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An elderly woman with dementia died after wandering into a canal in Cape Coral and drowning, reports say. The body of Patricia Stiner, 78, was found in the canal by a kayaker Evidently, Ms. Stiner walked away from her home while the two caretakers who watched her were between shifts, reports say. The woman, who liked to leave the house when possible, would usually simply wander the streets until the caregivers found her and returned her to her home. On…

Houston police are continuing to investigate a fatal traffic accident between a mid-sized pickup truck and a freeway light pole in the 16100 block of El Camino Real which occurred about 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, April 23rd. The victim was reportedly driving a red Chevrolet S10 pickup truck southbound on El Camino Real. The truck veered from the road and struck a lightpole between the northbound and southbound lanes for unknown reasons and the driver was killed. A female passenger…

Late last month Austin Police Officers responded to an injury crash in the 9100 block FM 969 Road in Austin to find that a car had collided with a motorcycle and fled the scene. The preliminary investigation shows that a 1994 Honda motorcycle was in the right lane as a tan Buick was in the left lane traveling eastbound on FM 969. In the 9100 block of FM 969, the tan Buick drifted into the motorcycle’s lane. The vehicles collided….

The parents of a child who drowned in an Indio, CA pool could face criminal charges, reports say. Although neither the family nor the deceased child have been identified by police yet, reports say charges are probably forthcoming, with child endangerment or child neglect charges most likely. The incident occurred when a young girl was pulled from a swimming pool at about 5:50 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon during a family gathering at her home. The case will be based…

A study conducted by the non-profit Rand Corporation, among others reportedly found 36 published cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma among women with breast implants. Although the links exist, the research does not conclusively prove that breast implants cause the cancer – specified as Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma – which may appear in several parts of the body including the lymph nodes, skin, bones, soft tissue, lungs or liver. But earlier this year, the FDA warned that a few dozen cased of…