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• Motorcycle accident kills Andalusia man

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  The Andalusia Star-News reported a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday involving a motorcycle and a car early in the morning on U.S. Hwy. 84 near Sitel.A woman driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala collided with a 1995 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by a man who died as a result of his injuries. The woman sustained injuries, but survived the crash. According to the article, the accident is still being...

• Duke Settles with Players and Judge Suspends Nifong Immediately

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2007 11:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Duke University has settled on a financial agreement with three of their former students and lacrosse team players. The students were suspended and the lacrosse team season was cancelled after they were charged with rape. The allegations turned out to be false.On Monday, the school stated, "We welcomed their exoneration and deeply regret the difficult year they and their families have had to...

• Alli Side-Effects May Outweigh Benefits

  Staff Writer | June 18, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  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...

• Miraculous recovery from Opp car accident

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2007 12:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Associated Press reports that one of the high school graduates seriously injured in the deadly weekend motor vehicle accident near Opp, Alabama, experienced a miracle recovery.The story says that the 19-year-old was critically injured and not responding to stimuli, so the family and doctors decided to remove his respirator and prepare to harvest his organs. Suddenly, the teen began moving...

• Globetrotting Honeymooner Sparks International TB Scare

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Andrew Speaker triggered an international tuberculosis scare when he exposed fellow travelers to a highly drug resistant form of TB. Speaker knew that when he flew out of Atlanta for his wedding in Greece that he had TB, but did not find out that it was a highly dangerous form until he reached Europe. Speaker disregarded US health officials by flying to and from Europe for his wedding and...

• Train accidents on the rise in Alabama

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2007 1:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  An article from The Montgomery Advertiser addresses the problem of railroad accidents in Alabama, which have reportedly doubled over the past 10 years. The Federal Railroad Administration released statistics that blame track issues for many of these train accidents, including drailments, collisions or obstructions on the tracks. The statistic does not include crashes involving trains and motor...

• Fatal two-car crash near Opp

  Staff Writer | June 11, 2007 1:12 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An 18-year-old graduate of Huntington High School died yesterday afternoon in a two-car accident on U.S. Route 331, just north of Opp, Alabama.The tragic accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. when five men, all recent Huntington High graduates, were traveling in a Chevrolet van and collided with a BMW carrying two people. Everyone in the accident was injured in some way.In Huntington, the family...

• Man injured in two-car accident

  Staff Writer | June 07, 2007 1:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An article from a St. Clair County publication covers a two-car crash that caused serious injuries to a man whose Pontiac Grand Am rolled several times on Logan Martin Dam Road Wednesday.One man recounts the accident:The car in front of me slowed down to make a left turn onto Lakeside Lane," said Chris Rodgers, a 33-year-old Notasulga resident who witnessed the wreck. "I put on my blinker so the...