Agency gives tips to avoid summer underage drinking
      Did you know that more young people try alcohol for the first time during June and July than at any other time of the year? Keeping teens occupied and supervised helps to ensure they have a safe summer.
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Horseracing industry must ban whips altogether
      Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles.
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Safety a cause of concern for hip-replacement patient
      In a few weeks I am scheduled for hip replacement surgery. Though I trust my doctors and know the procedure is fairly routine, I still can't help but worry a bit. Through the Patient Safety Act of 2004, I was able to find out that nearly 460 incidents of preventable medical errors occur in New Jer...
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