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Warning to Parents! New Snapchat Filter that Tracks Your Speed in MPH While a Photo is Being Taken

Parents! Did you know that there is a new Snapchat filter that tracks the speed -->

Eric Shinseki Resigns Amid Veterans Affairs Controversy

By Paige Lavender, Huffington Post: Eric Shinseki, U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned Friday amid -->

Adult Portable Bed Handles Recalled by Bed Handles Inc. Due to Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards

Bed Handles Inc. is recalling some 113,000 adult portable bed handles due to entrapment and -->

How VA clinics falsified appointment records

By Pauline Jelinek, WASHINGTON — Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments -->

Veterans’ representation in Congress has fallen drastically since post-Vietnam years

By Chuck Raasch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  WASHINGTON — As the federal government struggles with problems -->

New York State’s Mobile Phone Laws: Don’t Text & Drive

Do you know all the laws in NYS when it comes to using a cell -->

Metro-North Takes Safety Measures

After a fatal derailment and several other disasters, Metro-North is changing its focus from punctuality -->

Hyundai Crash Victim Families Score $240 Million Punitive Verdict

Hyundai was hit with $248 million in damages, including a $240 million punitive award, for -->

Kraft Food Voluntarily Recalls Cottage Cheese Due to Out-of-Standard Storage Temperatures

Kraft Foods Group has voluntarily recalled select Knudsen Cottage Cheese, Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese, Simply Kraft -->

Government Awards Full Benefits To Wife Of Female Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

By Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post:  Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Tracy Dice Johnson, whose wife -->

American Music Project: Voices for Veterans

The American Music Project: Voices for Veterans, an initiative of Give US Your Poor, is -->

Preventing Falls in the Workplace

OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry -->

Obama Administration, Congress Move to Address Growing Veterans Affairs Firestorm

By Matthew Daly, WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to -->

The Department of Delay, Deceit and Dumb Disorder

by Charles G. Mills – fitzgerald griffin foundation  GLEN COVE, NY  — The two largest -->

Failure to Provide Fall Protection Resulted in Construction Worker’s Death

Following the death of construction worker Kyle Brown, 23, the U.S. DOL’s Occupational Safety and -->

Classic Concepts Recalls Aman Trunks Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Classic Concepts is recalling its Aman Trunks because the surface coating paint on the interior -->

Bicycle Safety Tips for Spring

May is Bicycle Safety Month! Make sure you’re following these bicycle safety tips this season: -->

Heatstroke: Don’t Let Your Child Become a Victim

Unfortunately, it’s more common that we think for young children to be left in hot -->

DOJ: Student loan entity penalized for cheating veterans

By Chris Carroll, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — The student lender Sallie Mae, which in -->

Group opens office to address growing needs of female veterans

By Wesley Brown, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle:  It took time, but female veterans now have -->