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Fast Forward LLC, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 6,600 Spiderman Water Bottles due to a choking hazard.Screws under the bottle's lid can come loose and fall into the cup, posing a choking hazard to children. The firm has received three reports of screws coming loose under the water bottle's lid. No injuries have been reported.The water bottles have a picture of Spiderman on...

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Space heaters can pose a significant risk of fire or electrical shocks if they are not used properly and safely. Space heaters are the leading cause of home fires during December, January and February-but such disasters can be prevented with a few simple precautions.When used improperly, space heaters-gas-fueled, kerosene-fueled or electric, fixed or portable, wood stoves and fireplaces can all...

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President Bush exerted his veto power for the fourth time of his presidency today, upsetting legislation that would expand a children's healthcare program.Democrats in Congress appeared undaunted about overriding the President's veto of the legislation, but Democratic senators on the hill are not likely to muster the 2/3 majority required to reverse the veto.This law would benefit lower income...

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Fairbanks Farms, a large national retail supplier of ground beef patties and retail packaged meat products, has recalled certain lots of its packaged beef patties due to fear of E. coli contamination.Fairbanks announced the recall of the beef patties in the New England distribution area on Wednesday. The patties might have been purchased by consumers between 7am and 11am in Shaw's Supermarkets...

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A man has died a few weeks after his neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain.As an emergency operation at Rhode Island Hospital was underway to stanch bleeding in a patient's brain, Dr. Frederick Harrington's nurse practitioner allegedly neglected to record which side of his patient's head needed surgery. According to reports, when another nurse pointed out what required...

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Three people died in a rollover crash on Thursday afternoon, and a fourth was injured, in Tiverton, Rhode Island, the police said. The driver was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle, causing his car to edge off the roadway and flip over, sliding onto its roof. The accident occurred at approximately 5:00pm.The driver and two of the passengers were killed...

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A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that padded hip protectors worn by the elderly do not prevent fractures if a person falls. The study monitored 1,000 nursing home residents at an average age of 85. The researchers had the participants wear the protector on one hip and leave the other one free to compare the results. After 20 months, the fracture rate between...

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On Thursday, June 28, the FDA banned the import of five different kinds of fish and shrimp from China. The seafood contained drugs that have been found to cause cancer.The species include catfish, shrimp, eels, basa -- a kind of catfish -- and the carp-like dace. The FDA is not ordering that the products be pulled out of restaurants or from supermarket shelves but said that all incoming...

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A medical malpractice case in Naples, Florida is close to finishing and being put before the jury. Melvin Dill is suing gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Marks for the death of his wife. The doctor performed a colonoscopy on Judith Dill, which resulted in complications that lead to her death. Dill, who lived at Citrus Park in Bonita Springs with her elderly blind father each winter, went to...

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A 13-year-old girl was crossing Smithfield Avenue in Pawtucket when she was struck by a car Tuesday evening. She was out walking with a group of friends and family. She died from her injuries at Hasbro Childrens Hospital in Providence. Her family remembers the victim as a sweet girl that was always taking care of her mother and younger siblings.The only thing she insisted on, family members...

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