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• Rat Poison cause of Pet Food Recall

  Christina Cole | March 26, 2007 12:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  State Officials announced rat poison was found in the recalled pet food from last week and linked to the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs.At this time it is unclear just how many deaths could end up linked to the "cuts and gravy" style foods produced by Menu Foods that is sold under 95 brand names. Scientists are expected more deaths to be announced in the coming weeks.Aminopterin, a cancer...

• Driver Doing Well after Crash on Turnpike

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 2:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Wearing a seatbelt can save your life and a 49-year-old Lawrence woman is living proof. The woman was involved in a single-car accident, at 1pm on Friday, on the Kansas Turnpike. Listed in fair condition Friday evening, she is expected to recover. She was traveling east on Interstate 70 when her car started to drift off to the side of the road. When she tried to steer back on to the road she...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walgreens

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Wednesday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class action lawsuit against Walgreens Co. for allegedly discriminating against African-American management workers.The suit was prompted in part from a Kansas City store manager that alleges the drugstore chain assigned black managers to low-performing stores and to stores only in African-American communities and has denied black...