Coroner links Ray death to hepatitis in prison stay
Tennessee officials confirm James Earl Ray died of liver failure from chronic hepatitis while in Nashville hospital at 70. Autopsy could not determine exact hepatitis source, though blood transfusion in 1981 and other factors are possible. Ray had been imprisoned for killing Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
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Asbestos scheme uncovered in Marshfield factory job
A criminal indictment details an illegal asbestos removal scheme targeting the Weyerhaeuser Door & Stile factory in Marshfield Wisconsin. Homeless men recruited from Chattanooga Tennessee worked untrained with no protection or pay under false identities as federal figures warn of similar nationwide abuses involving unqualified laborers.
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U.S. economic bubble fears of a sudden burst
Washington reports warn of a speculative boom amid stock market gains and big bank mergers. The Economist argues bubbles could trigger Fed rate hikes and a recession, while economists note solid growth but expect only a slowdown and modest unemployment rise.
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South Park ratings blaze for Comedy Central after controversial episode
Comedy Central reports South Park achieved the highest basic cable rating for a comedy series with an 8.2 household rating and 4 million households, 6.2 million viewers, on a Wednesday episode. The piece notes Cartman’s plot about his hermaphrodite mother and father and the show’s blend of violence and profanity.
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