A Weatherford, Texas, community has been left without a clean supply of drinking water after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its original stance that fracking was to blame for the contamination. Within a year of issuing an emergency order related to a well contaminated by hydraulic fracturing, the EPA changed its mind with no…
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While one family is mourning the loss of a loved one to a sudden, unexpected fatal accident, Jose Ramirez is facing intoxication manslaughter charges for causing the crash. According to reports, Ramirez was travelling in the wrong direction on Tidwell when he slammed into another vehicle, fatally injuring his own passenger. The other driver was…
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with KTM North America, announced a voluntary recall of KTM Enduro motorcycles manufactured by KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG in 2012 and 2013. The recall was prompted by reports that the pre-formed fuel hose can develop small holes or cracks at the ends of the hose, allowing…
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Once again, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Department of Transportation, and against the family of a deceased motorist, in the case of a dangerous highway. The decision was issued in Texas Department of Transportation v. Perches, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2012). In this suit, Jose Perches was killed at the…
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Just last week we wrote about the results of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Study that reported how too many people, especially Texans, were driving drowsy or falling asleep at the wheel. Seeming to back up the results of the study, a drowsy driver caused a fatal multi-vehicle crash earlier this week in Houston….
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There has been a recent boom in the attempts to commercialize space flight. With NASA no longer sending people into space on its ships, attention has turned to new companies like Space X and Virgin Galactic. These companies are on the verge of making commercial space travel an affordable and common practice. Virgin Galactic, for…
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The safety of medical helicopters is ironically being questioned after two crashed in an eight-hour span on Wednesday, killing a total of three medical personnel. No patients died in the crashes, which occurred in Ventura, Iowa and Seminole, Oklahoma. These three fatalities continue a disconcerting trend of the last few years. According to CNN, sixteen…
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Forty-four-year old Jacqueline Greig and her 13-year-old daughter Janessa were among the eight people killed after a pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California in 2010. Their surviving family members recently reached a settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), owner of the burst pipeline. The otherwise confidential settlement included a requirement that PG&E take a…
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