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Reports say that after conferring with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission officials, Big Lots, of Columbus, Ohio, has voluntarily recalled about 30,000 defective metal futon beds. At least one entrapment death has been linked to the beds, reports say. Reports say that children can become entrapped in the futon when the metal frame is lowered to the flat position. Reports say a three-year-old Iowa boy’s head and neck became trapped early in 2010 when the frame was lowered and the…

A man died recently while swimming in the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park recently, reports say. The man, a 45-year-old unidentified man from the Los Angeles area, was riding the river on an inner tube-type floatation device near Buckeye Flat Campground when he went missing. The Park Service initiated a search and the man was found about five miles downstream, unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene. This drowning incident is under investigation. During the investigation, the families…

Lou Rosso, a 70-year-old Egg Harbor Township man, jumped into the waters off Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City recently when he saw two children struggling in the water. The accident, which took place about a half-hour after lifeguards had left for the day. Rosso jumped into the water and kept the 10-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy afloat long enough to get them rescued. In the process, he became fatigued and very close to being a drowning victim himself. Although he…

Medications that control epilepsy, such as Depakote, Depakene and Depakon may affect a fetus if used during pregnancy, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reportedly said recently. From that announcement, the FDA reportedly said it will be changing the labels of all these types of drugs, called valproate drugs, which are used to treat epilepsy and some manic symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. The FDA reportedly said that children of women who took the medications during pregnancy have an increased…

An unidentified female dockworker at the busy Port of Oakland, CA, who had just finished her night shift and was leaving the dock, was run over and lost both of her legs, reports say. The accident occurred while the shifts were changing at the same time heavy machinery used to hoist the shipping containers and move them around the docks also were also moving around, reports say. The Ports America company, which apparently reconfigured the terminal in January 2010 with…