Worcester man disputes smiley face ownership decades after design
Harvey Ball, who created the iconic yellow smiley in 1963 for State Mutual Life, learns French entrepreneur Franklin Loufrani registered the symbol as a trademark. Loufrani holds global rights and seeks to license or sue for Smiley products, while Ball seeks recognition without pursuing action. Worcester residents recall the in house happiness campaign and Ball’s modest compensation.
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Mr. Ball
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France
Mr. Loufrani
U.S
London
Wal-Mart
Loufrani
Smiley Licensing Corp
Smiley
People of
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State Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ohio
Ball
State Mutual
John Adams
Baill
Happy Face
Retired general Hale faces charge of impropriety
Washington AP report outlines a Pentagon inspector general finding that Maj. Gen. David Hale engaged in inappropriate conduct including relationships with three officers wives and a former spouse, sanctioned misuse of funds, and made false statements. The Army opened a criminal probe. Hale denies wrongdoing.
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Pentagon
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Internal Defense Department
Eleanor Hill
Associated Press
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Hale
Turkey
NATO
Europe
Inspector Generals
Hawai
Tom Begmes
Department of Defense
Congress
Congress.” Mr. Hale
Washington Times
Donnamaria Carpino
Izmir
Inspector General
Canadian boy raised as girl after circumcision study says gender identity may develop after birth
In a Chicago based AP report researchers describe a Canadian boy damaged during circumcision who now lives as a woman and identifies as bisexual. The study, in Pediatrics, marks the second documented case of postnatal gender reassignment after genital mutilation.
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Chicago
Pediatrics
Kenneth Zucker
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
Toronto
Cosby son killer described. defense claims arrest error
In Santa Monica, prosecutors labeled Mikail Markhasev as Ennis Cosby’s killer while the defense argued police arrested the wrong man. Ennis, 27, was shot Jan 16, 1997, on Sepulveda Pass while changing a flat tire after a vacation from Columbia University.
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Bill Cosby
Mikail Markhasev
Cosby
Ennis
Emnis Cosby
Anne Ingalls
Ennis Cosby
Columbia University
Sepulveda Pass
Army chopper crash in Bahamas kills two wives
A UH-60 helicopter assigned to anti drug duties crashed while landing on Great Exuma Island near George Town. Two servicemen’s wives died, three soldiers injured. The helicopter based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, was part of Operation Bahamas and Turks. Names withheld pending notification.
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Jeff Murphy
Miami
Murphy
Fort Stewart
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US Southern Command
U.S. Army
Makers of Viagra confront insurers
Pfizer Inc accuses insurers of sowing fear by declining to reimburse Viagra on safety grounds. The company argues refusals by Prudential HealthCare and Humana limit access for elderly patients with other health issues, noting no evidence that deaths were caused by proper use. Pfizer spokeswoman Mariana Caprino calls challenges to Viagra’s safety factually and medically incorrect.
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Pfizer Inc
Prudential HealthCare
Humana Inc
Pfizer
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Food and Drug Administration
Mariana Caprino
General strike blocks Puerto Rico highway to San Juan airport
In Puerto Rico, strikers blocked the main highway to San Juan's international airport with trucks and cars honking, signaling a 48 hour general strike expected to draw up to 500000 workers. Government employees including utility and health workers join the action, protesting the sale of the state telephone company.
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Puerto Rico
Mildred Gonzalez
Baldorioty de Castro
Luis Munoz Marin International
Carolina
Luiza
Rio Grande
Fajardo
Fires recede as Flagler County residents return home
In Florida 40 000 residents of Flagler County go back to mostly undamaged homes after wildfires forced a countywide evacuation. About 97 percent of residences survived while 46 homes burned and 179 were damaged over 49 000 acres scorched. Fire crews created breaks, bulldozers cleared paths, and Gov Lawton Chiles noted staffing gains as weather showed cautious improvement.
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Indian Trails
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Hugh
Geraldine Conklin
John Ostord
Pennsylvania
Wich
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Volusia
Brevard
St. Augustine
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Route 1
Fighter ace buried in memorial with 21 gun salute
Honor guards fired a 21 gun salute as vintage planes roared overhead at a memorial for Maj. Gen. Marion Carl 82, a WWII fighter ace with 18 downed planes and two Navy crosses, killed June 28 in his Winchester Oregon home during a failed robbery. He died protecting his wife, a shotgun blast ended his life.
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Ore
Marine Corps
Marion Carl
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