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Expectant Mom Hit by Car Dies, Baby Born Alive

ambulance-lightsPITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities in Pittsburgh say a pregnant woman sitting outside a neighborhood drugstore was struck and killed when an elderly driver trying to park jumped the curb and pinned her against the wall.

Her nearly full-term baby was delivered by cesarean section and remained in critical condition Wednesday night.

Police say 30-year-old Jodie Guthrie was outside a North Side drugstore Wednesday afternoon when an 88-year-old motorist tried to pull his minivan into a parking space.

Police Commander RaShall Brackney says the driver might have hit the gas instead of the brake. It’s not clear if charges will be filed.

Guthrie’s death comes the same day that a 27-year-old pregnant woman in New York was fatally shot after dropping off her children at school. Her daughter was born alive but later died.

Salmonella Outbreak in 10 States Linked to Raw Sprouts

raw-sproutsWASHINGTON (AP) — Raw sprouts are linked to dozens of cases of food poisoning — again.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 63 people from 10 states fell ill with salmonella linked to bean sprouts from a supplier in New York City. The CDC says the supplier, Wonton Foods Inc. of Brooklyn, has agreed to stop production for now.

The outbreak is one of three recently linked to raw sprouts. Two listeria deaths and three listeria illnesses were linked to consumption of mung bean sprouts in the Midwest over the summer, and 19 E. coli illnesses were linked to raw clover sprouts in mostly Western states in May.

Raw sprouts are a frequent culprit in foodborne illness because of the moist, warm conditions in which they are grown.

The 10 states are: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The one ill person from Montana was likely exposed on a trip to the East Coast, the CDC said.

Honda Admits Failing to Report Deaths, Injuries

HondaDETROIT (AP) — Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.

The automaker says that it found out about the omissions in 2011, yet it took about three years to take action.

The company says it filed documents detailing the lapses on Monday with regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had demanded an explanation on Nov. 3. The agency said at the time that Honda may have failed to report incidents related to air bags made by Takata Corp. as well as other defective parts.

Honda blamed the lapses on inadvertent data entry and computer programming errors, as well as a misinterpretation of the law. The automaker says it’s taking corrective action.

Hunter Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself

ambulance-lightsWEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey goose hunter who was out with his father died after he accidentally shot himself in the head and neck.

The accident occurred around 4:15 p.m. Saturday in a wooded area of West Windsor.

Earlier reports indicated the older man had accidentally shot his son. But police say the man was killed when his own gun discharged. Further details on how the shooting occurred have not been disclosed.

The victim, identified only as a 45-year-old Chesterfield man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The father apparently was not injured.

Authorities say the two men were hunting by themselves and had Canada goose decoys spread out in front of their blind. They said both men were properly licensed to hunt the birds.

Police: Boy, 3, Set Fire That Killed Him, Family

fire-graphicCARIBOU, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy set a fire that burned down his family’s mobile home in Maine, killing him, his mother and his twin 2-year-old siblings.

The victims of the Thursday fire in Caribou were 3-year-old Trenton Delisle, 28-year-old Norma Skidgel and 2-year-olds Mason and Madison Delisle. The state fire marshal’s office said Friday that Trenton Delisle set fire to items in the living room.

Police say Skidgel’s sister, Amy Bouchard, also lived at the home and extinguished a fire the boy set earlier in the day. They say Bouchard later found the home ablaze when returning from a bus stop. She suffered smoke inhalation while trying to get back into the home.

Investigators say they found a smoke detector in the home but its battery was removed.

Woman Raising Grandkids Gets Prison Over Pot Sales

jailBUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman who said she sold marijuana to help raise several grandchildren after her daughter died has been sentenced to 15 to 30 months in state prison.

Candace Kelly was also ordered Thursday to forfeit $393,000 that state police seized as drug proceeds when they raided her Buffalo Township home last fall. Police also seized 64 pounds of hydroponically grown marijuana.

Kelly pleaded guilty in October, telling a Butler County judge she sold as much as 100 pounds of marijuana a year for more than four years.

She said she used the money to support her four granddaughters.

Police say Kelly bought large quantities of marijuana at $3,300 per pound and resold it at a profit of $100 per pound.

Takata Quality Chief Shuns National Air Bag Recall

airbagWASHINGTON (AP) — The quality chief for Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. is telling a Senate committee that a national recall of driver’s side air bag inflators is not necessary.

In testimony before the Commerce Committee, Senior Vice President of Quality Hiroshi Shimizu says recalls should be limited to high-humidity areas.

Takata air bags can inflate with too much force, sending metal shrapnel into the passenger compartment and injuring people. The problem has caused at least five deaths and dozens of injuries. Humidity can cause the air bag propellant to burn too quickly.

U.S. safety regulators are demanding that Takata recall driver’s air bags nationwide after incidents in California and North Carolina.

But Shimizu says tests have not revealed any inflator ruptures outside the high-humidity zones, mainly in the South.

Texan Claims Medical Errors Led to Leg Amputations

Medical-ChartFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man is seeking $10 million in damages for what he says were a series of medical blunders during weight-loss surgery that led to the amputation of both his legs at the knee.

Carlos Saucedo has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence by doctors involved in his 2013 gastric sleeve procedure near Fort Worth. The operation induces weight loss by restricting food intake.

Saucedo alleges that doctors mistakenly cut his aorta, leading to blood loss and lack of circulation to his legs. The lawsuit says he was then taken to a hospital where doctors were slow to diagnose his condition, prompting organ failure. Physicians at that facility are also named as defendants.

Attorney Timothy Ryan, representing doctors at the bariatric clinic, says he’s reviewing details of the case.

Judge Reserves Ruling on ‘Under God’ Pledge Suit

judgeshipFREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A judge has heard arguments in a family’s lawsuit against a New Jersey school district over the Pledge of Allegiance.

Attorneys argued Wednesday on the Aberdeen Matawan school district’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

The unidentified family sued this year claiming the pledge discriminates against children with atheist beliefs it contains the phrase “under God.”

The school district says the lawsuit should be dismissed because students aren’t required to say the pledge and therefore aren’t treated unequally. The family’s attorney argued the phrase is offensive to his clients’ beliefs.

State Superior Court Judge David Bauman didn’t issue a ruling immediately but said he expected to issue one shortly.

The phrase “under God” was written into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.

Police: Substitute Bought Child Porn from Student

police-lights-redEMPORIUM, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania substitute teacher bought pictures of nude female students from one of their classmates.

Forty-one-year-old Jon Serianni was charged Tuesday with child pornography and corruption of minors after investigators searched his phone and found 190 pictures of girls who were nude or in sexually explicit poses.

The Emporium man was a substitute high school teacher in the Cameron County School District when he allegedly overheard some male students discussing the pictures. Serianni then texted one of the boys and offered to pay for some of them. The boy tells police he received less than $300 from Serianni.

Serianni faces a preliminary hearing Jan. 22 at the Cameron County Courthouse. Defense attorney David Shrager says he’s just begun investigating the charges.

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