New headlights spark luxury car craze and concerns
The article notes rising use of high intensity discharge HID headlamps in luxury cars like Cadillac, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, Lexus and BMW. While praised for bright, wide light, a growing number of about 100 complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warn of safety risks from noncompliant blue tinted bulbs and new technology.
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Falmouth
Maine
Mercedes
Mws
Phil Infiorati
Performance Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Tim Hurd
Washington
Hurd
Deadline Looms for US Airways Strike
Negotiators for US Airways and the flight attendants union push toward a 4 am deadline to resolve a three year labor dispute. Pay and pensions remain the major issues as about 10,000 attendants threaten a 12:01 a.m. walkout. Off duty attendants picket Reagan National. Michele Viar voices frustration over stalled raises while executives prosper.
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US Airways
Association of
Flight Attendants
Pat Friend
National Mediation Board
Friend
Reagan National
Michele Viar
US Airways Threatens Shutdown Over Flight Attendants
US Airways warned it would shut operations at 12:01 a m Saturday if no deal is reached with flight attendants. The carrier aims to cut costs to align with rivals while AFL-CIO supports attendants. Internal memos instruct staff to prepare for a shutdown and rerouting passengers if talks fail.
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US Airways
David Castelveter
Afl-Cio
John
Sweeney
Labor Federation
Clinton
White House
Amtrak
Ocean warming detected across depths from 1950s data
NOAA scientists report a broad, sustained warming of the world's oceans over the past 40 years. They quantify temperature rises in Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian basins from the surface to depth, with the greatest gain near the surface but notable warming down to 10,000 feet.
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Washington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Sydney Levitus
Ocean Climate Laboratory
Alteare
Levitus
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Indian Ocean
Science
Couple acquitted after python kills their toddler son
In Carlyle Illinois a judge acquitted Robert and Melissa Altom of child endangerment after their 3 year old son Jesse died when a 7 1/2 foot python squeezed him to death. Prosecutors argued the snake was kept in an inadequate cage. The couple faced a potential ten year sentence and showed memorial tattoos for their son after the ruling.
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Carlyle
Ill
Harold Pennock
Robert
Melissa Altom
Altoms
Jesse
Robert Altom
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