Police say Garlick was headed south on 58th Street near Woodland on June 6th when the motorcycle hit the curb and sideswiped a light pole. His passenger, 17-year-old...
- Steve Lombardi | August 10, 2007 12:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousGregory Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. was convicted of securities fraud over backdating of stock options. Charged with fraud, falsified accounting, conspiracy and filing false financial statements he was convicted on ten counts. Currently there are 140 companies that have come under federal investigation for backdating, and about 70 executives have lost their...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:26 AM |
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Wrongful DeathJuly 27, 2007--Two people are dead after an accident in Poweshiek County this morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 7:20 a.m., just a mile south of I-80 on Highway 63.Forty-nine-year-old Daniel Jones of Oskaloosa was driving north on Highway 63, when the southbound vehicle of 34-year-old Cynthia Zapp of Montezuma crossed the center line and struck him head-on.Jones was...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:12 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAugust 9, 2007 -- Boone County officials are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist Wednesday night.The sheriff's office says around 9:00 p.m. they responded to the hit-and-run on county road R-18 a few miles northwest of Woodward.The sheriff's office says the victim is a 53-year-old Boone County man who was riding his bicycle north on the road. Witnesses say he was hit by a...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:04 AM |
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Wrongful DeathJuly 30, 2007--The names of two people who died in a crash in central Iowa Sunday night have been released. The driver, 17-year-old Almir Trnjanin of Johnston and his passenger, 18-year-old Kacy Wagner of Norwalk were killed in the two vehicle accident. It happened Sunday night around 7:30 in Norwalk, at the intersection of Highway 28 and Beardsley. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup truck was...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:00 AM |
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Wrongful DeathJuly 26, 2007 -- A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run incident Thursday night in Des Moines, and police have charged the man they believe was driving with drug related vehicular homicide.Police say the victim, 15-year-old James Smith of Des Moines, was hit by a vehicle as it tried to pass another vehicle in the 7000 block of Bloomfield Road at about 9:00 Thursday night. Smith later died at...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:58 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsAugust 9, 2007--A Des Moines woman is still the hospital, after being hit by a city bus during rush hour Wednesday morning. The accident happened at the corner of 8th and Walnut in downtown Des Moines. Police say 24-year-old Emily Abrahamson of West Des Moines was crossing 8th Street when she was hit by a Des Moines Area Regional Transit bus making a left-hand turn. According to police,...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:55 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAugust 1, 2007--The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a morning accident that killed three people on Highway 30 near Toledo. The accident happened at 10:15 Wednesday morning, tying up traffic and shutting down Highway 30 for a time.Officials say 37-year-old Shellie Dochterman, of Cedar Rapids, was driving a vehicle headed eastbound on Highway 30 when she overcorrected after dropping onto the...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:51 AM |
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Wrongful DeathJuly 16, 2007--Fort Dodge police are looking for a driver involved in a fatal hit and run accident. Officials say around 2:30 Sunday morning, 19-year-old Cia Thornton of Fort Dodge was crossing the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and 12th Street when she was hit by a car. Thornton was taken to the hospital where she died.Police say they seized the vehicle believed to be involved in the...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:35 AM |
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Wrongful DeathJuly 20, 2007-- Boone County officials are investigating a fatal accident near Perry. The Boone County Sheriff and Iowa State Patrol say it happened just after 10:00 this morning on a gravel road at an uncontrolled intersection. Officials say 47 year-old Paula Fairchild died after the car she was a passenger in collided with a semi at 335th and G Avenue. Fairchild was airlifted to Methodist. ...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:29 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAugust 4, 2007--A woman is at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines recovering from a serious car accident. The crash happened in Story County around 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the junction of Highway 30 and 680th Avenue, just west of Colo.Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald says a teenage boy driving a white pick-up truck made a left hand turn at the intersection, slamming into the woman's brown...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:17 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsJune 6, 2007--A teenager is dead after an early morning motorcycle accident in West Des Moines. Police say the crash killed 17-year-old Jennifer Reynolds of Norwalk, who a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Matthew Garlick.The accident happened at 1:25 this morning. Twenty-year-old Garlick, of Colfax, was headed south on 58th Street near Woodland when the motorcycle hit the curb and...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:11 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA Des Moines man has died, after being struck by a pickup truck Tuesday night. Des Moines police say 54-year-old Rick Byrkett Senior ran across Euclid Avenue and into the path of a pickup truck.Officials say 24-year-old Tangi Hafenbrack was driving west on Euclid at East 14th Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, when Byrkett tried to cross in front of her vehicle. He was hit by the truck and taken...
- Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 12:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new LASIK procedure that will correct one eye to see far away and the other to see close up. This CustomVue Monovision LASIK procedure will allow nearsighted adults to have permanent vision correction, while also eliminating the need for them to wear reading glasses. This surgery is designed for people over the age of 40 with nearsightedness...
- Steve Lombardi | August 08, 2007 10:32 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs of August 1, 2007 3,655 U.S. troops' have died in Iraq. This is a tragedy or unspeakable proportions.A few years ago we were spending about $8 billion per month. The cost is now $10 billion. The United States has already spent $611 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan with 70% for Iraq. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office did a long-term cost analysis estimating if troops were reduced to...
- LLFClerk LLFClerk | August 08, 2007 12:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousBicyclists need to be aware of the dangers of riding on Iowa highways. Two bicyclists were recently injured severely after being hit by an SUV in Dallas County.Although bicyclists by law have the right to ride on roads, they need to be cautious of vehicles on the road and be as safe as possible. Wearing a helmet is perhaps most important, says David Hoss of Barr Bike and Fitness in Des Moines....
- Steve Lombardi | August 07, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Wrongful DeathYan Jianyang, spokeswoman for China's Food and Drug Administration, confirmed that the former head of the Food and Drug Agency, Zheng Xiaoyu, has been executed. Yan says that China is trying to improve the standard of safety for products produced within the country. Some say Xiaoyu's execution was too harsh, but "likely indicates the leadership's determination to confront the country's dire...
- Steve Lombardi | August 06, 2007 11:57 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAs many as one in every 50 patients taking Avandia or Actos, for type II diabetes treatment will be hospitalized for heart failure. Use of these two drugs in the UK has doubled over the past three years. In the UK alone 1.8 million prescriptions were written. The class of drugs, they say in the journal Diabetes Care, doubles the risk of heart failure, and even those with no history of heart...
- Steve Lombardi | August 06, 2007 12:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousAmong the many fatal car crashes in Iowa this summer, there has only been about 46% seat belt usage. Scott Falb from the Iowa DOT believes that if the seat belt usage could increase from 46% to 90% (which is the statistic for nationwide seat belt usage), many more lives could be saved in vehicle accidents. Falb says that 36 lives have already been saved this year due to seat belt usage. Since...
- Steve Lombardi | August 05, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Insurance Institute of Highway Safety reports that the risk of vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19 year olds than any other group. Teens in this age group are four times more likely to crash than older drivers. With all the new technology today, teen are distracted by iPods, talking on the phone, and text messaging while driving. Perhaps the answer is to find ways to better prepare...
- Steve Lombardi | August 04, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOf the 2.15 million licensed driver's in Iowa, citizens 100 years and older make up only a tiny percent. There are currently 35 licensed drivers in Iowa who are 100 years or older. Scott Falb, a spokesman for the Department of Transportation, says that drivers 80 years and older have more accidents per licensed driver than younger drivers.Statistics show elderly drivers are as risky or riskier...
- Steve Lombardi | August 03, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesBotox injections are becoming more and more popular as the plastic surgery industry markets the benefits of the product. In 2006 alone, 11 million Americans had some type of cosmetic surgery. A recent incident in which a couple was paralyzed by botox injections has caused the procedure to come under scrutiny.Bonnie and Eric Kaplan decided to get botox injections in 2004 by a friend who claimed...
- Steve Lombardi | August 02, 2007 9:59 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA bridge along the main north-south highway through Minneapolis, Interstate 35W, collapsed on Wednesday, August 1. At about 6:00pm, the bridge began to buckle and sway before it fell into the river below. Officials say there were about 50 vehicles on the eight-lane bridge when it fell, killing at least 4 people instantly. Rescue workers are waiting to help this morning until officials decide...
- Steve Lombardi | August 02, 2007 8:08 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWake Forest University School of Medicine has conducted a study that shows two drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes increases the risk of heart failure. The two drugs, Avandia and Actos, were known to increase the risk of heart problems, but it was only recently that studies found just how dangerous these drugs can be.The current warning labels on the drugs advise patients with severe cases of...
- Steve Lombardi | August 02, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesThe safety of Chinese exports has recently been under suspicion due to several incidents involving unsafe products. The Chinese government has now acknowledged the issue by closing down 180 food plants that have used chemicals and additives in its products. China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine have found 23,000 food safety infractions that occurred...
- Steve Lombardi | August 01, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsA two vehicle collision occurred on Iowa Highway 14, two miles north of Marshalltown. The collision involved a pickup truck and a truck that was carrying gas cylinders. Although the cause of the accident has not been proven, one theory is that the pickup truck crossed over the centerline and collided head-on with the other truck. One person in the pickup truck died at the scene and another...