Hope for missing fades in Japan as elderly struggle
In Rikuzentakata and surrounding towns as twin disasters strike Japan, elderly residents face the hardest toll. Rescue turns to recovery with bodies being collected, hospitals out of power, and shelters short on medicine and fuel. Families search morgues while volunteers and officials stress aid for aging survivors with limited supplies.
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Rikuzentakata
Japan
Taeko Kanno
Katsuo Maiya
Kanno
Chuei Inamura
Masako Maiya
Katsuo
Maiyas
Kannos
Kamaishi
Heather Heath
Tagajo
Daisuke Toraiwa
Kesennuma
Morimitsu Inawashida
Inawashida
Keiko Endo
Doctors Without Borders
International Assistance Group
Eric Ouannes
Dealers raise car prices after Japan crisis
The Japan disaster likely slows shipments of popular models like Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. Dealers raise prices as shortages loom, with buyers facing sticker prices rather than discounts. Prius, Insight, Fit, CR-V, Yaris, and certain Acuras and Infinitis see higher costs. Toyota shows production halted. Honda plants closed. a shipment of over 1,000 Nissan and Infiniti cars was destroyed by the tsunami.
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Detroit
Japan
Toyota
Honda
Insight
Jesse Toprak
TrueCar.com
Toprak
Nissan
Infiniti
United States
Obama reassures U S radiation won't reach from Japan
President Obama said harmful radiation from the Fukushima disaster is not expected to reach the United States though officials warn the crisis may take weeks to control. He urged lessons for U S nuclear safety and noted 104 reactors across 31 states.
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Ashington
Barack Obama
U.S
Japan
Obama
White House
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
United States
Marvin Fertel
The
Nuclear Energy Institute
State Department
Customs and Border Protection
Chicago
Dallas
Seattle
Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
West Coast
Hawaii
Alaska
U.S. Territories
Gregory Jaczko
Jaczko
Public outcry over AEP chief executive pay sparks rate talk
Chafin condemns Appalachian Power chief Mike Morris drawing about 9 million annually as the discussion centers on a monopoly utility. AEP defends the compensation as reflecting leadership of a large employer, taxpayer, coal buyer, and environmental spender in West Virginia and Virginia, while rate hikes to 8.9 percent await PSC approval.
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Chafin
Mike Morris
Appalachian Power
Phil Moye
AEP
West Virginia
Virginia
Moye
APCO
EPA
PSC
Massey case info on Stover indictments and trial date
Stover, 59, indicted in February on charges of lying to federal investigators and obstruction of justice. He pleaded not guilty to one count of lying to FBI and MSHA investigators and one count of obstruction of justice. Trial set for April 25. Prosecutors say releasing documents would jeopardize the federal investigation. A shareholder request seeks documents from the criminal probe and grand jury. MSHA has agreed to delay public hearings and witness transcripts at prosecutors’ request.
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Sion
Stover
FBI
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Big Branch
U.S
Fred Westfall, Jr
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