Category: Bulldog Extra
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Florida Bulldog and Nova Southeastern University present: Sen. Bob Graham and Unanswered Questions of 9/11 on 15th Anniversary
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
On September 8, join former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham, co-chair of Congress’ Joint Inquiry into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, for a lively panel discussion at Nova Southeastern University about the continuing search answers and justice 15 years on. A question and answer session will follow. Click through to purchase tickets -
‘We are a law firm’: How telemarketers sold false hope to homeowners struggling to pay mortgages
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
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IKEA agrees to massive recall of chests linked to tipover deaths of young children
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
IKEA, the home furnishings giant, announced Tuesday that it is recalling about 180 models of chests and dressers that it admitted do not meet voluntary industry safety standards, including the popular MALM-style dresser, which has killed three children by tipping over and falling on them. -
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Growing momentum for self-driving cars worries safety advocates
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
On Valentine’s Day in Silicon Valley, one of Google’s experimental, self-driving cars sideswiped a city bus at 2 miles an hour. The incident marked the first time an autonomous car contributed to an accident on a public road, but did nothing to diminish the Obama administration’s enthusiasm for driverless vehicles. -
In 2015, motorcycle crashes helped drive highway death toll to highest level in years
By Paul Feldman
FairWarning
Last year was a bad one for motorcyclists, with a new estimate showing that 5,010 bikers were killed in crashes nationwide, the worst death toll in seven years. And Florida led the nation. -
Auditors: feds failed to rein in billions over-billed by Medicare Advantage plans
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Private Medicare Advantage plans treating the elderly have over-billed the government by billions of dollars, but rarely been forced to repay the money or face other consequences for their actions, according to a new Congressional audit.
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