Miscellaneous

• 14-Year-Old Bicyclist Lured Out At 3 A.M. to Meet MySpace Girl Struck & Killed On Highway

  Pierce Egerton | July 12, 2009 7:47 PM | 15 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Winston-Salem police confirmed that 14-year-old Mark Zanzarella of Clemmons was killed Sunday morning while riding his bicycle on U.S. 311 near Union Cross Road. According to WXII, the accident...

• Michael Jackson, Painkillers, and Injury Victims: A Cautionary Tale

  Pierce Egerton | June 26, 2009 3:14 PM | 7 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Reports are emerging that Michael Jackson’s death may have involved overuse of prescription painkillers such as Demerol. It was widely reported that Michael first became addicted to...

• Randleman roundabouts: The right way to roll?

  Pierce Egerton | January 24, 2012 1:23 AM | 4 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  New intersections draw complaints but advantages are significant Round and round and round you go … But at those circular intersections called “roundabouts,” at...

• 5-Year-Old Severely Mauled in Attack by Five Rottweilers -- Time for Vicious Breed Law?

  Pierce Egerton | September 25, 2009 10:06 PM | 4 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A 5-year-old Surry County boy was severely injured near Pilot Mountain when five Rottweilers attacked him Friday afternoon at his home. The boy’s grandfather, Claude Childress, said he...

• Is Baseball 50% Hitting -- It Is If You Want to Win, Says Prof

  Pierce Egerton | October 02, 2011 9:00 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  You’ve probably heard the old saw, “Offense sells tickets; Defense wins games!” Not in baseball. At least not according to a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor....

• Was South Carolina Serial Killer Shot to Death Near Gastonia, NC?

  Pierce Egerton | July 06, 2009 7:13 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Fox8 is reporting that a man matching the description of a suspected South Carolina serial killer was shot and killed in North Carolina this morning. The shooting occurred around 3:00 am.,...

• WTF?!?! Cursing eases pain?

  Pierce Egerton | December 21, 2011 2:19 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I stubbed my toe! Dang! I barked my shin! Darn! I got run over by a bus! Dagg-nabbit! But if I cuss a little, I’ll feel better. So says a study from “The Journal of...

• “Breaking Dawn: Part One” movie reportedly causing seizures

  Pierce Egerton | December 09, 2011 7:24 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Apparently, what we had thought were fictional vampires are actually out going to and fro in the world, causing real danger to living people. OK … Not really. But according to some...

• The Safety Dance

  Pierce Egerton | November 13, 2011 4:59 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I’m passionate about safety and justice. You’d probably expect that from someone who chose to represent injured people for a career. But I’m also passionate about the arts and...

• Brothers Killed Walking on Railroad Tracks May Have Smoked Spice Before Being Hit by Train

  Pierce Egerton | October 06, 2011 12:34 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The father of two teenagers says that his sons may have been smoking the synthetic drug “spice” before they were killed by a train in Mebane, N.C. It’s a horrible loss for the...