Attention: Any woman currently using bill control pills, you may want to abstain from sex until you check out the packaging – unless of course you want to get pregnant. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has issued a recall on six of its birth control products, including Cyclafem 7/7/7, Cyclafem 1/35, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, […]
Medical costs 50 million & rising for Giants fan
Lawyers for the San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium say his medical care is expected to cost more than $50 million.The figure was part of a damage estimate included in papers filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The filings come in a lawsuit Stow and his children have brought […]
9 Year Old Ryan White Receives Warm Welcome Home
Ryan White has finally made the journey home. The 9 year-old Philadelphia boy returned home Saturday, more than a month after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver after attending a Phillies game in San Francisco. Ryan was greeted by more than 100 friends, neighbors and well-wishers. White was hit Aug. 4 outside AT&T Park […]
Man Escapes Serious Injury in Downtown Palo Alto Crash
Luck favored a 32-year-old Mountain View resident early Sunday following a fiery crash in downtown Palo Alto. The as yet unidentified man suffered moderate injuries when he drove his GMC Yukon SUV through a guardrail on Alma Street and plummeted to University Avenue below, said Palo Alto police spokeswoman Sandra Brown. Moments before the approximately […]
Sunsations to pay 60K penalty for drawstring hoods
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Sunsations Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000. The penalty agreement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5-0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Sunsations knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by […]
