One worker died Wednesday in an accident at the BP refinery in Carson, a company spokesman said. It was unclear what caused the 8 a.m. accident at the refinery near Wilmington Avenue and Speulveda Boulevard. The accident occurred near the tracks of the train system that transports butane and other materials through the refinery, said ... Read more

Posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:15 pm | Updated: 6:45 am, Mon Jun 20, 2011. By LEE PROCIDA Staff Writer | Millions of people come to the South Jersey shore looking for fun, but many scuttle their own good times through risky behavior. Every year, people are seriously injured on boats, personal watercraft and in ... Read more

Date Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 A Staten Island man was just awarded a multi-million dollar settlement following a debilitating and ongoing bout with bedsores that began at Staten Island University Hospital. Staten Island Live (SI Live) wrote that the formerly active Robert Messina, 63, has been confined to a wheelchair because of bedsores so ... Read more

By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff Posted June 14, 2011, at 1:59 p.m. Last modified June 14, 2011, at 7:21 p.m. BANGOR, Maine — A Penobscot County jury Monday afternoon awarded a widow more than $6.7 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Eastern Maine Medical Center and Dr. Lawrence Nelson, a Bangor surgeon, according to ... Read more

Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:57 pm | Updated: 6:07 am, Thu Jun 16, 2011. By RICHARD DEGENER Staff Writer | UPPER TOWNSHIP — Recreational boating fatalities fell to a record low nationally in 2010. But that trend wasn’t reflected on New Jersey’s waters, where eight people died in boating accidents last year, a report ... Read more