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Wrinkle-injection warning in Florida

Compiled from wire reports The Spokesman-Review

West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach County’s top health official urged people not to take anti-wrinkle injections after investigators said four people were paralyzed by raw botulism marketed as a Botox alternative.

Investigators say 51 vials of botulinum toxin worth $53,000 were shipped by an Arizona supplier to 13 South Florida customers last year. Their investigation is continuing.

A hearing was scheduled in Fort Lauderdale federal court today on a government request that a judge block Tucson, Ariz.-based Toxin Research International Inc. and its affiliates from offering the substance for sale through mailings to doctors.

Sub that ran aground returns to home port

Honolulu A nuclear submarine that ran aground about 350 miles south of Guam, killing one crewman and injuring 23 others, was due back at its home port in Guam today, according to a Navy spokesman.

There were no reports of damage to the USS San Francisco’s reactor plant, but the extent of damage to the 360-foot submarine will be determined when it gets to port. The vessel was moving under its own power.

Officials said they still don’t know what the Los Angeles-class submarine hit Saturday. A spokesman said it had been conducting operations underwater at the time.

The crews’ injuries included broken bones, lacerations, bruises and a back injury, the Navy said.

At least 3 people die in Ohio River accident

Industry, Pa. A tugboat and three barges sank Sunday after being swept over a dam spillway on the Ohio River by currents made stronger by heavy rains, killing three crew members. One person was missing and believed to be aboard the sunken boat.

Three people were rescued by crews of other tugs and taken to a hospital.

The tug was pushing six coal barges when it went through a lock. After it emerged on the other side, strong currents pushed the boat back against the dam.

Officials believe the barges were pushed by the currents into the tug, forcing it through a gate in the dam. The tug sank in the churning water below the dam.

Crews from two other tugs pulled four people from the water.

Big sinkhole damages 2 homes; 11 evacuated

Orange City, Fla. A large sinkhole opened up Sunday, destroying one house, damaging a second and forcing the evacuation of 11 others.

No injuries were reported.

A woman fled with her baby before their home sank to the level of its roof, officials said.

The 110-foot-wide hole also damaged a road.

The hole stabilized within hours, and residents of the evacuated homes were allowed to return.

It was the second large sinkhole to open in Volusia County in less than two months. A 160-foot-wide hole swallowed four lanes of a road and cracked a neighboring house in December. That hole has been filled but the road remains closed.

Sinkholes are a common geologic phenomenon in central Florida. They form when erosion enlarges underground caverns and the formations collapse.