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Strawberries Sold At Walmart Stores In MD Recalled Due To Possible Hepatitis Contamination: FDA Strawberries Sold At Walmart Stores In MD Recalled Due To Possible Hepatitis Contamination: FDA
Strawberries Sold At Walmart Stores In MD Recalled Due To Possible Hepatitis Contamination: FDA Frozen strawberry products sold throughout the region are being recalled due to mounting concerns about possible Hepatitis A contamination. Oregon-based Willamette Valley Fruit Company is voluntarily recalling select packages of frozen fruit containing strawberries grown in Mexico that could be tainted, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recalled items include: Great Value Sliced Strawberries (see above); Great Value Mixed Fruit; The mixed fruit pacakaging.FDA Great Value Antioxidant Blend The antioxidant fruit blend.FDA The products were sold in Maryland, Pennsy…

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by Zak Failla
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Trans Pedo Who Made Sadistic Sex Videos Of Daughter, 7, Moved To Infamous NJ Women's Prison Trans Pedo Who Made Sadistic Sex Videos Of Daughter, 7, Moved To Infamous NJ Women's Prison
Trans Pedo Who Made Sadistic Sex Videos Of Daughter, 7, Moved To Infamous NJ Women's Prison A transgender pedophile who produced sadistic sex abuse videos of her 7-year-old daughter has been housed since last summer in New Jersey's notorious women's prison along with her lover, state records confirm. Marina Volz, 34, originally was processed as a man and sent to serve a 25-year sentence at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton. But a check of state records -- prompted by recent published reports -- found Volz listed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility along with Ashley Romero, a 30-year-old transgender inmate herself who was convicted of participating in the abuse. New Jerse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DMV Resident Among Those Sickened By Eating Raw Flour Amid Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak DMV Resident Among Those Sickened By Eating Raw Flour Amid Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak
DMV Resident Among Those Sickened By Eating Raw Flour Amid Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Federal investigators are working to identify a specific brand of flour that is linked to a salmonella outbreak that sickened at least one person in Virginia. A salmonella outbreak connected to raw flour has infected 12 people in 11 different states, with three forced to be hospitalized due to their illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Aside from Virginia, illnesses have also been reported in: New York; Ohio; Tennessee; Illinois (two); Missouri; Iowa; Minnesota; Nebraska; Oregon; California. The breakdown of illnesses reported amid the salmonell…

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by Zak Failla
News
Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices
Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that his Consumer Protection Division as well as 39 other attorneys general have reached a $391.5 million multi-state settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings.  The settlement will also require Google to make it easier for consumers to manage their privacy settings when using Google products, according to Frosh. Maryland’s share of the massive settlement is $8.6 million. “Google misled Marylanders about its location tracking practices. It built de…

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by Annie DeVoe
Business
Fast-Growing Grocery Outlet Opens Maryland Outpost Fast-Growing Grocery Outlet Opens Maryland Outpost
Fast-Growing Grocery Outlet Opens Maryland Outpost A fast-growing markdown grocer is making its mark in Maryland.  Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. opened in mid-June at on Massey Boulevard in Hagerstown, Supermarket News reports. Customers can enter to win $1,000 in groceries through July 14. A typical shopper basket is approximately 40 percent lower than conventional grocers, 20 percent lower than than leading discount supermarkets, according to Supermarket News. You may be wondering, how exactly does this work? Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. buys excess products "for pennies on the dollar," allowing each local store owner to choose prod…

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by Cecilia Levine