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• Animal Control in Nassau

  Rick Patterson | September 28, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Nassau County Animal Care and Control will contract for an independent review of operations at their operation. This independent review is due to the fact that the failings of Animal Control have been all over the paper for some time now. The paper has run stories of all kinds of disasters involving Animal Control. The question seems to be "Does Animal Control arbitrarily pick up some pets while...

• Auto Crash Involving School Bus

  Rick Patterson | September 23, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Traffic accidents are never good, but when a school bus is involved it can be particularly awful. So many young children can be exposed to harm. In Greenburgh, New York, one person had to be hospitalized after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a school bus on Route 100C. Fortuntily, there was only a driver and one student on board the bus at the time of the incident, a...

• Recall on Convection Ovens

  Rick Patterson | September 21, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Cook's Essentials Convection Ovens with Pull-Out Rotisserie and Deni Convection Ovens with Rotisserie. There will be a recall of approximately 32,000 ovens according to CPSC. The ovens were retailed by QVC. It appears that the wires behind the control panel can overheat, which poses fire and electric shock hazards. ...

• Recall on Convection Ovens(2)

  Rick Patterson | September 21, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Cook's Essentials Convection Ovens with Pull-Out Rotisserie and Deni Convection Ovens with Rotisserie. There will be a recall of approximately 32,000 ovens according to CPSC. The ovens were retailed by QVC. It appears that the wires behind the control panel can overheat, which poses fire and electric shock hazards. ...

• Recall on Convection Ovens(3)

  Rick Patterson | September 21, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Cook's Essentials Convection Ovens with Pull-Out Rotisserie and Deni Convection Ovens with Rotisserie. There will be a recall of approximately 32,000 ovens according to CPSC. The ovens were retailed by QVC. It appears that the wires behind the control panel can overheat, which poses fire and electric shock hazards. ...

• Defective Product - Ice Tea Makers Recalled

  Rick Patterson | September 19, 2007 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced that they are recalling IT400 Iced Tea Makers, approximately 10, 000 ice tea makers in all. It has been determined that the ice tea makers can fail, posing a fire hazard. Fortunately, to date, no injuries have been reported. This particular model has a 2.5 quart glass pitches. The recall will only include the following date codes: CA1307 or...

• CPSC Recalls- Defective Product

  Rick Patterson | September 15, 2007 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Apex Security Systems with XICOR Memory Chip. It seems it could fail to warn of intrusion and/or fire. 1,000 units will be recalled. The product name is "Apex-Brand Destiny 6100 and 6100AN Security System Control Panels."This product was distributed by Honeywell International Inc., of Syosset, N.Y.,...

• NJ Judge Rules in Vioxx Case

  Rick Patterson | September 14, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In a huge legal victory for the manufacturer of Vioxx, Merck & Co, the New Jersey Supreme Court rejected a class-action lawsuit. The company currently has close to 27,000 individual claims from users claiming to have suffered heart attacks and strokes after taking the medication. It seems the court felt that a class-action suit was not appropriate for this particular lawsuit. The suit was...

• Apex Security Systems Memory Chip Recalled

  Rick Patterson | September 07, 2007 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Apex Security Systems with XICOR Memory Chip. It seems, the product could fail to warn of an intrusion and/or fire. Approximately, 1,000 units will be recalled. The product is known as "Apex-Brand Destiny 6100 and 6100AN Security System Control Panels."The security system was distributed by Honeywell...

• Nursing Home Abuse

  Rick Patterson | September 02, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  An Oklahoma judge sentenced a former nursing home aide to a six-year prison sentence for scalding two residents of a nursing home. She was charged with two counts of neglect. Paula Marie Drew, a 41 year-old, worked at Green Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Apparently, she put two residents in an overheated shower, which resulted in severe burns. Unfortunitly, nursing home neglect is all too...