Chuck Thompson's article in the New Republic responds to the recent 80,000-signature-strong petition to the White House requesting that Texas be allowed to secede from the union. Thompson writes: Rather than secession, which would radically fracture our nation, Texas...
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Year: 2012
About the FDA’s ‘Black Box’ Warning for Prescription Drugs
The black-box warning is that big, bold warning seen on the packaging or instruction sheet of drugs like the blood thinner Pradaxa (dabigatran) and the diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone), both of which are known to cause serious side effects in some patients. The Food...
New 85-mph Texas roadway claims its first auto fatality
Perhaps this fatality is only the first of many car and truck accidents on the new Texas roadway with an 85-mph speed limit. According to NBC News, the 41-mile stretch of roadway in Texas (Texas State Highway 130 between San Antonio and Austin) had its first auto...
Pradaxa Defective Drug Lawsuits Starting to Take off
According to the American Bar Association Journal, lawyers have filed exactly 131 cases against Boehringer Ingelheim, the global drug maker based in Germany, and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. These suits allege that Boehringer Ingelheim's...
Texas’s Disturbing Trend in Auto Fatalities
As Erin Mulvaney reports for the Beaumont Enterprise, the day after Election Day this week marked the 12-year stretch of an ugly trend: since Nov. 7, 2000, not one day has passed when someone hasn't been killed in a car or truck accident in Texas. The total of deaths...
Big Rig Trucker Convicted on Felony Charges After Fatal Accident
He'll get 25 years behind bars for an accident last year that claimed the life of a mother of two children. On his way back from a long run and tired, the trucker was behind the wheel beyond the maximum number of hours allowed under the hours-of-service rules, which...
Severely obese truck drivers with sleep apnea cause more wrecks
What do you get when you mix sleep apnea with truck driving? You get more accidents from driving while fatigued, as Frances Childress reports for the Examiner. According to a study published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention, severely obese truck...
Tips to prevent dog bites this Halloween
In anticipation of Halloween, CBS News in Dallas-Fort Worth gives us some tips on how to prevent a dog bite. Dog bites might be the greater threat, according to the report, than your kids getting overloaded on candy. Because dogs tend to be territorial, especially...
Back-over accident in Bexar County claims life of 2-year-old boy
A terrible accident in Bexar County early Wednesday morning this week is a reminder to all drivers - especially those with children or who live around children - to exercise extra caution when backing out of the driveway. So-called "back-over" accidents happen every...
South Texas roads need ‘more than just a facelift’ because of big rigs
As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 San Antonio, things aren't looking too hot for many South Texas counties affected by the Eagle Ford Shale big rig traffic. "Six of our counties are considered economically distressed counties," says Frio County Judge Carlos Garcia. "We...