St. Louis Personal Injury Weblog of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Guide to St. Louis Attractions

Seeing St. Louis? Here is a "Complete Guide to St. Louis Attractions," including these:

• The St. Louis Arch
• The St. Louis zoo
• The Central West End
• The Missouri History Museum

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Help for Consumers from the Missouri Attorney General

From the Missouri Attorney General comes The Consumer Protection Home Page, which includes the following:

• A "consumer corner,"
• A blog
• Various publications

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Michael Jackson's Death a Mystery

From Reuters re Yahoo! News: "Mystery surrounds Michael Jackson's sudden death"--

One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before a long-awaited series of comeback concerts.

A family attorney said on Friday he had been concerned that Jackson's use of prescription drugs for dancing-related injuries would eventually prove fatal and that the entertainer's inner circle had ignored his warnings.

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Medical Information about Mesothelioma

The Mayo Clinic has a helpful website section titled "Mesothelioma," which you can find information such as the following:

• Symptoms;
• Causes;
• Risk factors;
• Complications;
• Preparing for your appointment;
• Tests and diagnosis;
• Treatment and drugs.

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Consumer Handbook to Credit Protection Laws

Published by the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Handbook to Credit Protection Laws contains useful information about the following topics, including these:

• The cost of credit;
• Applying for credit;
• Credit histories and records;
• Electronic funds transfers;
• Filing a credit complaint.

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New Views on Dreaming

From Time via Yahoo! News: "Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams (and Sleep) Have Meaning," by Tiffany Sharples--

Dreams may not be the secret window into the frustrated desires of the unconscious that Sigmund Freud first posited in 1899, but growing evidence suggests that dreams - and, more so, sleep - are powerfully connected to the processing of human emotions. According to new research presented last week at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Seattle, adequate sleep may underpin our ability to understand complex emotions properly in waking life.

"Sleep essentially is resetting the magnetic north of your emotional compass," says Matthew Walker, director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2008.)

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Consumer Information from the Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission has a site for consumers which begins:

This section of the FTC website offers practical information on a variety of consumer topics.

The information here can help you avoid rip-offs and exercise your consumer rights.

So read up! Education is the first line of defense against fraud and deception; it can help you make well-informed decisions before you spend your money. To find FTC consumer publications on a specific topic, click on a category in the menu.

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Vaccine for Swine Flu: On the Way

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Novartis says produces first batch of H1N1 vaccine"--

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations.

The vaccine was made in cells, rather than grown in eggs as is usually the case with vaccines, the company said.

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Fiat Buys Chrysler

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Fiat closes deal to take bulk of Chrysler's assets," by Tom Krisher and Dan Strumpf--

Italy's Fiat is the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal Wednesday that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat's CEO.

The deal clears the way for a new, leaner Chrysler Group LLC to emerge from bankruptcy protection minus billions in debt, 789 underperforming dealerships and burdensome labor costs that nearly sank the storied automaker.

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No More Roads in Nat'l Forests

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Obama moves to curb road-building in forests," by Matthew Daly--

The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a directive Thursday reinstating for one year most of a Clinton-era ban against new road construction and development in national forests. The 2001 rule banned road-building and logging in more than 58 million acres of remote national forests, mostly in the West.

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