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This year have fun on Halloween. But as always be cautious. A few tips are below for a safe and fun Halloween.-When purchasing costumes, masks, beards and wigs, look for flame-resistant fabrics such as nylon or polyester, or look for the label "Flame Resistant." Flame-resistant fabrics will resist burning and should extinguish quickly. To minimize the risk of contact with candles and other fire...

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Some 1 million foam baby seats sold by Target Corp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other large retailers are being recalled because of reports of young children falling out of the seats. The safety agency said it received 28 reports of young children falling out of the seats, including three who suffered skull fractures because the seats had been placed atop tables. Consumers should contact Bumbo to...

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Over the past year, hospitals in Washington left "foreign objects" in 36 surgery patients. And 21 people got surgery on the wrong body parts. Hospitals have reported such "adverse events" to the state Department of Health since 2000, also including performing surgery on the wrong patient, and medication errors that can kill or seriously harm patients. But now the Washington State Hospital...

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The Tacoma Fire Department reports five adults and two children were taken to area hospitals after a van-car crash. The crash occurred in south Tacoma. Nine people were riding in the two vehicles. No one sustained life-threatening injuries. The Tacoma Fire Department sent four engines, four medic units, two ladder companies and six ambulances to the crash scene because there were so many people...

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More than 250,000 whose hearts have an implanted defibrillator, a device that will shock the heart back to its normal rhythm if there's cardiac arrest. But doctors say about a year ago the devices began to malfunction."Several months ago we had a patient come to us who experienced multiple shocks," a Dr. Zho said.Those shocks should happen only when a patient's heart rhythm is off. Instead, they...

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A freight train hit a semi that drove into its path at East Marginal Way South and South Spokane Street on Wednesday afternoon. Nobody was injured in the collision, in which a train broadsided a tractor-trailer that had driven into its path. Flashing lights and warning devices were in use at the railway crossing, said BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. The train, which was en route to the railroad's...

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Residents of the Benton county town of Paterson are mourning the death of the elementary school's music teacher. Deborah Tegland was killed in a collision with a semi0truck while driving to school Friday on Highway 14.In addition to teaching piano, Tegland organized school talent shows three times a year, started an after-school music club and was raising money for her students to have a...

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A missing skydiving plane was located Monday, October 8 at around 7:40 PM in the rugged central Washington Cascades. None of the nine passengers or the pilot were found alive. The plane went missing en route to Shelton, Washington, northwest of Olympia and was returning from a skydiving meet. Searchers were able to verify that the wreckage they found was the missing aircraft by the serial...

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Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled September 27th. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that more than 601,000 toys and children's jewelry contain high levels of lead in their surface paint, and the necklaces and jewelry sets contain excessive lead in some of their metal parts. Under current regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead...

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Several vehicles, including a Washington State Patrol cruiser were involved in an accident on a rain-slicked I-90 Monday morning causing a back up for drivers headed westbound. The accident happened at the SR900 interchange around 10 a.m. Initially it appeared that at least three vehicles were involved. One ended up crashing into the guard rail. The patrol cruiser also had damage to it's right...

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