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PEMHS, a local St. Petersburg mental health facility, has been temporarily shut down due to an infestation of bed bugs. State and local agencies are monitoring the clean-up and removal of the bed...

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Cardinal Sean O Malley of Boston had lobbied hard for the Pope to visit Boston the epicenter of the Catholic priest sex abuse crisis that erupted in 2002 The Vatican declined his request but O...

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Last Fall, the Wall Street Journal heralded the impending death of Exubera, an inhaled insulin. When Exubera was first approved in 2006, Pfizer had high hopes for the drug and touted its...

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A man that was wrongfuly convicted in 1981 for rape and spent over 24 years in prison will receive compensation equalling $1.25 Million. The Florida Legislature passed a bill that would give him...

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In one of the largest retailer security breaches in U.S. history, Hannaford Bros. and Sweetbay grocery-store chains, both owned by Delhaize Group SA, discovered a computer hacker stole more than 4 million credit and debit card numbers.Nearly 2,000 cases of fraud have been tied to the security breach. While credit card numbers were stolen, no personal information was obtained such as names or...

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Baxter Healthcare Corporation recently notified healthcare providers of an expansion of its recall of various blood thinner products. The February 28, 2008, expansion includes all lots of HEP-LOCK (Heparin Lock Flush Solution) and HEP-LOCK U/P (preservative-free Heparin Lock Flush Solution). These products were included in the expansion of the recall due to concerns about potential...

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The FDA's investigation into the contamination of blood thinners sold by Baxter Healthcare Corporation continues. It was recently announced that investigators had identified a contaminant in approximately 5% to 20% of the heparin lots tested so far. The lingering mystery is how Baxter's popular blood thinner became contaminated, and whether the contamination was an accident or whether it was a...

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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...

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Last week Allstate was ordered by the Florida state insurance commissioner to stop writing insurance policies after their refusal to answer state subpeonas. The subpeonas were issued in an investigation into why Allstate wanted to raise their rates by 41.9 percent. Then on Friday the Court of Appeals issued an injuction allowing Allstate to write insurance policies again. Before the ruling,...

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The deadline for former members of the Engle class action to file lawsuits against tobacco manufacturers passed ealirer this month. While the exact tally won't be known for several weeks, it is estimated that more than 5,000 smokers and their surviving family members have filed individual lawsuits across the state. In July of 2006, the Florida Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the...

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The Faye Road chemical plant in Jacksonville exploded this afternoon around 2:30 and burst into flames. The exact reason for the conflagration at the Jacksonville chemical facility was not immediately clear, but one witness described the explosion as an immense 'black mushroom cloud rising up very quickly.'Buildings near the chemical plant had their windows completely blown out, and people...

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The Society of Jesus a.k.a. the Jesuits have agreed to pay $50 million to 110 survivors of priest sex abuse. The agreement involves 15 priests who abused Eskimo children from 1961 to 1987. The Jesuits have been in the news recently concerning Fr. Donald McGuire, a Chicago Jesuit who is in jail for molesting a boy. He is also facing a new federal charge of molestation as well as numerous civil...

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River of Life Church youth minister Justin Peterson admitted to forcing a 7 year old child to perform oral sex. Now a judge has denied bail for the 31 year old youth minister. The abuse survivor, now an adult, confronted the minister about the abuse and he readily admitted to abusing the young girl. Apparently, there is another victim who has not come forward. Peterson remains in jail...

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Four days after personal injury auto accident insurance expired in Florida, lawmakers moved swiftly to re-enact the PIP provisions. A move to cap attorney fees was struck down in the new legislation that is set to begin in January. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) pays medical bills up to $10,000 regardless of who is at fault in the auto accident. The move is seen as helping those who drive...

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The recent revelations of former St. Petersburg City Council member John Bryan and his subsequent suicide demonstrate the perverse and prevalent nature of pedophiles and ephebophiles (those who prey sexually on post-pubescent teens). On the surface, John Bryan was a doting father who loved his adopted children. Yet the truth revealed that he was preying sexually on these children he had...

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