Toy recalls surge as actions double this year
US safety data show recalls of corrective actions for 254 toy models and 119 children products, up from 111 and 39 in 1988. Jacqueline Jones-Smith, sworn as CPSC chair, says agency is back at full strength after a period without a quorum. Critics urge mandatory standards to curb hazards and prevent slow action on safety rules.
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Solar Max reenters Earth with limited debris risk
NASA and UPI report the $80 million Solar Maximum Mission satellite tumbling toward re entry from 118 miles up. Officials say 100 pound debris may survive, but danger to the public is extremely remote with debris likely to fall into the ocean along a broad ground track that could include Texas Florida Central America and Africa.
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Homeless man kills himself with cyanide in Lawrenceville car
Sheridan Talbot Weir, 40, refused to exit a battered Plymouth and drank cyanide after showing Officer Ottaviano a tin labeled sodium cyanide. He said he bought it and died at Gwinnett Medical Center after convulsions, with investigators noting long-term unemployment and recent breakup.
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Replica warship The Golden Hinde tours Tampa Bay
The Golden Hinde, an exact replica of Sir Francis Drake's 16th century warship, maneuvers in Hillsborough Bay Friday in Tampa Florida before entering harbor. The ship's home port is Plymouth England, but it is visiting Gulf ports with the Tampa skyline visible on its bow.
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Day Without Art marks World AIDS Day across U S museums
World AIDS Day drew protests and arrests as 600 plus arts institutions joined A Day Without Art. Galleries including James Corcoran and Pence in L A and Leo Castelli in New York closed or opened free to encourage donations to AIDS groups while museums and universities staged tributes and opticals in memory of the epidemic.
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Leo Castelli
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White House
Bush
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Calif
Orange County Visibility League
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