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• Chicago train crash injures dozens

  Barry Doyle | November 30, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An Amtrak train coming into Chicago from Grand Rapids, Michigan ran into the back of a stopped freight train this afternoon. The crash happened on Chicago's south side. The engine from the Amtrak train hit the rear end of a Norfolk Southern freight train which was hauling shipping containers. Spokesmen from Norfolk Southern claim that the freight train had been cleared to be on that track. ...

• Mother Sues After Four-Month Old Died From Cough Medicine

  Jenny Albano | November 15, 2007 4:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Dimitria Alvarez's four-month old son died from taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines on Oct. 8, 2001, and she has since sued the two sued two distributors of the drugs, claiming they should have known the dangers of the main ingredient and cautioned consumers.The lawsuit filed Wednesday is one of the first since Federal Drug Administration hearings last month where health experts...