Blog Posts in January, 2012
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Blog Manager
On January 23, 2012 the Supreme Court rule unanimously that police must get a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. Justice Scalia wrote the opinion for this case which ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Blog Manager
Reported in the New York Times on January 23, 2011 Nearly three months after the tragic death of Mathieu Lefevre, his family has finally obtained the police's investigation file. Mathieu (who was ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Blog Manager
On Friday January 13, 2012, a loud bang indicated that something was going terribly wrong on the Costa Concordia Italian cruise ship. The 4,000 people on board began to panic as the ship quickly came ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Blog Manager
Italian coastguards pleaded angrily with the captain of a stricken super-liner to return to his ship, according to recordings released on Tuesday as divers found five more bodies in the half-submerged ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Blog Manager
While motorcycling is an inherently dangerous activity, and it is likely that most personal injury attorneys would advise against riding on a motorcycle, if you are insistent on biking, please pick ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Blog Manager
Every year in the United States, there is almost 500 unintentional deaths and more than 1700 suicides that are related to carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless and ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 By Blog Manager
Popular chain Build-A-Bear is voluntarily recalling around 300,000 of its teddy bears. The teddy bear recall comes after fears that the stuffed toys' eyes may pop out . Younger children could ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Blog Manager
A 7-year old girl died on Monday from a suspected peanut allergy at school. First grader Ammaria Johnson broke out in hives and complained of shortness of breath at recess. Approximately 8% of ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Blog Manager
Fireplace ashes can be deceiving. Just ask anyone involved in the nearly 11,600 residential building fires in the U.S. each year that federal safety officials say are caused by hot embers or ashes. It ...
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