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• Accidents Happen, Even to Movie Stars. So Make Sure You are Covered!!

  Fred Schultz | August 05, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Like many people, I check CNN.com every day for updates in world events and other news. I was surpised to see today that one of my favorite actors, Morgan Freeman, was apparently seriously injured...

• Reckless Driving Creates Risk of Injury to Others

  Fred Schultz | July 29, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Yesterday, an Indianapolis man was stopped by a State Police Trooper for going 127 miles per hour in his Corvette on S.R. 37. Indiana State Police Trooper Dustin Starnes was patrolling Ind. 37...

• Truck Driver involved in Fatal Crash did not have CDL

  Fred Schultz | July 23, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A tragic accident happened on S.R. 37 south of Bloomington Tuesday evening. An older woman was killed and her grandaughter was seriously injured when a semi-truck heading south-bound on S.R. 37...

• Automobile Accidents can have Devestating Effects

  Fred Schultz | July 11, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  We all take for granted that when we get behind the wheel of a car, we are going to get wherever we are going safely. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Recently, two teenage boys were...

• Fireworks are fun, but also cause injury

  Fred Schultz | July 09, 2008 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

• Man Tasered by Police Dies Five Days Later

  Jenny Albano | April 25, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A man in Chicago died five days after being tased by police outside a bar near Miami University. Kevin Piskura died just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 at the University Hospital in...

• Topps Beef Burgers Recalled for E. Coli Contamination

  Chrissie Cole | September 27, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Topps Meat Company announced a voluntary recall of more than 300,000 pounds of ground beef tainted with E. Coli O157:H7, after receiving over 22 reports of illness.The recall was announced this week after the CDC said 21 people across eight states had become ill after eating burgers that may have been contaminated with E. coli.According to the CDC, two cases in New York and one in Florida have...

• Barbie Accessories Recalled for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | September 10, 2007 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Mattel announced a voluntary toy recall of 675,000 Barbie accessory toys, made in China, due to the surface paints on the toys containing excessive levels of lead. This toy recall involves several Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured between September 30, 2006 and August 20, 2007. A full list of recalled Barbie toys can be found on Mattel's website. The date and product codes are printed...

• Coal City Man Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 29, 2007 2:44 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A Clay County man, 52, died from injuries he suffered in a two-vehicle accident, on Tuesday that also sent a 17-year-old girl to the hospital.The girl was transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and released.The man was driving his Ford F250 north on Indiana 159 when the girl trying to pull out of the driveway on the east side of the road, according to Clay County Sheriff's...

• CPSC Investigating Fisher-Price Toy Recall

  Chrissie Cole | August 13, 2007 2:20 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating whether Fisher-Price alerted them as quickly as it should, about lead paint found in over 1.5 million toys manufactured in China, that were part of the worldwide recall announced last week.Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the commission, told The Associated Press on Monday that it was conducting "an active and open" investigation into...