Sunday, March 6, 2011

Bicycles Recalled by REI Due to Fork Failure

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Distributor: Recreational Equipment Inc. of Kent, Wash. Hazard: The fork can separats from the steerer tube whic h can cause the rider to lose posing afall hazard. The firm has received two reporte of forks separating causing ridersto fall. Injuries reporteds include a fractured clavicle, broken teeth, faciall damage and head injuries. This recall involves 2005 Novara Trionfo bicycles with Aprebic carbonfiber forks. The bicycles are blue and whitde withblack forks, and have the name "Novara" printedr on the bars. Sold at: REI retaipl stores nationwide from January 2005 through Augustr 2006 forbetween $720 and $1,900.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and retur n them to an REI retaip store for afree repair. Consumer Contact: For additional contact REI at 426-4840 between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. ET Monda y through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at CPSC is stilo interested in receiving incident or injury reportas that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a differentr hazard with thesame product. Pleas tell us about it by visiting . The U.S. Consumer Productr Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risksz of serious injury or death from thousands of typeas of consumer products underthe agency's jurisdiction.
The CPSC is committed to protectingt consumers and families from products that posea electrical, chemical, or mechanical The CPSC's work to ensurd the safety of consumer products -- such as cribs, power tools, cigarette and household chemicals -- contributed significantlty to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuried associated with consumer products over the past 30 To report a dangerous product or a product-relatexd injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC'sw teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-maiol subscription list, please go to . Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging onto CPSC's Web site at . SOURC U.S.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

DOR employee gets probation for fraud - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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resident Constance Morgan, 44, pleadec guilty May 7 to one count of conspiract to defraudthe state, the reported Thursday. Her accomplice, Terry Richardson, 46, previously pleades guilty to a similar chargde onApril 2. In August 2007, Specia Agent James Winn Jr., a member of the DOR’zs Litigation and Investigations Division, beganm investigating reports that taxpayers, who paid by moneu order, were not being properly credited for payingtheir taxes. The investigation found the five money orderes in question were not filled out or were incorrectlyy made out to the when they were receivedby DOR.
Each moneg order was subsequently altered to be payable to Duringhis interview, Richardson admitted getting the money orderes from a DOR employee. Further investigation revealed a DORmailroom employee, took the monety orders and given them to Richardsonm to alter and cash. Fulton County Superior Court Judger Michael Johnson sentenced both Morgan and Richardso to five years of probation and ordered each to complete 360 hourse ofcommunity service, pay restitution 1,337 in restitutio and pay $1,000 fines.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle): Ex-WaMu exec unloads Seattle mansion

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Rotella and his wife, just sold their Capitol Hill mansionfor $4.7 according to King County property records, about $1.5 millionb less than they listed it for after WaMu failef nine months ago. The housew is 7,250 square feet with 4.25 bathrooms and six It's located near Volunteer Park in Seattle. In Januaryt 2008, before the housin g market's spectacular crash hit the Seattles area, the property was valued at about $5.3 million, according to property value tracker That's also about the time WaMu'xs stock was falling precipitously. Rotella, who moved from the East Coasft to take the WaMu jobin 2005, stilol made money from the property, though.
He bought the house from KING-Tg newscaster Jean Enersen for $3.78 million in June 2005, accordin g to from the Seattlwe P-I. The lucky buyers of Rotella's house are Samueo and Sylvia Ketcham. I didn'ty immediately recognize the name andGoogle didn' turn up anything definitive. UPDATE : An astutr reader pointed out that originally had the storgy about A shout out tothat publication.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Sacramento County sees first swine flu death - Sacramento Business Journal:

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She is the ninth person in Californiz to die fromthe virus, accordinhg to the latest data available from the Californias Department of Public Health. “We would like to convey our deepestr sympathy to the family of this Sacramento County Public Health Office Glennah Trochet said in apresse release. “We know that H1N1 is present throughout our as it is throughouthe nation. The vast majorityt of cases have mild ormoderate illness, and the patientas recover. Tragically, in this recovery did not occur.” Trochet expects more deaths before theoutbreak ends. Sacramento is seeing a lot of flu activith for this timeof year, she said.
There currentlt is no vaccine available to protect againstswine flu, but peoplse can take the followingg actions to prevent the spread of germs: Covee your mouth when you cough and preferably with a tissue but with an elbow or sleeve if one is not availablw Avoid touching your eyes, nose and even after washing your handa Stay home from work and school if you are More information is available at SCPH.com.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Business opens arms, hearts to refugees with American dreams - WAFF

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Business opens arms, hearts to refugees with American dreams

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Unable to find a job, she relied on government assistance to get by until an upstart business called the Open Arms Shop gave her an opportunity to build a life of her own in the new country she would call home. "The center for refugees that took her in ...



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