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• Credit Card Numbers Stolen From Sweetbay

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The Sweetbay Supermarket, a Florida chain of grocery stores, and Hannaford Bros. announced last week that 4.2 Million credit card and debit card numbers were obtained during store transactions. Over 1800 cases of credit card fraud have been reported. The credit & debit card numbers were illegally obtained during the card authorization process.Hannaford was notified of unusual credit card...

• Del Rey Tortilleria, Inc. Recalls Flour Tortillas Because of Illnesses

  Jenny Albano | November 14, 2007 2:32 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Del Rey Tortilleria, Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all of its flour tortillas because they may be linked to some illnesses in schools. The recalled tortillas include White Flour Tortillas; Tortillas de Harina(6 inch); Burritos 2, 3, and 4; and Fajita 8" size with date codes of Oct. 17; Oct. 20; Oct. 24; Nov. 4; Nov. 10; or Nov. 11, 2007.Illinois state officials have told us...

• Woman Rewarded $2.4 Million Because of Gynecologist's Mistake

  Jenny Albano | October 04, 2007 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A Broward County jury awarded more than $2.4 million to Karlene Chambers of Pembroke Pines after her gynecologist left a sponge-like material in her following a cesarean procedure.Chambers sued her doctor, Joseph Becerra of the Pembroke Pines OB/GYN Associates, Memorial Hospital West and other medical agencies involved in the mishap for negligence.According to Chamber's attorney Crane Johnstone,...

• 15 year old Driver Drowns in Auto Accident

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  What was he thinking? An 18 year old Guatemalan citizen who let his 15 year old friend drive his brother-in-law's Honda demonstrated a serious lack of judgment and maturity which resulted in the death of the young female driver, who drowned when the car crashed into a canal near Biscayne National Park. Ever Lisner Vasquez escaped the sunken car, waved to passersby for help, and fled the scene....

• Man Killed in Multiple Tractor Trailer Accident

  Staff Writer | December 23, 2005 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Police released the name of a man who was killed in an accident involving two tractor trailers on the Palmetto Expressway earlier this month. Carlos Perez was driving northbound on the Palmetto Expressway when he came upon an accident involving a tractor trailor and a Toyota truck, the driver of which was also injured.Perez crashed into the stopped truck and was hit from behind by a second...

• Florida is still Gerrymandering- what does that mean to Florida's future? And isn't gerrymandering illegal?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 19, 2009 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Would it seem fair that election districts are not impartially drawn? Would it seem fair if some districts actually have some houses on a particular street, while other houses owned by people within...

• Florida's Court Appointments and the current JNC process- does it need revamping?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 13, 2009 1:35 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  It’s not often that Republicans “go to bat” for the cause of diversity. It’s quite possible that, that may be the reason for Gov. Crist’s recent defeat at the Florida...

• Medical Malpractice Caps Benefit Insurance Companies

  Seth Miles | November 28, 2007 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Drastic caps on medical malpractice damages awards enacted by the Florida Legislature were supposed to result in far lower insurance premiums for doctors. In fact, Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation reports that rates dropped by a mere 3% last year. Where is the money going?To the insurance companies, of course. Credit rating organization A.M Best found in May that malpractice insurers...

• Air France Jet Missing over the Atlantic- 220 expected to be found dead

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 01, 2009 10:48 AM | 5 CommentsMiami, FL

  As of 10 A.M. this morning, the Air France jet carrying 228 people, had gone missing over the Atlantic. Reports of electric failure were the biggest concern, and some opined that the jet was struck...

• Seth Miles, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | September 14, 2005 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Seth was born November 21, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University (B.S. 1996) and his Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. magna cum laude 2000). Following law school, Seth served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia A. Seitz on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. After clerking,...