Ford urged lower tire pressure on Explorers to reduce rollover risk
Ford Motor Co. advised inflating 15 inch Explorer tires to 26 psi to curb rollover risk, a shift from Bridgestone/Firestone’s 30 psi guidance. The recall of 6.5 million tires has spotlighted under inflated tires and related failures. Ford officials note tire pressure is not the recall's main issue.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
Ford
Explorer
Bridgestone
Firestone
Tom Baughman
New York Times
Mike Vaughn
A Little Rock, Ark
Bridgestone/Fires
Gas blast triggers mall evacuation near Concord Mills
A large shopping mall was evacuated after a nearby construction site gas explosion sent flames and debris high into the air. One worker suffered first degree burns while hundreds of shoppers sheltered inside as Carolina Power & Light blamed a ruptured gas line.
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Concord
N.C
Carolina Power & Light
Concord Mills Mall
Charlotte
Notable historical anniversaries on August 21
A chronology of key events tied to August 21 includes Pueblo Indians seizing Santa Fe in 1680, Nat Turner’s 1831 Virginia insurrection, Lincoln Douglas debates starting 1858, ABA founding in 1878, Trotsky’s death in 1940, Dumbarton Oaks talks beginning 1944, Truman ending Lend-Lease in 1945, Hawaii statehood in 1959, Aquino assassination in 1983, the 1991 Soviet coup collapse, and a 1995 ABC News libel settlement with Philip Morris.
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Santa Fe
N.M
Nat Turner
Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
American Bar Association
Saratoga
N.Y
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
United Nations
Truman
America
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Union
Benigno S. Aquino Jr
Manila
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Russian Federation
Boris N. Yeltsin
Ten Dead In Pecos River Gas Pipeline Explosion
A natural gas pipeline ruptured along the Pecos River near Carlsbad New Mexico killing ten people and badly burning two survivors including a man and his daughter in law. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board traced the blast to a ruptured line as fire burned for up to an hour.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Pecos
Lubbock
Texas
Larry Rogers
New Mexico
John Balderston
Verizon and unions reach tentative three year contract
Verizon Communications and unions representing about 50 000 workers reach a tentative three year contract ending a two week strike that affected 25 million East region phone users. IBEW and CWA units in New York New England reach agreement while mid Atlantic talks continue.
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Washington
Verizon Communications
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Communications Workers of America
New York
CWA
Middle Atlantic States
District of Columbia
Verizon
New England
IBEW
mid-Atlantic
Lawrence T. Babbie Jr
Injured bear cub found among ashes of Montana fire
A burned but alive bear cub weighing about 20 pounds emerged from Montana wildfires and is in a veterinary clinic for burns on all four paws. Wildlife warden Joe Jacquith rescued the cub, saying the cub will heal though tender footed.
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Helena
Mont
Smokey Bear
Montana
Joe Jacquith
Arizona
California
Florida
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
National Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Bitterroot
Hamilton
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Goodyear
Kenya
Athi River
Nairobi
Athi Station
Rail
Ways
Philippines
Jolo
Libya
Abu Sayyaf
Gaddafi International Association For Charitable Organization
Muammar Gaddafi
Debby
Miami
Atlantic
U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Krissy Williams
National Hurricane Center
Williams
St. Maarten
Saba
St. Eustatius
Antigua
Barbuda
Anguilla
Nintor
ABC News
Philip Morris
Associated Press
Balderston
The
National Transportation Safety Board
Paso Natural Gas Co
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Bell Atlantic
GTE
Toston
Bozeman
Grover Johnson
Gallatin County
Iowa
Risa
Pickup & Delivery
J-Hall
Sycamore Mall
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids
Ilas
New Life Fitness World
West
EAST
Iowa City
Community Credit Union
River Ridge Drive
New Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Bestcomcu.org
Linn County, Iowa
Best of Iowa Community Credit Union
NCAA
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