October 2005
Monday 31 October
- National Catholic Reporter Calls for Transparency in Clergy Abuse Scandal (11:17) - In a strongly worded editorial published October 28, 2005, The National Catholic Reporter, an influential weekly Catholic newspaper, has called on the bishops of the United States to come clean and reveal the true depths of the crippling clergy scandal.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 28 October
- County sends teams to aid South Florida (11:08) - A contingent of Osceola County public-safety and electric-utility workers is helping residents in South Florida recover from Hurricane Wilma. On Thursday, eight Kissimmee police officers left for the Miami area to provide security for Florida Power & Light Co. as... | 0 Trackbacks
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- A rip in fabric that holds law enforcement together (11:02) - ike many Americans, I watched with great interest, and with increasing anger, the recent beating of a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher on the streets of New Orleans. The glare of the public eye almost wasn't there. A New Orleans police horse... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fla. Physicians, Plaintiffs Lawyers Battle Over Med-Mal Discovery (10:56) - A West Palm Beach, Fla., attorney has won a ruling declaring that the state Legislature's implementing law for last year's Patient Right to Know ballot initiative is unconstitutional because it fails to provide full public access to records on medical... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 27 October
- The Irish Wakeup Call (10:35) - It's been more than three years now since America's Roman Catholic bishops met in Dallas and issued their charter concerning the protection of young people from clergy sexual abuse. No one I know, least of all the victims, think that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 21 October
- SNAP Asks Cardinal Rigali To Support Sex Abuse Law (10:23) - The group Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has asked Philadelphia Archbishop Justin Cardinal Rigali to support legal changes and punish church officials who had a role in the local church's sexual misconduct and abuse of minors. The... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 20 October
Wednesday 19 October
- Influential Police Research Group Urges Limits on Taser Use (08:06) - According to an article published on October 19, 2005 in The NY Times, the influential Police Executive Research Forum urged restrictions on taser use in the wake of 140 deaths of people being taken into custody. The group suggested that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 18 October
- Taser International Changes Its Marketing Language in Wake of Criticisms and Probes (22:11) - This story ran on September 28, 2005 in Forbes Magazine: Taser International Inc. has voluntarily changed some of its broad safety claims and limited its use of the word "non-lethal" in an effort to appease Arizona officials concerned about possibly...
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- Torture by Taser (21:43) - This week a committee of Florida legislators is discussing police use of Taser guns manufactured by Taser International. The weapon has been marketed by its manufacturer as a non-lethal way to subdue people. However, there is mounting evidence to the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 15 October
- Guidant Reports Six More Defibrillator Failures (09:59) - Guidant Corp. told U.S. regulators that it learned of six additional failures of implantable heart defibrillators since issuing a July notice about the devices used to regulate cardiac rhythms. The failures occurred in the Contak Renewal and Renewal 2 brand... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 12 October
Monday 10 October
- Spinal Cord Injuries and How to Prevent Them (10:57) - Between 250,000 and 400,000 Americans suffer from some type of spinal cord injury. Every year, there are approximately 11,000 new spinal cord injuries. That's 30 new injuries daily. Most spinal cord injuries occur as a result of an auto accident... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 7 October
- Judge in Vioxx Trial Says She Was Mislead By Merck (15:47) - New Jersey Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee ordered the testimony of Briggs Morrison, a Vice President for Merck Research Labs to be stricken from the record and ignored by the jury. "Quite frankly, I felt sick yesterday afternoon," she said.... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Philly Grand Jury Report Heartbreaking for Victims (10:19) - The recently released 422 page Grand Jury report from Philadelphia is a damning condemnation of how the Catholic Church in Philadelphia has used its power and influence over many decades to cover up and excuse horrific child sexual abuse. The...
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