Doe Run to Buy Out Herculaneum Homeowners Over Lead
The Doe Run Co will offer buyouts to about 160 Herculaneum homeowners near the nation’s largest lead smelter after tests showed high lead levels in 28 percent of local children. The plan covers residents with children under six near the smelter and slag pile, with extended buyouts over 20 years for nearby areas. Gov. Holden called it a major step forward in cleanup efforts.
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Lead Smelter
ST. Louis
Herculaneum
Doe Run Co
Bob Holden
State Department of Health and Senior Services
Air Force Academy tightens drug tests amid cadet scandal
The Air Force Academy in Colorado steps up random drug tests and expands ethics education after a December 2000 scandal implicating 38 cadets from 4300. Eight court martialed. seven inmates to prison. many cadets left or faced penalties.
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US Air Force Academy
Hyatt
Leavenworth
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Lawsuit targets U S bishops over abuse cover up claims
A former seminary student alleges in a federal suit that all American bishops conspired to hide abuse by predators. The suit names Anthony OConnell and cites racketeering under the RICO act, accusing church officials and a seminary of years of concealment and hush money settlements.
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All American Bishops
ST. Louis
U.S
West Palm Beach
Fla
Anthony O’connell
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hannibal
O’connell
United States
Catholic Church
Patrick Noaker
Delta terminal at LaGuardia evacuated over security breach
The Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport was evacuated for about 90 minutes after a security breach. A passenger on a stretcher passed through a checkpoint, prompting authorities to order a full terminal evacuation affecting 13 Delta flights and about 1,400 passengers plus two Northwest flights and around 300 passengers. The terminal reopened about 11:30 a.m.
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la Guardia
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Peters
Delta
Northwest
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