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The death of a toddler who died earlier this month after family members found her in a pool behind her North Charleston, S.C. home has been ruled an accidental drowning, reports say. 21-month-old Nora Flores died was pronounced dead from drowning about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 at Medical University Hospital. Even though Charleston County EMS failed to resuscitate the unconscious and unresponsive child, they continued the effort by transporting her to the hospital. Emergency services were called…

An Arizona City youth was hospitalized and listed in fair condition after being mauled by three dogs after school one afternoon last month. Ten-year-old Jason Hamilton was walking home from school after getting off the school bus with his little brother when he was attacked in Arizona City, which is just south of Phoenix, AZ. The boy was transported to a Phoenix hospital with dog bites to his body, face and neck, reports say. Reports also say that the owner…

Twenty-five-year-old Dallas Wiens, of Fort Worth, was a construction worker when he was badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago. He recently became the first person in the United States’ to get a full face transplant. Reports say that surgical staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston — led by the plastic surgeon Bohdan Pomahac — performed a 15-hour operation last week that gives Wiens a shot at a normal life after having his face burned…

Houston police are investigating a fatal construction accident that occurred at the South Highway, also known as State Highway 288 on April 22nd. The victim, Manuel A. Seja, 47, of Houston, was working in front of a white International Cement truck, which was parked at a construction site at State Highway 288 and MacGregor. The truck, parked underneath the freeway alongside Brays Bayou, somehow jumped out of gear and it jerked forward and fatally struck him. Seja was pronounced dead…

Reports say drinking too much Red Bull may lead to heart damage, a reported study says. Reports say a recent study of 30 university students aged between 20 and 24 years old found that drinking just one 250ml sugar-free can of the energy drink increased the risk of possible blood clots. The same reported study said that after drinking one can of the drink, participants showed a cardiovascular profile similar to that of someone with heart disease. Red Bull reportedly…