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Reports say a study appearing in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that nearly 200 women with epilepsy involved in the study were more likely to experience pregnancy complications compared to women who did not have the disorder, with nearly eight-percent suffering from severe preeclampsia, compared to less than 3 percent of women who did not take the drugs. The study also suggests that epileptic women taking the medications were also twice as likely to have labor induced…

A Texas Rangers fan died after falling while trying to catch a baseball during a game, reports say. The man, listed as Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old firefighter from Brownwood, died at a hospital earlier this month, reports say. Stone was stretching for a ball that was thrown into the stands during a Texas Rangers game by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton during the second inning of a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland A’s in Arlington, Texas. While…

Austin’s W Hotel closed after glass fell from balcony panels of the building the second straight day and the third time in the past few weeks, reports say. The hotel was closed as the glass panels were replaced, and guests of the hotel were being relocated to other hotels. The company that operates the W, ” Stratus Properties, is planning on replacing every piece of balcony glass on the building, reports say. Ironically, the glass fell from the balcony the…

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…