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• American Dream turns to American Nightmare in Mortgage Lending Crisis

  Gibson Vance | October 15, 2008 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Home ownership, “The American Dream,” has for many families all across America become “The American Nightmare!” Home foreclosures are at an all-time high. According to...

• U.S. Senate debates nursing home arbitration requirements

  Wendi Lewis | June 18, 2008 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A special joint meeting of the U.S. Senate Judiciary and U.S. Aging Committee met this morning to discuss the issue of mandatory arbitration. The specific issue at hand was S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act.

• Three Car Accident near Attalla

  Shannon Weidemann | May 09, 2008 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two people were injured when three cars collided in Etowah County. The car accident happened on Interstate 59 yesterday afternoon. The cars were on an overpass for Alabama Highway 77. The...

• Alli Side-Effects May Outweigh Benefits

  Staff Writer | June 18, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A new diet drug has hit the shelves with the FDA's approval, but users may want to be wary of the side effects. Alli, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is supposed to help people lose 50% more weight than other dietary supplements.Alli blocks enzymes that digest fat, preventing the body from absorbing about a quarter of the fat eaten. The undigested fat is then excreted. One study of Alli showed...

• Alabama Girl Scouts in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 06, 2008 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Member of a Girl Scout troop from southern Alabama were involved in a single-car accident this week. The accident happened after a day of kayaking. The troop was making their way home in a caravan...

• New web site seeks to raise mesothelioma awareness

  Wendi Lewis | May 14, 2008 5:28 PM | 5 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  In February 2008 Beasley Allen launched a new web log, or “blog” site, www.mymeso.org, dedicated to providing information about mesothelioma, as well as asbestos and related asbestos diseases such as asbestosis, and also lung cancer in general. The site is designed to raise mesothelioma awareness and provide a network of support for those facing this diagnosis.

• Indianapolis Train Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | January 08, 2008 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A train accident in Indianapolis on Sunday morning derailed 35 train cars and injured two workers. The conductor and engineer on the train were both injured. It is believed that their injuries were not serious. The train accident happened in a rail yard on the west side of the city.Wayne Township Fire Department Captain Troy Wymer says the accident happened early Sunday morning when 112 cars...

• Man Injured in Montgomery Car Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | November 23, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An unidentified man was hurt in a car accident on a Montgomery highway earlier today. He was driving a car on Interstate 370 in Montgomery County. He drove off the road and hit a tractor that was parked in the grass. The car struck a grass-cutting tractor, which was unoccupied, and caught fire, according to John McDonough, a spokesman for Maryland State Police. Grass and brush also caught...

• Hotel construction site injuries

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A story out of New Jersey on Trentonian.com reported a Friday construction site accident in which two workers fell four stories in a scaffolding collapse.The two workers were rushed to the hospital to be treated for internal injuries. The story says that the scaffolding was makeshift, without safety standards in mind:"They had made homemade scaffolding," Kostoplis said. "In fact, they put a...

• Construction Worker In Serious Condition After Accident

  Chrissie Cole | March 25, 2009 1:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man buried in a construction accident in St. Clair County on Tuesday, is now listed in serious condition at UAB Hospital. The man was using a backhoe to move dirt at an auto salvage yard on...