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Unsafe Vehicles
Unsafe Vehicles: Consumer Report’s 2014 List of Cars to Avoid Consumer Reports is known for their annual list of what they consider the best buys in cars and SUVs for that model year. It’s a pretty long list, and shows that there are always great choices every year. All car makers want to be…
California Bus Crash Details: 911 Calls Released
Officials with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) have released recordings of 911 calls from the terrible April 10 accident in which a FedEx tractor-trailer careened out of control and slammed into a tour bus containing 44 high school students. The accident killed five students and three adult chaperones, as well as the drivers of…
Evenflo Car Seat Buckle Recall
Evenflo Car Seat Buckle Recall: Recall is Voluntary According to a report posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website, the Evenflo Company Inc., based in Piqua, Ohio, has announced a voluntary recall of nearly 1.4 million child safety seat restraints, because the crotch-latch buckle may become stuck closed, which could make…
E. coli on Cutting Boards
A new study has been published, suggesting that many kitchens – including those in hospitals and those at home – are prime breeding grounds for drug-resistant E. coli bacteria, and we should all take precautions to prevent the spread. For the study, which was published in the May edition of the journal Infection Control and…
Houston 18-Wheeler Wreck Kills 1
Houston 18-Wheeler Wreck Kills 1: Rollover and Fire Involved A terrible accident involving an 18-wheeler on Tuesday, April 8 took the life of the big rig’s driver and seriously injured a passenger, and also caused the closing of U.S. 290 near Barker-Cypress for more than 17 hours, so that Harris County officials could clean…
Beef Jerky Recall
High End “Natural” Jerky Implicated A California manufacturer of high-priced natural meat snacks without gluten or nitrites, Krave Jerky, has been pulled into the massive recall of millions of pounds of meat produced by the nearby Rancho Feeding Corporation slaughterhouse. Because some of its jerky was made with beef from Rancho, which is being…
California Bus Wreck: At Least 10 Deaths
State and federal investigators are sifting through the considerable wreckage in the aftermath of a horrific crash in Northern California late yesterday afternoon, in which the driver of a FedEx truck swerved across a highway median and slammed head-on into a tour bus full of high school students. The crash has so far claimed…