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July 2, 2010

Study Shows Obesity Rates Still Rising

“ A bedroom mirror reflects a young woman, hand on her arm, facing a worn teddy bear and plastic bottle of Johnson's baby powder. The 1980s advertisement claims “It's a feeling you never outgrow. The powder that kept you feeling...

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June 29, 2010

Campbell Soup Recalls 15M Pounts of SpaghettiO’s

The Agriculture Department announced Thursday that Campbell Soup Co. is recalling “15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company's plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.” (M.C. Jalonick, AP Washington, 6/18)....

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June 29, 2010

Over 2 Million Cribs Recalled Amid Safety Concerns

USA TODAY A paper trail of sexual misconduct involving 30 priests and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s slow and clumsy handling of the cases is revealed in thousands of pages of documents released online Tuesday. Lawyer Chris Hurley, whose firm represents...

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May 28, 2010

FDA Data Shows J&J Knew of Motrin Problems

Food and Drug Administration documents show Johnson & Johnson was aware of “problems with the potency of its Motrin formula in 2008, but did not recall the product until July the following year.” (Washington AP, 5/27). In response, House lawmakers...

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May 28, 2010

Two Ice Climbers Die in Yellowstone National Park

The Chicago Tribune reported today that two employees of the Cook County Medical examiner's office have been fired in connection with the recent discovery of hundreds of unidentified bodies left in a crowded cooler. This disturbing discovery last month led...

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May 25, 2010

GE Coffee Makers Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

It was just recently announced that “nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart are being recalled after dozens of reports of overheating, smoking, burning and fires. (AP Washington, 5/20). The Consumer Product Safety Commission stated Walmart has...

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May 2, 2010

CPSC Announces 2 Big Crib Recalls

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is “recalling thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.” (Washington AP, 4/29). The agency says the Simplicity recall has been implicated by at least one death, and...

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May 2, 2010

Navy Subs To Ban Smoking

NBC 5 NEWS A man with a hip implant who made national news for climbing the stairs of the Willis Tower is facing another health crisis — a defective artificial hip. Mark Stephan wasn’t even expected to walk again after...

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