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New Jersey is one of an increasing number of states that has enacted laws designed to impose hasher penalties for hazing of all types. This includes fraternity hazing, sorority hazing, sports hazing, and hazing that occurs in a variety of other settings on the college and university as well as the high school level. The New Jersey hazing law is named after a native of the Garden State, Tim Piazza. As a Penn State student, Piazza died as the result…

High levels of benzene have been found in the Flat Rock, Michigan, sewer system following a gas leak from a Ford Motor Company plant in that community. The Ford plant gas leak has resulted in the evacuation of many residents of the community with a population of 10,000. EPA on the Scene of the Ford Plant Hazardous Chemical Discharge The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been called in to monitor air, soil, and water quality. According to Ford and representatives…

A Corpus Christi apartment complex explosion has sent at least one person to a local medical center. Specifics about the injuries and condition of the injured individual have not been released. Little is known about the explosion at this point in time. The blast severely damaged the second story of the Chandler’s Mill Apartments, a complex located at 6300 block 0f Meadowvista Drive, which is at Holly and Airline Roads. The explosion resulted in a two-alarm fired that required over…

Nathan Sutherland was a nurse at a Hacienda Healthcare center located in Phoenix, Arizona. One of his charges at the skilled care facility was woman in a persistent vegetative state. The resident was in a vegetative state as the result of a near-drowning accident. The defenseless resident ended up being raped multiple times by Sutherland. The woman ended up pregnant as the result of being sexually assaulted by the nurse. After the resident was impregnated by the Hacienda Healthcare nurse,…

A powerful explosion rocked the Seminole Classic Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The Florida explosion injured 26 people. An investigation into the cause of the Hollywood explosion is underway. The blast appears to have been caused by the explosion of a tank connected to the casino’s fire suppression system. The Hollywood casino explosion occurred on the second floor of the property. When the blast occurred, drywall from the second floor crashed down onto the first floor, including onto the actual casino…