Firestone avoids strike but troubles may surface soon
Bridgestone/Firestone and United Steelworkers reach a tentative three year contract covering nine U S factories after around the clock talks that edged past a strike deadline. Despite the deal, the company faces a major tire recall effort and a federal probe into 88 traffic deaths linked to faulty tires.
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Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
John Sellers
Bridgestone/Firestone
United Steelworkers of America
U.S
Bridgestone/ Firestone
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Venezuela
Bridgestone
Firestone
Ford Motor Co
Congress
Saul Solomon
Nashville, Tenn
Jim Ash
LaVergne, Tenn
Frank Tuttle
LaVergne
Morrison, Tenn
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Decatur
Des Moines
Iowa
Oklahoma City
Akron
Ohio
Noblesville
Ind
Russelville, Ark
Valencia
Caracas
Ford Motor Company
Jerry Lewis Telethon Tops Previous Mark
Jerry Lewis and Ed McMahon announced a new record of $54.6 million raised during the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon over Labor Day weekend. The 35th annual 23 hour event aired on about 200 stations and via streaming, surpassing last year's $53.1 million by $1.5 million.
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Los Angeles
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
Ed McMahon
Army experts study Japanese mosquito as West Nile carrier
Army scientists at Fort Detrick explore Aedes japonicus a recently introduced Asian mosquito as a potential West Nile virus vector. They compare its transmission efficiency to native Culex species and assess where it breeds feeds and may bite humans while CDC and Rutgers and Fordham researchers expand the study across multiple states.
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Ostroff
CDC
Rutgers
Fordham
Turell
Tyrell
Westchester County
West Nile
U.S
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
David Dohm
Eft
Monica O’guinn
United States
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Teen shoots self at Union police HQ in custody
An 18 year old, questioned about vandalism, grabbed a gun from Police Chief Russell Roark's desk, loaded it, and shot himself while handcuffed in the chief's office. Michael Ray Thomasson remained in critical condition after the Sunday incident in Union, South Carolina, as SLED spokesman Hugh Munn described.
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S.C
Michael Ray Thomasson
Russell Roark
State Law Enforcement Division
Hugh Munn
Thomasson
Munn
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Texas
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