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

  K.C. Bouchillon | July 25, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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...