Philadelphia Stock Exchange to pay settlement in class action
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange has agreed to pay about a million dollars to settle a nationwide class action accusing the stock options industry of conspiring to boost traders profits by limiting trading to specific exchanges. The suit, filed last fall, cites coordination with Land stock exchanges in Philadelphia Chicago New York and San Francisco amid a Justice Department probe into options practices.
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Betharige
Pladelphia
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Justice Department
Alaska Airlines baggage handler killed at Seattle airport
A baggage handler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport died when his baggage cart pinned him against an Alaska Airlines MD-80. The worker had about a month on the job and was unloading bags for Alaska Flight 191 when the cart rolled forward as he opened the cargo door. An investigation will determine if a bag shift or improper parking caused the movement.
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Seattle-Tacoma International
Alaska Flight 191
Greg Witter
Witter
Columbine graduates celebrate class of 2000 at outdoor ceremony
Columbine High School in Greenwood Village Colorado held a large outdoor graduation for about 435 seniors in a two hour ceremony. Richard Castaldo one of the wounded graduates remarked on relief at earning his diploma amid a crowd of 5000 including parents teachers and peers from the Denver area. The event closed to reporters at students and teachers request and marked a solemn end to a year of tragedy following the 1999 attack by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
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Columbine High School
Richard Castaldo
Castaldo
Denver
Denver-area
Columbine
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
Colorado gun laws signed amid Columbine reflections
Gov. Owens announced four new Colorado gun laws aimed at tightening transfers and juvenile access while acknowledging compromises. The measures include making it a felony to procure a firearm for another knowing the deal is illegal, barring giving a firearm to a juvenile without a guardian’s consent, requiring effort to stop juveniles from using a handgun in crime, and stiffening penalties for felons possessing weapons. The ceremony followed a Columbine tribute and a blood donor event honoring students Hochhalter Graves and Johnson, with donor Mike Fernandez noted for long service.
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Denver
Colorado
Bill Owens
Owens
Columbine
Hochhalter
Sean Graves
Michael Johnson
Mike Fernandez
West Virginia grads take unique project at Spring Valley
At Spring Valley High School in Wayne County, senior Drew Smith skydived for his Senior Quest presentation on risk psychology, the first such airborne demo under a county wide program requiring 514 seniors to complete an eight to ten page research paper a 20 hour related project and an eight to twelve minute oral report. Other topics included weight training schizophrenia and ghost stories with students like Aaron Billups displaying photographs and Andy Brillhart crafting a gun cabinet for carpentry finish work.
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Spring Valley High School
Wayne County
Drew Smith
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Jim Hale
County School Board
Spring Valley
Pam Perdue
Aaron Billups
Perdue
West Virginia
Andy Brillhart
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