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  The UN is currently dealing with a string of sexual harassment complaints within its own ranks, reports say. Several women who complained of harassment say their employment contracts weren’t renewed, and the men they accused retired or resigned, putting them out of reach of the U.N. justice system, reports say.   But a planned overhaul of the United Nation’s internal justice system took effect mid-summer and the goal has been to create a more independent and professional system for…

Dov Charney, chairman and chief executive officer of American Apparel, has been charged in a court filing by Irene Morales, a former manager of one of American Apparel’s branches in New York City, that Charney repeatedly used  “extreme psychological abuse and torment” while she worked with him, reports say.  Reports say that Morales says Charney took her to his apartment in New York City and held her there for several hours, allegedly forcing her to have sex. The suit alleges…

Although exactly what happened still isn’t clear, what is clear is that the death of 39-year-old Jennifer Michelle Patton was an accident. Patton veered off the road and into a pond, trapping her inside and ultimately drowning her, reports say. Patton, a marketing coordinator for an architectural firm two miles from where she died, was driving north on Fallkirk Drive near Campbell when she inexplicably veered left and drove into the water. The causes of the accident are still unknown….

Several freshmen at Central Washington University were hospitalized after attending an off campus party in October last year at which they consumed Four Loko, an alcoholic beverage containing twelve percent alcohol and caffeine. The students evidently became violently ill and lost consciousness after consuming several cans of the drink. Reports say that blood alcohol content of the students ranged from 0.12 to 0.35, putting them well into legally impaired status. Reports say this was not the first time Four Loko…

  Individuals with high blood pressure or heart disease are being warned to avoid energy drinks, a recent report posted by the Henry Ford Hospital study said.   The study showed that adults without a risk of heart disease or high blood pressure who drank two cans of energy drink a day experienced an increase in their blood pressure and heart rate. The ramifications are that the increase in blood pressure would be harmful to people with a heart-related condition,…