New Year’s Eve doesn’t usually bring to mind thoughts of product safety recalls, but that’s exactly what happened on December 31, 2008 as the producers and manufacturers of two…
Fresh off her State of the State address this week, Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm appears to have her sights set on auto insurance companies. Melvin Hollowell, the governor’s…
An editorial in last Thursday’s Detroit Free Press by Sally C. Pipes had me scratching my head over the ramifications of an upcoming United States Supreme Court decision in Wyatt v Levine….
For most of us, the words emergency medical services conjure images of paramedics, firefighters, and police officers rendering care and transporting patients to the hospital by ambulance. In many…
It is no secret that times are tough in Michigan. The state has the highest unemployment rate in the country which has forced thousands of people to purchase individual health insurance plans that…
February may be just around the corner, but the flood of companies trying to cash in on people’s New Year’s Resolutionshttp://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml…
In a stinging defeat for the Michigan Department of Corrections, The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of 10 female prisoners who were awarded $15.5 million in damages for sexual abuse by…
A 23 year-old Newberry resident crashed his car into police vehicle on Michigan’s M28 highway in the Upper Peninsula on January 27, 2009. The preliminary investigation indicates the 23 year-old’s…
The peanut plant responsible for the recent salmonella outbreak knew its products contained the bacteria, but shipped the tainted product anyways. The Peanut Corporation of America ignored positive…
Just over three years ago, the nation was reminded of the horrific risks associated with the mining industry. The Sago Mine Disaster, as it is now known, resulted in the deaths of 12 people in small…
NBC decided tihs week to not air a controversial ad produced by PETA, the renowned animal rights group, during its broadcast of the Superbowl on Sunday February 1, 2009. NBC determined the content…
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) can be a life-threatening condition affecting the skin and causing cell death. This severe allergic reaction has been linked to a number of drugs, ranging from…