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• Mercedes Benz Recalls Sedans for Faulty Transistor

  Chrissie Cole | March 29, 2008 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  More than three thousand Mercedes-Benz, 2008 S Class luxury cars are being recalled for an auto defect due to a faulty transistor."A malfunction may occur on the signal acquisition and actuation module" that controls vehicle some vehicle functions, including the center console lighting, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).The transistors were not properly...

• Fire Destroys Several Texas Apartments

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2008 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A fire destroyed nearly a dozen apartments - ten units - at Hunter's Cove Complex, a northwest Houston apartment complex, Saturday. Building ten sustained the most fire damage.A firewall stopped the fire from spreading to half of the building, but the damaged half was engulfed by flames that quickly spread through the attic.Houston Fire Department pulled a third alarm when some firefighters were...

• Man Killed In Van Rollover Crash

  Chrissie Cole | February 21, 2008 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A Texas man lost his life in a single van rollover accident, in west Fort Worth, on Thursday morning.The driver lost control of his vehicle just after 6 a.m. as he was traveling southbound on Alta Mere Drive. The driver was thrown from the vehicle when it began to rollover, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.Rollover accidents account for 3% of the 11...

• HEART PATIENT SUES OVER FAULTY MEDTRONIC DEFIBRILLATOR

  Jesse Guerra | October 22, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A man who claims he received 47 unneeded jolts from his implanted defibrillator is suing Medtronic Inc. over defective wires used in the defibrillator.According to the Kansas City Star News report, "Medtronic Inc., maker of pacemakers and other heart devices, has acknowledged that wires connecting its implantable defibrillators to patient hearts break more often than it expected." The suit...

• Uranium Mine Pollution Near King Ranch

  Jesse Guerra | October 19, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  King Ranch family member Teo Saenz and other local residents have been trying for years to get Uranium Resources Inc. to clean up the heavy metals and radioactive materials created during their mining operation as required by their Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) permit without success.According to a website Toxic Texas, Teo and his neighbors live next to an underground...

• More Tests urged on Children's Cough and Cold Medicines

  Jesse Guerra | October 19, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Widely used cold and cough medicines have not been shown to work in anyone younger than 12 according to government health advisers. Advisers also urged that tests be conducted to determine the effects of these medications on children. In fact, Pediatricians pushing for greater restrictions told the Food and Drug Administration that the over-the-counter medications should not be given to...

• FDA Issues Warning For Pain Killer Drug Fentora

  Jesse Guerra | September 28, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  U.S. Drug regulators issued a public health advisory about the potential risks of a pain drug made by Cephalon Inc.The drug, Fentora, has been aproved to treat cancer patients whose severe pain cannot be controlled from other pain killers such as morphine and other pain releiver drugs. Fentora is 80 times stronger than morphine and has been linked to some recent deaths after taking Fentora. ...

• Man Drowns at Padre Isles Golf Course in Corpus Christi, Texas

  Jesse Guerra | September 20, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A 36 year-old man drowned yesterday, September 19, 2007 while diving for golf balls.According to police, he was found dead at the scene at the bottom of a pond on the fourth hole of the golf course. He was found two hours after he was reported missing. The man had been diving for golf balls with his cousin and both were working for a Houston based company at the time of the drowning. Police...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed in SUV Rollover and Tire Failure Case

  Jesse Guerra | September 18, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  The estates of Santos Sanic-Lajpop and Esperanza Ambrocio Vicente have filed a wrongful death law suit in Los Angeles County alleging negligence and defective manufacturing/design on behalf of Cooper Tire Company and Toyota Motor Company USA.Sanic-Lajpop was driving south on Interstate 15 in Utah with his wife and their two children when the left rear tire tread came apart on the couples 1991...

• FDA Issues Saftey Alert on Avandia

  Jesse Guerra | September 18, 2007 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  The U.S. Food and drug Administration (FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosigliazone), a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.Safety data from controlled clinical trials have demonstrated a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attacks and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia. One study reported by The New York Times found that Avandia made...