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• Texting and Automobile Accidents

  Jim Cole | September 11, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  More and more often texting is being cited as a potential cause of automobile accidents. Often, but not always, these accidents involve teens. Not only does texting require two hands, it also requires considerable attention which is diverted from task related to driving. At least one state, California, is considering passing laws prohibiting texting while driving.For more information on this...

• Defective Automobile Starts Victoria House Fire

  Will Sciba | September 10, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  A Victoria firefighter was injured last week when responding to a house fire on Walnut Ave. Authorities say the fire started when the engine of a car parked in the carport overheated.The home is owned by Ernest and Eva Studer. Attempts to reach them Thursday were unsuccessful.Ernestine Fletcher, the renter who was rescued by two teenage brothers from the backyard near her apartment, received...

• 181 Miners in China Trapped, Presumed Dead

  Courtney Mills | August 20, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  181 Chinese miners have been trapped since Friday in a mining accident when a dike on a nearby river burst and sent water flooding into the mine and trapping the miners. Other victims were trapped in a nearby shaft in the Huayuan Mining Co. mine.According to media reports, rescuers have worked desperately since the dike breakage to pump out water that has poured into the mine from the river....

• FDA Warning About SSRIs May Have Increased Teen Suicides

  Jenny Albano | July 09, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  According to a new study in the Journal of American Psychiatry, the decreased use of SSRI prescriptions and the record increase of teen suicides from 2003 and 2004 may be linked.The number of SSRI prescriptions for pediatric depression (ages 5 to 18) tumbled more than 50 percent between 2003 and 2005. In a troubling parallel development, the number of teen suicides jumped a record 18 percent...

• Tort Reform

  John Rudd | May 30, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Proponents of tort-reform would have you believe the debate is about frivolous lawsuits. It's really about corporate responsibility and who, if anyone, will be held accountable when American consumers are defrauded, injured or killed as a result of someone else's negligence.Big businesses continue to finance a massive public relations effort lobbying legislators for more tort-reform measures....

• Victoria's new Police Chief

  Will Sciba | May 22, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Congratulations to Bruce Ure, Victorias new police chief. We look forward to working with him and wish him well at his new job. As we all know, it is important to have a top notch police force. It is also important that we, as citizens do our part to make their job easier. In that spirit, here are ten simple steps that you can take to protect yourself and make the investigating officer's job...

• Hostess Issues Product Recall Over Walnuts

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Interstate Brands Inc., the maker of Hostess treats, has issued a recall for Hostess Mini Pound Cakes. The recalled product was mislabeled and may contain carrot cakes instead. The carrot cakes contain walnuts which may pose an allergy hazard to those allergic to nuts. The recall is limited to a certain product code. The code date of May 28 53 122 is printed on the center of the package just...

• Chemical Exposure at Pool Sends 14 to Hospital in Oregon

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  People in the pool area at the Portland Embassy Suites in Oregon started experiencing nausea, vomitting, and having a hard time breathing. Emergency crews were called in to help treat the victims and investigate a possible chemical exposure. 14 people were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Fourteen of the patients were transported to five nearby hospitals. There is no further...

• Number of Pets Affected by Pet Food Recall in Thousands

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  The recent pet food recall of canned and foil package pet food produced by Menu Foods has had a huge effect on dogs and cats around the nation. Thousands of pets are being treated for kidney failure and some are even dying. The official toll is only 15 cats and one dog that have died from eating the tainted food. Testing has revealed that the recalled food contains rat poison.As of Monday,...

• Two SUVs in Accident and Shut Down Freeway

  Shannon Weidemann | March 14, 2007 9:10 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  An SUV traveling on the I-405 hit another SUV causing an accident. The mess shut all the northbound freeway lanes. All northbound lanes were closed just after the accident, which happened at 10:25 a.m. Traffic slowly creeped through on the shoulder. The backup extended more than 2 miles to the I-5 interchange at Southcenter. The southbound HOV lane also had to be closed for aid vehicles. No...