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• Potential Botulism Risk from Canned French Cut Green Beans

  Chrissie Cole | August 09, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers not to eat French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc., due to the product not being processed properly to eliminate the chance of botulism toxins. As of August 1, 2007 the FDA had not received any reports of illness.The botulism toxin is very strong and can cause life threatening-illness if ingested...

• Victims of Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Deserve Justice and Answers

  IB Contributor | August 08, 2007 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Four people are dead. Eight people are still missing. There are still no answers and there won't be for a while. I'm referring, of course, to the horrible Minneapolis bridge collapse last week that occurred at rush hour traffic. It's almost a miracle that the death toll was not higher considering the magnitude of the incident and the volume of traffic that was on the bridge at the time.It was a...

• Fremont Woman Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 06, 2007 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 47-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle accident, on Sunday, when the motorcycle she was passenger on crossed the double-yellow line on a curve and crashed with another motorcycle head-on, according to California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred when a 43-year-old man driving a 1993 Suzuki Silver, tried to pass slower moving vehicles on Altamont Pass Road, according to a spokesperson...

• Infant Killed in Driveway Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A one-year old boy was tragically killed in a driveway accident, on Thursday, when a car backed over him, according to hospital officials. The boy's grandmother was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident."We just heard a thump," said the sobbing Grandmother. The infant was killed in an alley located behind the Grandmother's home at 8 p.m., Thursday, said an officer with the...

• Fisher-Price Recalling Toys

  Chrissie Cole | August 01, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC) announced on Wednesday, Fisher-Price, a division of Mattel Inc. is recalling approximately 967,000 preschool toys due to their surface paint containing excessive amounts of lead.The toys were made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the U.S. using a non-approved paint pigment that contains lead. Eighty-three types of toys such as Big Bird, Elmo and...

• Pacifiers Decorated with Crystals Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Pacifiers decorated with crystals are being recalled because the crystals can easily separate, posing an aspiration and ingestion hazard to infants and small children. The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).The pacifiers do not meet federal safety standards and guidelines for pacifiers. The recall includes pacifiers that were...

• Couple Files Lawsuit Against Restaurant after Eating Salmonella Contaminated Hummus

  Chrissie Cole | July 27, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A couple that became seriously ill after eating food at the Taste of Chicago Food Festival has filed a lawsuit against Pars Persian Cuisine, whose booth served the salmonella contaminated hummus. The couple was hospitalized for four days and suffered from dehydration, high fever and diarrhea, said their attorney. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified damages.Although...

• UIC Professor, Wife Killed in California Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 25, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A speeding car hit and killed a University of Illinois Physics Professor and his wife while they were taking a walk Monday evening.The professor, 65, and his wife, 57, were killed Monday in San Jose, California, when the driver of a speeding car lost control and struck them in a car accident.California Highway Patrol reports they were pronounced dead at the scene. The teen driver and his...

• Easy-Bake Ovens Recalled After Several Reported Injuries

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2007 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  For the second time this year, Hasbro issued a recall of one million Easy-Bake Toy Ovens after receiving complaints of small children getting their hands or fingers stuck in the oven opening, causing serious burns and injuries.Hasbro announced a repair program in February and has since received 249 reports of children getting their fingers or hands caught in the ovens opening. The reports...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash

  Chrissie Cole | July 22, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 49-year-old man lost his life Friday night in a fatal motorcycle accident, on Verano Avenue in Sonoma, when he collided with a pickup truck and was thrown from his bike.The man was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 10:15 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol.CHP said, the man was driving his 1977 Honda motorcycle west on Verano when he collided with a 40-year-old man, also...