Airlines cut early fall travel fares across industry
In New York airlines slash fall fares by as much as 40 percent as fall demand softens after Labor Day. Despite fears from the TWA and ValuJet crashes, carriers report solid load factors and expect further price cuts through year end. American Airlines leads with international and domestic fare reductions.
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Ave
Tom Parsons
Best Fares
Arlington
Texas
TWA
American Airlines
Electrical fire forces subway evacuation under East River
An electrical fire beneath the East River forced the evacuation of about 60 riders on the Manhattan bound E train. Firefighters contained the blaze by 5 am after a long delay, sending seven firefighters and five civilians to area hospitals with smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion reported.
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New York
East River
Transit Authority
Melissa Farley
Queens
Iires
Wali Shareef
Weather pattern cues mixed East Coast chill and West Coast heat
Mueller lounges outside a Long Island bait shop as misty harbors reveal a delayed summer. Mamaroneck harbor, usually crowded with boats and gulls, greets August with a calm, cloudy morning. The pattern linked to last winter's snowstorms and a weak spring may keep the East cool while the West sizzles, experts say.
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Mueller
New York
Long Island Sound
August Ebb Baffles Weather Experts Across Regions
The piece notes unusual cool and damp conditions across the nation. Muellers boat shopster Gene Fedele describe eerie harbor calm. Forecasters say temperatures run 3 to 8 degrees below normal while rainfall climbs due to Bertha.
Tobacco firms sue to block cigarette additive disclosure
Four major tobacco companies filed suit in U S District Court to halt Massachusetts and federal efforts to require brand level disclosure of cigarette additives and nicotine levels. They argue federal law pre emptions and that ingredients are trade secrets. state plan to publish the list faces secrecy and trade impact concerns.
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Boston
William Weld
U.S. District Court
Ilene Hoffer
Scott
Fouries
Philip Morris Inc
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Lorillard Tobacco Co
State Department of Public Health
Soy Ae
Department of Health and Human Services
ValuJet president predicts flights may resume in three weeks
ValuJet Air Lines could be flying again in about three weeks unless hearings are held on a complaint by flight attendants union. President Lewis Jordan and company officials urged employees to sign petitions opposing the complaint and to remove the chairman. Union officials and critics cite maintenance concerns after Flight 592’s Florida crash. FAA and DOT have not set a recertification date.
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ValuJet Airlines
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Lewis Jordan
Jordan
CNN
Larry King
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Ing
Joe
FAA
Kathleen Bergen
ValuJet
Guyon
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