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If you talked to Charlcie Woodruff, nursing director at the McLennan County Jail, she would tell you that being a whistle-blower is the right thing to do, even though Charlcie was placed on administrative leave from her job in Waco, Texas when she did just that . Charlcie accepted the nursing director position a little over six months ago, and only after County officials promised her that jail...

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A life troubled with alcohol and drugs, cuts short a promsing career.It's been almost a year since Steve Howe, one of my favorite baseball players, died after rolling his pick up truck in Coachella, California. According to local police, the pickup truck Howe was driving left the road and then entered the median and rolled several times, ejecting Howe from his truck.To my knowledge the...

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After mounting complaints that its advisory committees were dominated by members with drug industry ties, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tightened it rules on just who will be allowed to offer advice, according to a report on the Consumeraffairs.com Web site this week.Under its draft guidance, advisors who receive money from a drug or device maker would not be allowed to vote on...

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Clergy abuse claimed by brother and sister.A pastor faces charges of sexually assaulting two children in his wife's home day-care at least a dozen years ago, authorities said Monday, according to a Fox News report on its Web site.Stephen J. Heese, 51, pastor of The Church in South Denver, is accused of assaulting a girl, now 17, and her brother, now 20, when they attended the day-care operation...

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Will your insurance company pay when the tiime comes?According to a recent article in the New York Times , 64-year-old Mary Rose Derks, believed in long term care insurance (LTC). She faithfully paid Conseco Insuranace Company a $100 a month for a long-term care policy. Mary Derks was determined she would not be a burden on her family.After Mary had been hospitalized numerous times for chronic...

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This week was a tragic one for a Garden Grove family that lost two toddlers, who drowned in the family's backyard swimming pool Wednesday.Khloe Hyunh was only 21 months old and her cousin, Jason Nguyen was 2 years old. The children's mothers are sisters, according to an article in the Orange County Register.Officials say that it took only minutes for the two children to slip away into the deep,...

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An Ohio pastor has been charged for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, according to a news article posted in the Dayton Journal News in Ohio. The girl, whose name was not released because she was a minor and the victim of a sex crime, said Enorris Thomas, an assistant pastor at Second Baptist Church on Verity Parkway, fondled her at his Middletown home,...

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San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy protection.The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego announced they are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy only hours prior to a final settlement offer was rejected by attorneys for dozens of people who claim they were sexually abused by priests.The filing drew abrupt accusations from victims' advocates which will immediately halt more than 140 lawsuits targeting...

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Appalling and distressing news report from consumeraffairs.com.According to this article posted Friday on the group's Web site, they have inside information that Michael Baroody, chief lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a powerful trade group that opposes aggressive product safety regulation, is President Bush's choice to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

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A Week In Maui For Star EmployeeThis week our "Intake Paralegal", Carey Wagenblast will not be in the office. Carey is the paralegal who attends to potential clients when they call in the first time for assistance. She helps them clarify what type of assistance they need and then gets it for them. Carey is also the paralegal that helps inquiring potential clients find attorneys when we do not...

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Mining Company Covered Up Prior ExplosionPennsylvania regulators have stripped a coal mine operator of its permit because they say the operator covered up the cause of an explosion two years before a miner was killed there in a similar blast, according to an Associated Press news report. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered R&D Coal Company to shutter its Buck...

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Bisnar|Chase partner sworn in as President.Last night, at a gala event in Newport Beach, attended by hundreds, including many Orange County judges, political figures and some of the most prominent personal injury attorneys in California, Brian Chase, took the oath of office as President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. In 2004, Brian was named the "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by...

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Expert offers three key steps to achieving goals While doing research on defective drugs, I came across a very informative health website, Healthday. Being that this is New Year's day and I have my own New Year's resolutions, I took great interest in an article about keeping New Year's resolutions. I have posted it here in the hopes that it will be of some benefit to you.Keeping a New Year's...

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Previously undisclosed drug side effectsPeople who take powerful antacid drugs, also known as proton pump inhibitors, face an increased risk of hip fractures, according to a report released by University of Pennsylvania researchers according to Steven Reinberg, a writer for the website HealthDay.The study shows that common proton pump inhibitors that include drugs such as Aciphex, Nexium,...

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AAA Program Drives Drinkers HomeCHP Program Drives Drinkers To MotelWith New Year's falling on a Monday, we are enjoying three uninterrupted days off work and full of sports, family, friends and drinking occasions. "The long holiday weekend creates more opportunities for drinking and consequently drunken driving", says Carol Thorp, a spokeswoman for the Automobile Club of Southern California ....

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