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News 15 AP IMPACT: When your criminal past isn’t yours

Dec

2011

We Asked Are Background Checking Companies Subject to Lawsuits? SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets. Out of work two years, her unemployment benefits exhausted, in danger of losing her apartment, Casey applied for a job in the pharmacy of a Boston drugstore. She was offered $11 an hour. ...

Breaking News What you should know about the Penn State child sexual abuse case

Dec

2011

Child sexual abuse ranks among the most horrific of all crimes. When allegations of child sexual assault surfaced at Penn State University, many in Pennsylvania were shocked. Jerry Sandusky, an once revered assistant football coach, was charged with abusing eight boys over a 15-year time period. Sandusky denied the charges, but said he did shower ...

Breaking News Parents Sue After Teen Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery

Dec

2011

The parents of a Maryland teen who died earlier this year during wisdom tooth surgery have sued the oral surgeon and the anesthetist for medical malpractice. Jenny Olenick, a 17-year-old junior at Marriotts Ridge High School in Woodstock, Md., died in April from complications during the outpatient procedure performed on 5 million Americans each year. ...

Buffalo Survey shows texting while driving is on the rise

Dec

2011

A recent survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that, despite increased legislation forbidding it, texting while driving Click Here is on the rise. The survey estimated that roughly 1 in every 100 drivers on the road at a given moment was texting, e-mailing, surfing the web or using some other feature of ...