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• Heart Stent Fails Test and Pulled From Market

  Shannon Weidemann | May 09, 2007 7:59 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A heart stent that is used in Europe, Asia, and Latin America has failed testing in the United States and will be pulled from the market. The CoStar drug coated stent did not work as well as another already in use in the United States. The maker of the stent, Conor Medsystems will not seek FDA approval for the defective medical device. The clinical trial showed that, after eight months, CoStar...

• Five killed, nine seriously injured in Florida Boat Crash

  Gerry McGill | April 14, 2009 6:23 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Five persons were killed and nine others were seriously injured when a 22 foot Crownline boat rammed a docked tugboat in the Intracoastal Waterway near St. Augustine, Florida about 6:30 p.m. Sunday,...

• Man Drowns After Boat Capsizes Off Panama City, Florida

  Gerry McGill | March 30, 2009 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported that a man drowned over the weekend off of Panama City, Florida as rough weather pounded the Florida Panhandle. The victim was...

• Report Issued: Improper anchoring caused boat to capsize in Gulf

  Gerry McGill | March 28, 2009 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released a report concluding that a deadly boating accident that took the lives of two NFL players and another friend was caused by improper...

• U.S Coast Guard seized 238,040 pounds of cocaine in 2007

  Gerry McGill | May 23, 2008 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The U.S Coast Guard seized 238,040 pounds of cocaine in 2007, up just slightly from the 234,337 pounds seized in 2006. The largest amount seized, 303,662 pounds was in 2005. No one knows for sure...

• California Bans Cell Phone Use By 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers

  Gerry McGill | September 14, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California signed a law on Thursday which bars the use of cell phones by drivers under 18. The law will take effect July 1, 2008. California joins 15 states and the District of Columbia in banning the use of wireless communication devices for teenage drivers. Nearly a dozen other states are considering similar action, according to the American Automobile...

• FEMA to Let Katrina Victims Move From Trailers Into Hotels

  Gerry McGill | September 05, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  FEMA announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailers.The policy shift, made two weeks ago but not widely publicized until now, follows a House committee finding in July that FEMA leaders had suppressed...

• One Storm Forecaster Lowers 2007 Estimate Slightly

  Gerry McGill | August 08, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Hurricane researcher William Gray lowered his 2007 forecast slightly last week, calling for 15 named storms with 8 becoming hurricanes and 4 becoming intense hurricanes.At the outset of the hurricane season on May 31, Gray had predicted 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes, 5 of them intense. The new forecast by month called for 3 named storms, 2 hurricanes and one intense hurricane in August; 5...

• Auto Safety Doesn't Come In Small Packages

  Gerry McGill | June 28, 2007 2:57 PM | 1 CommentBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  With high gas prices and even higher prices projected for the future, many drivers may be considering switching to mini-cars such as the Nissan Versa or the Mini Cooper. In recent crash tests measuring crash ratings for front, side and rear impact, tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris were the top-rated and the Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio were...

• Diabetes Drug Avandia Increases Heart Risks

  Gerry McGill | June 25, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A study by Dr. Steven Nissen, a well-known cardiologist from the Cleveland Clinic, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on May 21, concluded that Avandia increases a patient's risk of a heart attack by 43% and the risk of death from cardiovascular causes by 64%. The study confirms that 60,000 to 100,000 reported heart attacks from Avandia users may be linked to the drug...