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• Crocs & Escalators May Not Be Such A Great Idea

  April Armani | September 18, 2007 10:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Escalators and Crocs may spell trouble for the funky resin shoe wearers. Injuries have been reported in Japan and Virginia when those wearing the Crocs, especially little kids, are getting their feeties caught in the sides of escalators. While no reports of injuries have been made in Colorado, the reports elsewhere serve as a reminder that those wearing Crocs need to be careful when riding...

• California bans teen driver cell phone use

  April Armani | September 14, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  We all know that teenagers are inexperienced drivers and, often, easily distracted. It appears that California has officially recognized these facts and has now banned cell phone use by teens when driving. The law was pushed by the popularity of teen text-messaging and the often disastrous results which can occur. The law takes effect July 1, 2008, and those caught violating the law will be...

• Two teens killed in crash with delivery truck

  April Armani | September 08, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This blogger has stressed time and time again the importance of safe teen driving and awareness by those who operate trucks on the road. Unfortunately, crashes keep on happening. Case in point, a crash last night in Arvada between a car and a refrigerated delivery truck killed two high school students and injured two others. Arvada police found that a Mercury Sable was headed westbound on...

• Counterfeit Drug Sales through the Internet a Growing Problem

  Courtney Mills | September 05, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Last month a federal grand jury indicted 18 people on charges stemming from fraud to racketeering over their participation in an international online pharmaceutical sales ring. The company's name was Affpower, and by the time the federal government had shut the sales operation down, Affpower had moved over $126 million in illegally prescribed pharmaceuticals.The arrests haven't managed to stem...