And now toothpaste?! - This site has been following the import of contaminated pet food ingredients from China. Now, it seems that there is a danger from Chinese toothpaste:
“WASHINGTON — The government is stopping all imports of Chinese toothpaste to test for a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in [...]
The Washington Redskins have a very efficient public relations / media department. A few hours after the Clinton Portis / Chris Samuels television interview where they expressed their perspective on dog fighting, the public relations people were in ‘damage control mode’:
“ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins apologized Tuesday for comments running back Clinton [...]
Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels are two players from the Washington Redskins. Apparently, these two are defending Michael Vick and believe that dog fighting is not a crime:
‘”…I don’t know if he was fighting dogs or not,” Portis said. “But it’s his property; it’s his dogs. If that’s what he wants to do, do [...]
Top of the world! Congratulations to Samantha Larson - she has seen the planet from the peak of Mount Everest.
“An 18-year-old Long Beach woman has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming what is believed to be the youngest person to scale the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.
“We made it to [...]
Curlin’s Preakness run was remarkable. It was not just the speed. The race was run in 1:53.46 for one and three sixteenth mile. That matched the stakes record. For people who spend time around horses, the run was thrilling because of the manner in which Curlin won.
Curlin was at an immediate [...]
There was a security breach at Stony Brook University. “The personal information of 90,000 people in a Stony Brook University database was accidentally posted to Google left there until it was discovered almost two weeks later.”
link: Personal Information of up to 90,000 Compromised at Stony Brook
link: University Web Site
There was a significant [...]
The Houston Rockets fired Jeff Van Gundy. For this season, Van Gundy led the Rockets to a 52-30 record and a playoff spot. Unfortunately, Coach Van Gundy is fired.
Earlier in May, the Boston Celtics gave Doc Rivers a one year contract extension. For the season, Doc Rivers led the Boston Celtics to [...]
The pet food recall list continues to grow. “Chenango Valley Pet Foods said it is expanding its pet food recall to include foods that do not contain the suspect rice protein concentrate but were manufactured during periods when the formulas were being processed. The company said the recall is precautionary, due to the possibility [...]
The data have been missing for two weeks already. “A compact disc containing personal information, including Social Security numbers, of as many as 200,000 present and former Lucent employees has been missing for at least two weeks, Alcatel-Lucent told employees yesterday.”
link: Disc of data on 200,000 from Lucent is missing
It is ironic that [...]
The sentencing portion of the Julie Amero case has been postponed again. “Originally scheduled for Friday in Norwich Superior Court, sentencing is now set for June 6 in New London Superior Court.”
Link: Sentencing for substitute teacher postponed again
I am told by people who are assisting in this matter that delays in concluding this [...]
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