Category: Offbeat News

Tylenol Recall 2010

Tylenol Recall 2010

Tylenol Recall 2010 – For the ninth time this year Tylenol is recalling some of its products. The makers of the pain killer, Johnson & Johnson announced today October 19th,2010 that they are once more recalling about 128,000 bottles of their adult pain relievers after many of the users of the product have complained about [...]

Frozen Vegetables Recall 2010: Glass Fragments Fueled Kroger Recalls

Frozen Vegetables Recall 2010: Glass Fragments Fueled Kroger Recalls

Late on Saturday October 16,2010 Tennessee- based company Pictsweet Co. of Bells sent out a press release to let the media and the public know that there is a voluntary recall of frozen vegetables. The company explained that the recall only concerns packages from Kroger containing frozen vegetables such as peas, carrots and mix veggies [...]

Burger King New Store Image

Burger King New Store Image

The world sees fast food restaurants differently in this day and age, and to keep up with the changing public opinion, Burger King is once again looking to overhaul their store image. They have numerous actions in recent months to change the face of the company, including partnering with Starbucks to offer premium coffee in [...]

HIV Scare In California Adult Industry

HIV Scare In California Adult Industry

HIV Scare In California Adult Industry – Two of the largest adult film studios in America have recently suspended filming after news broke that one of their major porn stars had tested positive for HIV. Wicked Pictures and Vivid Entertainment recently announced that they were not producing any more films for the time being, as [...]

King Pharmaceuticals Purchased By Pfizer

King Pharmaceuticals Purchased By Pfizer

King Pharmaceuticals Inc.announced on Tuesday October 12,2010 that it has been purchased by Pfizer. Pfizer offered 3.6 billion dollars for King Pharmaceuticals and seeing the transaction was done in cash, it will pay $14.25 a share which represents a 40% premium on the closing prices of the buyer. King Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in pain relievers [...]

Marijuana Legalization Push: Facebook Co-Founders Support

Marijuana Legalization Push: Facebook Co-Founders Support

Marijuana Legalization Push: Facebook Co-Founders Support – Facebook co-founders have given 170k to a California pro-pot measure. Sean Parker has given up $100,000 of his own money to back Proposition 19, which will be voted on next month. He is not the first person from the popular social networking site to donate money to the [...]

Tree Man Dede Koswara And Lewandowsky-Lutz Dysplasia

Tree Man Dede Koswara And Lewandowsky-Lutz Dysplasia

Tree Man Dede Koswara And Lewandowsky-Lutz Dysplasia – Dede Koswara is an Indonesian man who has recently become known simply as “Tree Man”. He has one desire in his life, and this is to see his children have kids of their own so that he can be a grandfather. Koswara was given the Tree Man [...]

Lipitor Recall 2010 – 191,000 Bottles Recalled

Lipitor Recall 2010 – 191,000 Bottles Recalled

Lipitor Recall 2010 – 191,000 Bottles Recalled – Over 190,000 bottles of Lipitor have been recalled after some users of the product found that a musty scent emitted from inside the bottle. Lipitor is used to reduce blood cholesterol and is also used to stabilize levels of plaque in the body in effort to prevent [...]

NYC Food Stamp Users : Soda Ban

NYC Food Stamp Users : Soda Ban

NYC Food Stamp Users : Soda Ban – Michael Bloomberg has made a number of changes to the New York City food stamp program after both city and state health organizations asked to no longer allow food stamps for the purchase of soda and other sweetened drinks. A recent study found that a good portion [...]

Dana Delany Botox Horror Story

Dana Delany Botox Horror Story

Dana Delany Botox Horror Story – Dana Delany has sworn that she will never have cosmetic surgery again after a botched Botox procedure left eye. It is known that problems in cosmetic surgery have led to botched procedures, but it is little known how severe these cases can be. The 54 year old star said [...]

Toasted Skin Syndrome

Toasted Skin Syndrome

Toasted Skin Syndrome – Do you place your laptop in your lap when you use it? A new health risk has been discovered in individuals that regularly place their laptop in their lap when they use it. Because laptops are known for being extremely warm when they run, setting the laptop on bare skin could [...]