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Atlanta's Gun Problem: More Than 1,600 Firearms Stolen in Vehicle Break-Ins

For a short time, it was a startling number. At least 850 guns were stolen from cars in Atlanta in 2015. The information was published earlier this week by The Trace, a nonprofit monitoring gun violence. By the end of the week — and following a high-profile accidental shooting of an Atlanta executive inside an SUV — we learned gun thefts from cars is even worse this year.

A new report found that more than 800 guns have already been stolen from Atlanta cars in 2016 — outpacing that 2015 total that was already far more than any other large city examined by The Trace.

This past week, thieves reportedly broke into 50 cars in two Midtown parking lots, stealing 15 guns. That followed 70 cars broken into last week. In that case, the suspects were walking alongside the getaway car, and randomly breaking into cars that they passed, a police spokesperson told local media. >>> Read more.

The Tylenol Murders: Still Unsolved After 34 Years

In the 21st century, it’s a given that when at the grocery store to buy medicine, orange juice, coffee-mate or any closed item that it comes with a safety seal. Thirty-four years ago, however, that was not the case. Closed items at stores just came with a top, and maybe a cotton swab if it was medicine.

As recently as 1982, safety seals were deemed unnecessary. But a three-day scare that centered around Tylenol, the number one nonprescription painkiller in the country, changed the lives of Americans forever.

Seven people died over a three-day span from Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1982, all collapsing suddenly after ingesting an Extra-Strength Tylenol pill. One of several that were found during an investigation to have been laced with a beyond fatal amount of potassium cyanide. >>> Read more.

‘Sully’ Movie Gets Bad Review from NTSB Members

The movie “Sully,” about the miraculous landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York, has earned praise from movie critics and audiences since it was released in early September. What’s not to like about the skillful piloting by Capt. Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, or America’s favorite actor, Tom Hanks, who portrays the dauntless pilot?

Members of the National Transportation Safety Board — including Kitty Higgins of Annapolis — have given the movie’s portrayal of the aftermath to the water landing and Sully’s decisions a thumbs-down.

"Nobody ever suggested it was pilot error," Higgins said. "It's just not the case. … The question was what was involved in getting it to safely land." >>> Read more.

FDA Credits Enhanced Monitoring To Reductions In Illness Caused By Bad Cilantro

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials are crediting enhanced monitoring of produce from Mexico to a drop in cyclospora infections.

Contaminated cilantro from Puebla, Mexico, making its way into the U.S. was blamed for a spike in domestically acquired cyclospora cayettanensis infections, according to a report in Food Safety News. The parasite-spread infection resulting from contaminated food or water caused 134 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis as of Sept. 16, according to a recent update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That's a drop from 319 confirmed cases during the same period of testing last year. >>> Read more.

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