A 23-year-old Texas man told a local news reporter that he remembered drinking about ten beers on Sunday night. At 2:30 am on Monday morning law enforcement authorities began receiving calls that a driver was headed the wrong way down the interstate. The 23-year-old told reporters that he did not remember getting on the interstate…
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The Texas Supreme Court recently threw out another case brought by a patient. In the case of Turtle Healthcare Group, L.L.C. d/b/a Fred’s Pharmacy v. Linan, et al., ___ S.W.3d ___(Tex. 2011)(2/25/11), the family of a woman who was dependent upon a ventilator asked the provider for extra supplies and batteries because of an approaching…
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After the New York bus crash that killed 15 people earlier this month, transportation safety has frequently been in the headlines. The latest of these headlines focused on the lack of technology in large motor coaches. Technology such as adaptive cruise control and electronic stability control are not currently present in most commercial busses. Many…
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Today, around 2 p.m., an explosion at the KMTEX chemical plant near Port Arthur, Texas claimed the life of one worker and injured three others. According to preliminary reports, the explosion involved the processing of gasoline and a 500-barrel fuel tank exploded, resulting in a flash fire. According to Sheriff’s Deputy Rod Carroll, two of…
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As delinquencies on home loans slowly decline, the five biggest US mortgage servicers are looking for new and creative ways to foreclose on properties. Their new proposal is called “cash for keys” and it is an offer to bribe delinquent homeowners to leave their house in exchange for a small sum of cash. This proposed…
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The federal judiciary has recently found itself in a precarious position. According to a February 8 article in the Washington Post, new bench vacancies are occurring at a rate of close to one per week, which has doubled the number of total vacancies since President Obama took office. Indeed, out of the 857 judgeships nationally,…
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On the last day of this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Brian Greenhouse (47) fell twenty-eight feet to his death from the “Hi-Miler” roller coaster. According Leroy Shafer, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo event CEO, this was the first fatality at the carnival in at least forty years. So what happened? Safety consultants…
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According to a story on www.texastribune.org, a Legislative Budget Board analysis released Thursday showed the state could lose 271,746 jobs in 2012 and 335,244 in 2013. The report concerns a combination of public and private sector positions. Under the current House budget proposal, state funding will be cut by 12.3 percent for the next biennium.
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