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Stretching for a foul ball a Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, a man fell from the second deck into the field level seats. The man fell during the fifth inning of a game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers last summer. The incident occurred when Texas right fielder Nelson Cruz fouled a ball into the first row of seats along the first-base line. He simply leaned too far off the club level seat and toppled onto the seats below,…

Public groups have been critical of a delay by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that stalled a  recall of the drugs Darvon and Darvocet, reports say. Darvon and Darvocet, which are made with the key ingredient propoxyphene, may be linked to heart problems. Critics say the number of patients injured by the delay by the FDA could number in the thousands, reports say. Propoxyphene is a painkiller. The FDA announced in November of last year that Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc. had…

A phony press release at General Mills Inc. which could have caused a stock decline with reports that President Obama had ordered a big investigation of the company after several food product recalls. The investigation was fabricated, say reports.   Although the exact goal still isn’t clear, reports say, the general idea behind the report would be to manipulate the stock of the company. The headline reportedly read: “Obama Orders Full Investigation of General Mills Supply Chain Following Food Recalls.”…

Reports say hundreds of personal injury attorneys are beginning preliminary preparations toward litigation against makers of Darvon and Darvocet, or Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc.  The drugs, which were manufactured for opoid pain relief, reportedly have a reaction in many users, including life-threatening arrhythmic cardiac events. The product Propoxyphene was first sold as Darvon in the late ’50s, with a newer medicine, Darvocet, a combination drug made with propoxyphene and acetaminophen, now offered as an alternative. But late last year the U.S….

Sergio Banda Rodriguez, 28, was killed in December last year as he drove westbound on East Ben White Blvd approaching East Riverside Drive. The Red Chevrolet Silverado in which Rodriguez was driving crossed three lanes and struck the passenger side of a Red Saturn Vue. The Vue was stopped at a red light at the intersection of East Riverside Dr. and East Bent White Blvd. Rodriguez continued westbound striking a utility pole in the center median of Ben White Blvd….