May 12
This comes from Baldwin Park Patch:
Police dispatcher is broadcasting to patrols in the area, that a resident called to report 4 male youths are threatening residents around Baldwin Park Blvd. and Francisquito Avenue. Apparently one of them is armed.
May 06
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton captured the Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, setting up a general election race with former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory that will feature two baby boomers regarded as moderates by their own parties.
Dalton, a small-town lawyer from Rutherford County, defeated one of the partys veteran war horses, former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge. With 62 counties reporting, Dalton was leading Etheridge 46 percent to 38 percent, with state Rep. Bill Faison of Orange County with less than 6 percent.
He did so after moving quickly to pick up the pieces of the Democratic organization, particularly its donor base, when Gov. Bev Perdue surprised the party in January when she announced that would not seek re-election.
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Apr 09
Washington, DC: Avaulta mesh is but one player in a women’s health issue that, to some in the legal profession, represent a particularly alarming portfolio that sees many patients no longer existing as the women they once were.
Lawsuits involving the Bard Avaulta mesh implant have been consolidated in federal court in the Southern District of West Virginia. Lawyers and industry watchers have found that lawsuits appear to be on the rise since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warnings against vaginal mesh products in July of last year. Read all post…
Apr 07
Alaska’s Deal With Oil Execs Ushers in Pipeline
By PURNA NEMANI
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CN) – Three oil giants reached a settlement with Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday on the future development of North Slope energy resources.Exxon Mobil, BP and ConocoPhillips have agreed to work on the Alaska Pipeline Project(APP) with TransCanada Corp.The Alaska Supreme Court indicated a day earlier that a settlement might be in the works by dismissing its review of disputed leases on the Point Thompson gas fields.Point Thompson is North America’s largest known oil and gas field.
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