The American College of Emergency Physicians has issued an alert about the rise of text-related injuries and deaths, often the result of texting while walking, driving, biking or rollerblading. "It's tragic," said Dr. Linda Lawrence, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in a statement. She noted that her colleagues across the country are anecdotally reporting cases, "among teens and young adults, in particular, who are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries because they were not paying attention while texting. "

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has found an Internet phone call center at fault for misdirecting an ambulance in a 911 call that caused a baby's death. With the CRTC investigation of Melvin and Khadija Luck's complaint finding that Comwave's 911 call center agent failed to confirm the new address of the family's home in Calgary, the couple plans to sue the company for damages.

A 23-year-old man from New Delhi who was admitted to an Indian hospital after a five-feet-long iron rod went through his chest has survived the accident. Calling it the "rarest of the rare surgeries," doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saved the life of a young executive, Supratim Dutta, whose chest, lungs, stomach and liver were pierced by an iron bar.

A 23-year-old man from New Delhi who was admitted to an Indian hospital after a five-feet-long iron rod went through his chest has survived the accident. Calling it the "rarest of the rare surgeries," doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saved the life of a young executive, Supratim Dutta, whose chest, lungs, stomach and liver were pierced by an iron bar.

The high cost of lawyers' fees has resulted to a rise of Americans handling their own court cases, with assistance from legal self-help sites and groups. The kind of self-handled cases has gone beyond civil cases involving small amounts of money to domestic problems, divorces and child custody matters, according to the National Center for State Courts.