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• MDL CEO convicted in Ohio investor loss

  Richard Schulte | October 31, 2007 11:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  A Pittsburgh hedge fund manager was convicted Tuesday of defrauding Ohio's workers' compensation system.Mark Lay, CEO of MDL Capital Management, faces up to 20 years in prison for investment advisory fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.The charges were linked to the loss of $216 million he invested for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in a highly-leveraged...

• Electric Jellyfish in deadly Ohio Turnpike crash

  Richard Schulte | October 19, 2007 6:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A member of an Australian rock band and his wife died Thursday morning on the Ohio Turnpike after their vehicle crashed trying to avoid a deer.Electric Jellyfish guitarist Hayden Rodney Sweeney, 23, and Bridget O'Brien, 26, from California died at the scene, said Lt. John Maxse, head of the State Highway Patrol's Milan post. Three other band members were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in...

• Lead recalls

  Richard Schulte | October 04, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of three products containing excessive levels of lead. The products, which are being voluntarily recalled, include tabletop puppet theatres, bookmarks, and Halloween skull pails.The CPSC warns that paint used on parts of these products contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard and that...

• Heart Attacks in Kids

  Richard Schulte | October 02, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A report from Ohio doctors documenting nine cases over 11 years in kids as young as 12 says heart attacks in children are a rare but under-recognized problem. Dan Meter was among nine children included in a report by Drs. John Lane and Giora Ben-Shachar at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio. All were stricken between 1995 and 2006 and most were treated at the Akron hospital. Lane treated...

• Tainted-Beef Recalled for E. coli

  Richard Schulte | October 01, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Topps Meat Co.'s massive recall of frozen hamburger beef, it may have sickened 25 people in eight states.The food recall is the latest in a rash of E. coli-related callbacks this year, including tainted spinach and salad mixes. The USDA said it is unable to explain why there have been so many outbreaks.If you find any of the recalled meat in your freezer, the safest thing to do is throw it...