The Giants will play the Patriots on Sunday for Super Bowl XLVI.  Four years after they defeated the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, the Giants are back to defeat them once more.

The Giants’ record is 12-7, and they beat the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship.  The teams will play at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Patriots record is 15-3, and this will be their fifth Super Bowl in the last 11 seasons.  The game will air at 6:30pm EST on NBC.  For details on the team and their roster, visit the Super Bowl website.

Ian Crookenden leads the Hawks for the fourth year in a row with a roster of new and veteran players.  The Hawks received an Atlantic 10 preseason prediction of 11th place, but Crookenden and his players are ready to prove them wrong.

Junior Casey Robinson is back after a fantastic 2010-2011 season where she earned No. 1 singles player Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors.

The team will play 24 teams over the next three months–10 of them being conference opponents.  For more information on the team and their schedule, visit the St. Joseph’s University website.

A bill signed into law regarding facilities for the elderly is called the Long-Term Care Nursing Facility Independent Informal Dispute Resolution Act.  The bill is detailed as “an independent informal dispute resolution process for long-term care nursing facilities to dispute Department of Health survey findings.”

In other words, this new law affecting nursing facilities  in the state of Pennsylvania will change the way a nursing home can respond and, if necessary, dispute their score and evaluation of the state survey before the data is entered into the federal database. It will go into effect in April of 2012.

Pet lovers around Philadelphia should come enjoy the festivities and watch live performances and meet Clifford!  Clifford, not the big red dog, but incredibly talented horse will perform tricks to entertain all visitors.  From 1-4pm on Saturday, pet owners can have their dogs tested for the AKC Canine Good Citizen Award.  If you own a puppy, come learn some training tips from the Kan Do K9s.

The event will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center 100 Station Ave., Oaks, PA 19456.  For more information, visit www.philadelphiapetexpo.com

Sleep scientists have shown results in their studies that even one hour of sleep can prevent performance error.  Most medical residents who work late into the night and into the early hours of the morning opt not to rest during their 30-hour shifts.  But in 2011, a study showed that emergency medical technicians took significantly longer to complete their tasks at the end of a long shift.  The question still remains whether fatigued workers contribute to higher death rates and hospital negligence.

For more information on this topic, visit the Time magazine website.

The Philadelphia 76ers are welcoming home Iraqi veterans and their families to the Toys for Tots “Home for the Holidays” at The Shops at Liberty Place.  Those who bring a new, unwrapped toy will get access to the “autograph” room with Sixers and their coaches and a ticket voucher for the first game of the season on Jan 6.

The event will honor Iraqi veterans specifically from Fort Dix, and will have activities fun for the entire family.  For more information, visit the Sixers website.

According to the Boston Globe, 119 deaths have occurred between 2005 and May 2011 relating to warning alarms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is highly concerned about this problem and issued a warning to caregivers in hospitals, nursing facilities, and patients’ homes that ventilator alarms are going unheard.

Alarm fatigue, a condition related to nurses becoming desensitized to beeps and alarms after hearing them all day, has become a serious issue among hospitals.

If you or a loved one has experienced hospital negligence, contact Pennsylvania hospital negligence attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. today by calling 610-667-7511.

The annual Narberth Dickens Festival is one of the most celebrated holiday traditions in the Philadelphia area.  Downtown Narberth is transformed into 1840′s London complete with characters from “A Christmas Carol” roaming the streets in full costume.  There is also a scavenger hunt for the kids to win a prize.  At 11am, a free screening of “A Muppet Christmas Carol” will be held.

Festival runs from 12-4pm. For more information, visit the Narberth Dickens Festival website.

Fairmount Park is putting on it’s annual Holiday Tours for two weeks during the month of December. Six historic homes in the neighborhood will be open for guided tours. The houses will have holiday decorations displayed throughout and there will be a guide at each home to take guests on the tour.

The houses included in this year’s tour are Laurel and Lemon Hill, Cedar Grove, Sweetbriar, Mount Pleasant and Woodford Mansion. Reservations for the tours are not necessary and there is parking provided at each location.

For more information regarding holiday tours in the Philadelphia area, please visit the Philly Tour website today.

According to police, the accident occurred at the first block of South Highland Avenue at the Carriage Works Redevelopment project.  The area can also be known as the old Keystone Weaving Mill building.

Though details have not been confirmed, authorities believe that Munoz was operating a Pettibone lift when the equipment began to shake from the wind.  Munoz got out the machinery, but it fell on top of him.  He was killed on impact.

He was working for SM Home Improvement, a company based out of Danville, N.J.

If you or a loved one has been injured or worse while working on a construction site, contact Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. today by calling 610-667-7511.