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Family sues hospital, nurse after patient death linked to 'alarm fatigue'
The family of Edward Harrigan -- a patient who died at Tobey Hospital in Wareham after no one responded to warnings on his cardiac monitor -- filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital and a nurse on Tuesday.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
Defense begins case in Bob Ward murder trial
Bob Ward's company, Land Resource, filed for bankruptcy almost a year before his wife died. He was being sued by an insurance company that accused him of taking more than $20 million from the sale of lots in subdivisions he was building in Tennessee in
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
Harrisburg controller pushes for bankruptcy
Jeff Piccola, (R-Dauphin/York) has blocked bankruptcy and is moving forward with a state takeover of Harrisburg's financial recovery. "He shouldn't be involved in bankruptcy," Piccola said of Miller. "I know why he's doing it; he's running for mayor
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
Goodbye Old Parking Meters, Hello Muni-Meters
The regulations should be based upon the good of the people — how to help business, improve the flow of traffic and have a uniform system of parking — not how to catch people to extract the most money. People worry about being ripped off.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
New LICH CEO Says Hospital Is Here to Stay
Felony assaults, he said, often happen when prisoners try to attack guards, people getting tickets try to fight traffic agents and the like. Although traffic agents are unarmed, DiPaolo said, “They're part of the Police Department, they're hard-working
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:40P
REGION: Dead man's family gets $1 million-plus verdict in transit death suit
A jury on Wednesday said a security guard who shot and killed an Oceanside man during a fight at the Vista Transit Center in 2009 acted in a "malicious or oppressive" manner, and awarded the dead man's family more than $1 million in damages.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:39P
Pro baseball scores a deal in San Rafael
Some San Rafael residents objected to a team, saying they worried about excessive noise, parking hassles, traffic jams and other impacts. Supporters of the team said it would be a welcome addition to the city's entertainment offerings.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:39P
Jury delivers 'guilty' verdict in Harris rape trial
EDNA - After retiring to jury chambers, the jury in the Billy Joe Harris rape trial returned to court about five minutes later with a guilty verdict. The trial, now in its sixth day, had heard testimony pertaining to Harris's sexual assault of a
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:38P
Dumping of 35 bodies on street seen as warning to Zetas
Masked gunmen blocked traffic on the busy avenue in a Gulf of Mexico coastal city and left the bodies piled in two trucks and on the ground, according to authorities. The scene was a sharp escalation in drug violence in Veracruz state, which sits on an
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:38P
Lawsuit accuses Bass Pro Shops of racial discrimination; company denies it
AP HOUSTON — Retail chain Bass Pro Outdoor World is accused in a federal lawsuit filed today of discriminating against qualified black and Hispanic job applicants since 2005 and retaliating against those employees who spoke up about the practice.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:37P
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