Price scanners show accuracy gains but watch checkout prices
FTC study finds about 1 in 28 sale items mispriced at checkout with two thirds of errors overcharging consumers. Improvements since 1996. 71 percent of stores passed inspections vs 45 percent in 1996. Undercharges average $5.38, overcharges $3.20, with hardware stores lagging in accuracy.
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Federal Trade Commission
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National Retail Federation
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GM to offer escape trunk handle for trapped children
General Motors will install illuminated escape handles in car trunks to help children escape heat entrapment. Starting next spring, a trunk latch sensor and a $50 retrofit kit with installation will be offered at GM dealers, aiming to reduce trunk entrapment deaths following 11 fatalities last summer.
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U N withdraws weapons monitors from Iraq posts
U N weapons monitors ordered to evacuate Baghdad after Iraq allegedly reneged on cooperation. U S and Britain keep airstrike options open. UNSCOM staff left the city while hundreds of monitors may depart if needed. Iraq and U N disputes continue over access and verification.
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Iraq
U.N
United States
Britain
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Saddam Hussein
Cook
British Broadcasting Corp
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U.N. Special Commission
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Somerwill
U.S
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Tariq Aziz
Butler
International Atomic Energy Agency
U.N. Security Council
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Doctor Burick's career path spans several PA facilities
Dr. Burick earned her medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She completed internship and residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. She previously practiced internal medicine at Northwest Medical Center and pediatrics at Franklin Pediatric Associates, both in Franklin, Pennsylvania.
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Hahnemann University
Philadelphia
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville
Pennsylvania
Northwest Medical Center
Franklin Pediatric Associates
Franklin
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