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Weekly News Update: July 26-Aug 1

I apologize for the lack of recent updates (Mike), but here's your weekly news update:


Dentures Got Your Tongue?
A Taiwanese man is probably breathing easier after a surgeon removed his missing set of dentures from his throat — three years after he lost them. Thats right. The unidentified man visited a local hospital in Taipei complaining of a high fever and shortness of breath. Surgeon Chen Chun-lei identified the problem with an x-ray, finding the man's denture lodged in one of his bronchial tubes. The missing denture was swallowed as a result of a fall which occured THREE YEARS ago. Fortunately, the denture was lodged in such a way that his airway wasn't entirely restricted. However, you'd think that he'd be much more aware of the fact that he swallowed his teeth if he all of a suddon couldn't breath. Well, count your blessings, old man...and your dentures, next time.

Take This, Keepers Of The Peace
A Minnisota man was issued a speeding ticket for driving 70 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. Here's the kicker: Since he was so mad at being given the $120 ticket, he decided to take out his rage on the Judicial System. Upon appearing at the courthouse to pay his fine, the man brought with him a small garbage can containing 12,000 pennies! His logic was that by annoying the judge, he could have his revenge. However, his plan backfired when Clay County District Judge John Pearson ordered the man to count out all of the pennies himself. Pearson then ordered the man to exchange the coins at a local change machine and return with cash. Ha! Justice be done.

Weekly Alert
And lastly, this week's Alert is a recall: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the Holmes Group of Milford, Mass..
Name of Product: Rival(r) Slow Cooker. About 2.6 million of these puppies have been distributed in America.

The Hazard: The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot contents spilling onto consumers. These Rival(r) Slow Cookers, sold from January 1999 through May 2002, were previously recalled for the same hazard. The recall has now been expanded to include all units manufactured before September 2004.

Incidents/Injuries (the fun part): CPSC has received a total of 126 reports of handles breaking, including 33 reports of consumers who reported burn injuries from the hot contents of these slow cookers. Ouch.

Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

That is all.

posted by Seth @ 1:30 PM