According to the United States Postal Service, it will cost another penny to send a letter next year. Beginning Jan. 27, the agency said people will need to pay 46 cents for…
Month: October 2012
Kellogg Issues Voluntary Recall Of Popular Cereal Over Metal Fragments
Kellogg is voluntarily recalling 282,000 boxes of its Mini-Wheats cereal on fears that the popular breakfast food contains metal scraps. According to the company, some boxes of Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size cereal…
Colorado Police Suspect Jessica Ridgeway Was Abducted, No Person Of Interest
Authorities looking for 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway of Westminster, Colo. said they think the little girl was abducted and that her parents are not involved with the abduction. The last time anyone saw…
Goodell Slaps Suspensions Back On Four Present and Former Saints Players For Role In Bounty Scandal
On Tuesday, NFL Commission Roger Goodell upheld Will Smith and Jonathan Vilma’s suspensions and decreased the penalties for both Anthony Hargrove and Scott Fujita for their roles in the bounty scandal that…
Union Head: Border Agent Was Killed By Friendly Fire
According to the head of a Border Patrol agents’ union,U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire in Arizona last week. The incident happened when Ivie went to check…
Global Food Prices Increases During September
According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, global food prices saw an increase during September to the highest level in six months as meat and dairy producers passed the higher…
Romney Views Unemployment Rate As Still Dismal
After the release of the latest jobs report on Friday, which noted that the unemployment rate dropped under eight percent, the Romney campaign quickly made clear that the numbers were skewed. During…
UPDATE: 7 Deaths Tied To Meningitis Outbreak from Tainted Steroid Injections
On Oct. 6, another two deaths in Michigan were linked to the meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number dead to seven. According to officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there…
FDA Pulls Antidepressant Generic Drug Budeprion XL From U.S. Market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled a generic antidepressant from the market, acknowledging that it was not a copycat of GlaxoSmithKline’s Wellbutrin XL. Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s biggest producer of…
Rare Form Of Meningitis Outbreak Linked To Steroid Injections For Back Pain
The amount of U.S. meningitis cases continues to rise with 50 people now stricken with the rare form of the disease in seven states. Five people have died since the outbreak began….