Flag shortage threatens Memorial Day tributes in Pa
Pennsylvania counties race to supply flags for veterans' graves as Collegeville Flag delays spark lawsuits and donations. Cambria County seeks a new supplier after missing delivery deadlines, while Mercer and neighboring counties scramble to cover 14,000 graves with help from local businesses and other counties.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Joe Columbus
Cambria County
Columbus
Collegeville Flag and Banner Co
Collegeville Flag
Collegeville
Dick Doyle
Doyle
U.S. Flag Manufacturing Inc
Quincy
Mass
Mercer County
Jim Smartz
Veterans Affairs
Tom Flynn
Hillcrest Memorial Park
John Flynn
Smartz
Reynolds Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Flynns
Lawrence
Venango
Butler
Olivia Lazor
Mt. Lebanon
Allegheny County
Police plan Memorial Day crackdown on speeders and drunks
Pennsylvania state police will patrol highways by car and helicopter this Memorial Day weekend to curb speeders and drunken drivers. About 50 percent more troopers will be deployed to cover 40 000 miles of roads, aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s deadly weekend with 16 deaths and 434 injuries.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Kathryn E. Doutt
State Police Bureau of Patrol
American Automobile Association
Colleen Healey
AAA
Mid-Atlantic
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Healey
Oregon aquarium unveils Passages of the Deep exhibit
The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport debuts a $6.9 million exhibit featuring three large ocean habitats linked by a 200-foot tunnel. It aims to draw visitors back after Keiko the killer whale left for Iceland and shifts focus to Oregon coastal habitats and sharks. Local plans include a new recreation center Nye Beach improvements and a convention center.
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Newport
Ore
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Keiko
Oregon
Iceland
Oregon Coast
Aquarium
Phyllis Bell
Nye Beach
Elderly Woman Dies After Ant Bite Ordeals
In Sarasota County 87yearold nursing home resident Mary L Morales Gay died after being bitten up to 1625 times while in bed at Quality Health Care Center North Port. Cause pending toxicology tests. heart disease and Alzheimer’s noted.
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Sarasota
Fla
Sarasota County
Mary L. Morales Gay
Wilson Broussard
North Port
Broussard
Gay
Crayola Crayons Declared Free of Asbestos by Lab
An independent RJ Lee Group lab in Pittsburgh found no asbestos in talc or in completed crayons used to prevent breakage. This contradicts a Seattle Post-Intelligencer report alleging asbestos in talc from tests on 40 crayons, of which 32 showed trace contamination. The newspaper and its co writer maintain their findings, while Crayola and officials await CPSCs stance.
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Crayola
RJ Lee Group
Pittsburgh
Independent Lab
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
AT&T presses toward massive merger with MediaOne
Washington AP AT&T moves to complete a large merger expanding high speed Internet access local phone service and TV programming over cable lines The Justice Department granted conditional approval for AT&T to acquire MediaOne and require shedding its Road Runner stake The FCC still must sign off The department found that combining these providers could lessen competition in high speed Internet distribution
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Washington
At&t Corp
Justice Department
MediaOne Group Inc
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
Road Runner
MediaOne
ExciteAtHome
Time Warner Disney end retransmission battle agreement
Time Warner Inc and the Walt Disney Co reached a deal on ABC retransmission rights guaranteeing carriage of ABC stations on Time Warner cables through 2006. Time Warner will carry the Disney Channel for seven years and move it from premium to the regular package by 2003. The dispute had seen ABC signals pulled from about 3.5 million homes in cities including New York Los Angeles and Houston.
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New York
Time Warner Inc
Walt Disney Co
ABC
Time Warner
Los Angeles
Houston
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