Stocks Slip as Mad Cow Scare Ties Markets to Terror Alert
The Dow fell 2.03 to 8,491.36 and the Nasdaq slipped 1.68 to 1,491.09 as mad cow disease fears and a raised terror alert spurred profit taking. Home Depot beat estimates, lifting sentiment briefly while beef producers tumbled.
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Tyson Foods
Outback
Brian Pears
Victory Capital Management
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Suspects named in church poisoning case in Maine
Police narrow suspects to six to ten parishioners in the Arsenic poisonings at Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden. One man died and 15 sickened from tainted coffee after April 27 services. Five days later Daniel Bondeson, 53, shot himself. investigators believe he acted with others in a two or more person conspiracy tied to church council disputes.
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Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
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Eye doctor admits Medicare fraud in New York case
Dr. Shaul Debbi of Great Neck pleaded guilty in federal court to medical fraud for submitting claims from 1998 to 2001 for over 10,000 procedures including cataract surgery and eye exams that were improper or never performed. Many surgeries targeted mentally ill patients in poorly supervised group homes.
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Bush extends Everglades cleanup deadline by ten years
Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill delaying the Everglades cleanup until 2016 or the earliest practicable date, despite environmentalist opposition and a federal judge's warning. He pledged expansion of restoration while lawmakers consider a second bill to soften water standards and deadlines.
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