Monthly Archives: November 2008

FDA Demands Relabeling on Most Facial Products

In an article posted by the Associated Press, the Food and Drug Administration is informing most consumers about the long term health risks associated with many facial skin products that most women have been using more and more over the past 5 years. Dr. Michael Bigby, a Harvard Medical School dermatologist, states in the article [...]

1 Dead in 3 Vehicle Crash

Late Thursday night on 11/7/08 a deadly three vehicle crash happened on Pines Blvd in Seminole. According to Pinellas County deputies, witnesses reported a minivan driven by 22 year old Coty James Cotter of Madeira Beach, drove over a curb and then onto the shoulder on the north bound lanes. He then entered the 3 [...]

Deadly Hit and Run Kills 1

Early Thursday morning according the Florida Highway Patrol, Scott Stevens of Arcadia, was riding his motorcycle on State Road 70 were he was struck head on by a Dodge pickup truck that had crossed the center line. Stevens, even though wearing his helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene. As the Dodge truck drove off, [...]

Father shakes child to Death

Jeff Spohn of Land O Lakes was charged last week with first degree murder of his 18 month old daughter that he said had died from a head injury back in mid 2007 at his Wesley Chapel home. When investigation finally tested the young girl’s body, the trauma was not as described by Spohn. Spohn, [...]

Watching racy TV shows cause teens to increase sexual activity

In the Nation section of the St. Petersburg times today there was an article entitled “Pregnancy in teens tied to racy TV shows”, that highlighted statistics according to Anita Chandra, a Rand Corp behavioral scientist, about teens who watched shows like “Sex in the City”, “Friends”, and other shows that involve unprotected sex and sexual [...]

AAJ Shows the Truth about Insurance Companies

In the latest report by the American Association of Justice, it shows you the consumer about how tough insurance companies are being these days using you as the target to make more money. Within these tough tactics, insurance companies are trying to boost business with the recent downward trend of the economy. As American Association [...]

Car and Truck Collide on Bayshore Gardens Parkway

According to the Herald Tribune, in Manatee County on Thursday around 8:30 pm, a car driven by 19 year old Kyle Alexander of Bradenton came into contact with a truck that Mark Frame was driving. The contact came after Alexander came around a turn too quickly and lost control and then struck the truck. At [...]

After Allowing Abusing, Dad wants Custody Again

A 2 year old child in Fort Myers is in stable condition after reportedly being abused by his step mother, Rosemary Kunz, on October 19th. Today was the first time she was faced in a court with the other parent and father of the child, Shane Lewis. Lewis, who failed to protect the child in [...]

Local Plant High Teen Dies in Accident

According to the Gainesville Sun, a Ford SUV that was being driven by Allyson Marie Faulk, 17, a student at Plant High School in Tampa, suddenly lost control and hit the median. Then she and passengers Elizabeth Mischo, 18; Karlyn McKell, 17; and Kristen Hurst, 17, struck trees when they drove off the northbound lane [...]