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Americans need to stop and consider how many consumers will be killed and injured by dangerous drugs by the time George Bush heads back to Texas at the end of his Presidency, as a direct result of his allowing the interests of the pharmaceutical industry to take control of the FDA. For nearly 70 years, the common-law tort systems in the individual states have provided a remedy for citizens injured by prescription drugs. However, in one of the most blatant paybacks for political contributions in US history, in January 2006, Bush-appointed officials at the FDA announced that the agency's approval of a drug and its labeling acts to preempt product liability lawsuits filed by patients against the pharmaceutical giants. .
Search for missing 79-year-old turns to local neighbourhoods
The search for a Porcupine man may have been suspended, but police are now turning to the general public for help in locating Luciano Trinaistich.
On Monday, Ontario Provincial Police released a photo of the 79-year-old Trinaistich, who hasn't been seen since July 24.
OPP and Timmins Police Service, along with countless search-and-rescue volunteers exhausted their search of an area north of Timmins in Murphy Township, where Trinaistich's vehicle was found. .
Tyler Stull Scholarship Drive events are nearing
Ticket sales and registration will be ending soon for two separate events planned for Aug. 4 to raise funds for the Tyler R. Stull Memorial Scholarship drive. Tyler, a second-semester junior in the New Media program at the IUPUI School of Informatics, died of an accident on Jan. 28. In that program, he had developed a love for all types of music and had focused his interest within this program to Graphics Design and Sound Design. Stull had completed requirements for his Music minor, while maintaining a 3.7 overall grade point average. In honor of their son and to help others with financial need, his parents, Hugh and Beth Stull, have set up a $1,000 annual scholarship through the IU Foundation. The scholarship will be targeted to a senior student in the School of Informatics who meets requirements for both financial need and has maintained a minimum GPA of 3.0.
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Littell, who is associate vice president with Colliers Private Capital Advisors in Torrance, comments that with more than 220 million sf of space and a 2% vacancy rate, the South Bay has one of the strongest industrial real estate markets in the nation. AMB "wanted to take advantage of the long-term income and strong future redevelopment potential that this deal offered," Littell adds. .
Katrina Incompetence Redux: FEMA Trailers
FEMA doesn't know how many people uprooted by Hurricane Katrina actually bought the travel trailers provided by the government as temporary housing. But FEMA is offering to by them back because of concerns over formaldehyde. Last month, at Congressional hearings, we learned that "top FEMA officials had brushed aside field workers' concerns about formaldehyde despite residents' complaints about possibly related illnesses." Internal memos and e-mails showed that Agency lawyers resisted testing because they didn't want to be accountable. One lawyer said: "Do not initiate any testing until we give the OK. ... Once you get results ... the clock is running on our duty to respond to them." Want to lay odds that those lawyers were political appointees rather than civil service employees? Earlier this month, FEMA committed to testing the trailers.
Long Awaited by Bankruptcy Lawyers in LA and California: The Rutter Group Bankruptcy Practice Guide is Published in ...
Attorney Kathleen P. March is the lead author of the March, Ahart & Tchiakovsky Rutter Group "Bankruptcy Practice Guide" for attorneys, published this month, August 2007, by The Rutter Group. The Rutter Group is California's most highly respected publisher of books for educating lawyers. Attorney March is the lead author on the Bankruptcy Practice Guide, which was co-authored by March and by Bankruptcy Judges Ahart and Tchiakovsky. (PRWEB) August 12, 2007 -- Attorney Kathleen P. March is the lead author of the March, Ahart & Tchiakovsky Rutter Group "Bankruptcy Practice Guide" for attorneys, published this month, August 2007, by The Rutter Group. The Rutter Group is California's most highly respected publisher of books for educating lawyers. Attorney March is the lead author on the Bankruptcy Practice Guide, which was co-authored by March and by Bankruptcy Judges Ahart and Tchiakovsky.
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