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• Simplicity and Graco Cribs Recalled After Deaths

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall involving a million cribs sold under the Simplicity and Graco names. The recalled cribs were made in China. Two babies have died in the recalled cribs and a third child died in a newer model of the crib that has not been recalled. Seven other infants have been entrapped in the cribs, according to the CPSC. There have been 55...

• Inspections Taking Place on Lafayette Bridge

  Shannon Weidemann | September 09, 2007 7:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Inspectors from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) are currently examining the Lafayette Bridge into St. Paul. Reports and previous inspections had placed its safety rating as lower than the 35W Bridge. The 35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis at the beginning of August killing 13 people. MnDOT plans to survey the majority of bridges in Minnesota. So far, MnDOT has completed...