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• Winn-Dixie Pulls Mislabeled Ice Cream from Shelves

  Courtney Mills | October 09, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Winn-Dixie Grocery Stores has issued a recall on Prestige Chocolate Ice Cream because of possible mislabeled packaging. Some of the Prestige Ice Cream product shipped by Winn-Dixie may have actually been Chocolate Almond flavor ice cream instead of Chocolate.Persons who suffer from nut allergies or from sensitivity to almonds may risk life-threatening complications from eating the product, and...

• PIP Gets New lease on Life

  Courtney Mills | September 25, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Last week Friday Governor Charlie Christ's representatives met in closed session with lobbyists from hospitals, trial lawyers, and auto insurance companies, in an effort to save PIP. A counselor to the governor told the men that a compromise had been reached between the House and Senate to save No-Fault.According to original reporting in the Palm Beach Post, Christopher Kise, counselor and...

• CPSC Announces Recall of 1 Million Baby Cribs

  K.C. Bouchillon | September 22, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Three deaths and dozens of "close calls" have led to the recall of more than a million baby cribs sold under the Simplicity and Graco brand names, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.The baby cribs pose a significant risk of strangulation and suffocation of children because of a defectively designed siderail. The instructions for the crib are unclear, causing many buyers to install...

• Gibsonton Woman Dies in Car Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  A Gibsonton woman died late Thursday afternoon in a car crash with a Ford Expedition and veering into a lake.Sheila Creel's red Mazda was struck at the intersection of Gornto Lake Road and Providence Lakes Boulevard by a large Ford Expedition, which sent her car flying into the pond that abuts the intersection.According to media reports, two drivers in the car behind the Expedition got out at...

• Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 19 Va. Tech Students

  Courtney Mills | August 20, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  19 Virginia Tech students at an off-campus apartment complex had their lives turned upside down Sunday morning when a carbon monoxide leak sent the majority of them to local hospitals for carbon monoxide poisoning.A leak in a faulty gas water heater was discovered to be the root of the problem, which sent so many students scrambling for treatment at local hospitals. According to reports,...

• Parent Sues Mattel After Toy Recall

  Jenny Albano | August 13, 2007 11:52 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  A parent sued Mattel Inc. and Fisher-Price Inc. about a toy after the companies recalled around 1.5 million toys because of a possibility that the products had excess lead in the surface paint.The plaintiff, Farrah Shoukry, is seeking a refund for toys and money for diagnostic tests for lead poisoning.Shoukry, who filed the lawsuit because she purchased the recalled toys for her daughter, wants...

• Peter Pan Returns to Shelves; Lawsuits Pile Up

  Courtney Mills | August 13, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  ConAgra's flagship brand of peanut butter, 'Peter Pan', will return to store shelves this month in an epic move by the agribusiness concern to restore consumer confidence in its brands. The move comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee to put to rest any remaining concerns that consumers may have about Peter Pan peanut butter since the peanut butter recall.ConAgra's decision to return Peter Pan...

• 5-year-old Highland City boy mauled by pit bull

  K.C. Bouchillon | July 25, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  While visiting a family friend in Highland City, 5-year-old Martin Collier, was savagely attacked by a pit bull. Collier was at the home of Scott Gawtrey, whose pit bull bit Collier on his face, head, arms and legs. He required more than 200 stitches in his upper lip, and 50 stitches in his scalp. It does not appear that Collier did anything to provoke the attack. Under Florida law, the owner of...

• Castleberry's voluntarily recalls botulism-tainted canned meat products

  K.C. Bouchillon | July 25, 2007 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Castleberry's, a Georgia-based outfit owned by Bumblebee Foods, has voluntarily recalled approximately 75 brands of chili sauce, beef stew, and canned meat because of concerns they could be tainted with botulism. The problem was discovered during an investigation of botulism poisoning in Indiana and Texas, although the distribution of the at-risk products is far broader.Given the recent...

• Amtrak Train Derails After Colliding With Truck

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck and derailed. None of the passengers on the train were injured and the condition of the driver was not immediately known.The crash took place in Plant City at around 3:15 P.M. and all the passengers were evacuated near a bowling alley. The train was coming from Miami and was on its way to New York. The spokeswomen from Amtrak reported that the...