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• Fatal Drag-Racing Accident in Tennessee

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2007 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  On Saturday, June 16, there was a drag-racing accident that killed 6 people and injured over a dozen more. The list of fatalities includes four teenagers and two people in their early twenties. Eighteen people who were injured in the accident are still being treated at local hospitals.The accident occurred when a driver lost control of his vehicle and drove into the crowd. The driver of the...

• Woman Dies After Falling Off Trunk of Moving Vehicle

  Christina Cole | April 20, 2007 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  A woman was killed in a car accident when she fell off the trunk of a moving car. The district attorney is getting help from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to help figure out what caused the accident.The woman struck her head on the road, Tuesday, while driving on the trunk. McMinn County investigators were working the accident. The District Attorney General asked the TBI to help assist...

• Ford Recall on Police Cruisers

  John Rice | March 29, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  As many as 109,664 Ford Crown Victoria police cars recalled because of cracks developing in wheels causing rapid air loss during pursuits. There have been two crashes because of this defect which Ford is disputing. The NHTSA received a letter from Ford's association director for safety assurance stating that the voluntary recall is only to "avoid a protracted dispute with the agency".

• Gastric Bypass Lawsuit

  John Rice | March 27, 2007 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  Houston Community Hospital of Texas and one of its surgeons face a medical malpractice lawsuit for the death of a gastric bypass patient. The patient's mother claims the hospital failed to appropriately warn her daughter of the risks involved in the gastric bypass surgery. The same surgeon has been named in another lawsuit.

• FDA's Warning About Sleeping Pills

  John Rice | March 26, 2007 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  The FDA ordered sleeping pill manufacturers to strengthen warnings about two rare but serious side effects. The agency is concerned that these pills are causing users to sleep-drive or perform other complex behaviors while not fully awake. Officials also warn about the life threatening allergic reactions such as severe facial swelling that can occur the first time the pills are taken.

• Wiretap Lawsuit Against Bush

  John Rice | March 25, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  The federal government in an effort to maintain national security is urging an appeals court to drop a lawsuit filed over President Bush's eavesdropping program. The Justice Department argued that the alleged secret relationship between AT&T and the government should remain a state secret. The lawsuit was filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation accusing AT&T of illegally allowing the National...

• Defective Flood Control Pumps In New Orleans

  John Rice | March 23, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  In 2006 the Corps of Engineers knowingly installed faulty flood-control pumps in New Orleans. An engineering expert had warned that the pumps had failed testing and would break down during a hurricane. The pumps were not used in 2006 due to a mild hurricane season.

• Medical Data Missing

  John Rice | March 22, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  Wellpoint has begun informing 75,000 Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield members that a CD holding their personal data is missing. The CD was lost after being sent to a behavioral services company in Connecticut. An Empire spokeswoman said the data was not encrypted.

• Lawyers for Katrina Victims Withdraw Settlement Motion

  John Rice | March 21, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  The lawyers representing approximately 36,000 Hurricane Katrina victims withdrew from a proposed settlement with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. The judge was reluctant to approve the settlement and the lawyers plan to file a new settlement proposal. According to the judge the proposed settlement of $50 million dollars did not guarantee enough policyholders would receive money.

• State Officials Order Allstate to Reduce Homeowners' Rates

  John Rice | March 20, 2007 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  The Allstate Insurance Company must reduce Texas homeowners insurance rates by 5% as ordered by the Texas Department of Insurance.Allstate must also refund overcharges made since December 2004 which amounts to an estimated $56 million dollars. This was announced after the Department upheld the insurance commissioner's claims that Allstate's rates were excessive, unreasonable and unfairly...