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Everyone hates paying tow truck fees. Your car already has costly damage to the point that it needs to be towed, and now you have to pay someone else on top of that.
Of course, saying you were held at gunpoint isn’t necessarily the best way to get out of that. Beau Heyser, of Helena, [...]
Many pedestrian accident victims have problems remembering when and where they were hit due to shock when they first wake up in the hospital.
Zoe Wiseman, however, had a pretty big clue: a ticket for jaywalking issued by the Metropolitan Police Department. Hospital staff told Zoe that it arrived with her in the ambulance.
The [...]
Fisher-Price and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announce the recall of the Little People Play ‘n Go Campsite due to choking hazard.
Around 96,000 units were sold in the US.
Fisher-Price issued this recall after receiving reports of the Sonya Lee figure breaking in half, exposing loose small parts.
Only the Sonya Lee figure is included [...]
With temperatures at record highs this summer, officials are issuing all kinds of warnings about road hazards. But what if your car becomes the hazard?
Here’s a breakdown of some things you should be aware of when your car is in heat:
Overheating.
According to AAA, one of the most common cause of breakdowns is overheating—even with [...]
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the manufacturer, Tots in Mind, have issued a total recall for the Playard Tent product due to risk of strangulation.
The cribs were made in China and sold at Walmart, Amazon.com and various baby and children’s stores nationwide from January 2005 through February 2010 for about $60.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is warning motorists about the possibility of “road buckling,” due to the extreme summer heat. They aren’t quite sinkholes, but the process is pretty similar.
According to Albert Rollins, VDOT’s interstate maintenance manager for Northern Virginia, consistent temperatures in the mid-to-high-90s put road surfaces at a high risk for buckling. [...]
Pottery Barn and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announce a voluntary recall of Pottery Barn drop-side cribs after receiving 36 incident reports.
The cribs’ drop-sides can detach, creating a space where a young child could become entrapped or fall out of the crib.
ANY Pottery Barn Kids drop-side crib is included in this recall, [...]
In the wake of dozens of Toyota vehicle accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and the massive recalls that ensued, the U.S. Department of Transportation is analyzing the data recorders from the cars involved.
Preliminary findings show that the throttles were wide open, and brakes weren’t engaged at the time of crash, insiders told the Wall [...]
Miraculously, no one was hurt, but 11 Tampa families were forced to evacuate an apartment complex Monday when a sinkhole suddenly appeared in the parking lot. The only casualty was a 1995 Toyota Camry belonging to Sandy Burnham.
The sinkhole is still growing. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Frank Fernandez expressed shock at the speed [...]
On this day in 1885, Louis Pasteur administered the first successful rabies vaccination. At the time, not a lot was known about rabies, but it was expected that society would “outgrow” it.
Unfortunately, doctors nationwide have had to administer millions of vaccines since then. The inoculation for rabies may have come a long way technologically, but [...]
