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• Father To Sue Over Handling of Jessica Lunsford Case

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2008 9:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Jessica Lunsford was killed in 2005 by a registered sex offender living about 100 yards from her home. John Couey was convicted of killing her and has been sentanced to death. He claims he held the girl captive for days in his bedroom closet before killing her. Mark Lunsford feels the sheriff's office did not do enough to find his daughter. He is now planning to sue the Citrus County...

• Brooksville Man Dies in Hit and Run Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2008 10:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A man was killed in a hit and run accident after being struck by a car in Brooksville. The pedestrian accident happened early Monday morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa where he later died. The driver of the car that hit the victim left the scene of the accident. The driver of the car, Jason Morgan Blair, 29, of Brooksville, faces a felony charge of leaving the...

• Deputy in Trouble for Dumping Man Out of Wheelchair

  Jenny Albano | February 13, 2008 1:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Hillsborough County Deputy was caught on tape dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair when he was being booked into jail. There were three other supervisors in plain view of the incident, but they did nothing.Investigators say Deputy Charlotte Marshall Jones is suspended without pay after the January 29 incident, which involved 32-year-old Brian Sterner, who is a quadriplegic. Video...

• Man Regrows a Fingertip

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2008 9:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A man that cut the end of his finger off in a hobby related accident was able to regrow skin, blood vessels, and the nail after using a extracellular matrix powder. About half an inch of finger was regrown in about 4 weeks using the powder. This medical marvel was performed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. This powder is a medical product called extracellular matrix. Made from...

• FDA issues public health advisory on Chantix

  Brenda Fulmer | February 05, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  On February 1, 2008, the FDA issued a public heath advisory (http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01788.html) regarding new safety warnings regarding the smoking-cessation drug Chantix (varenicline) indicating, "It appears increasingly likely that there may be an association between Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric symptoms." Chantix, a non-nicotine prescription medication...