PPG to pay $83.4 million for Jersey City chromium cleanup
PPG Industries will pay New Jersey $80 million to clean up chromium contaminated homes and businesses in Jersey City, Kearny, and Secaucus plus a $2.5 million fine and $900,000 in administrative costs. State DEP spokesman John Hagerty says the deal advances revitalization and accountability.
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New Jersey
PPG Industries Inc
Pittsburgh
John Hagerty
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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Secaucus
Trump can be questioned over Maples affair in divorce case
A Manhattan judge ruled Donald Trump may be questioned by Ivana Trump’s lawyers about alleged adultery with Maria Maples. The ruling requires Trump to reveal his Maples intentions during the 1987 prenuptial update, as Ivana claims she was misled into signing a $25 million payout clause.
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Ivana
Maria Maples
Manhattan Supreme Court
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Trump
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Detroit officer stops assault in undershorts
Detroit Police Officer Edwin Kaler, a 20 year veteran, awoke to a woman's screams and grabbed his gun to confront a cab driver assaulting her. He handcuffed the driver after subduing him, stressing officers are always on duty. The 45 year old woman reported being attacked after a ride that began with a wrong turn and car trouble.
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Detroit
Edwin Kaler
Kaler
Meditating killer executed after 1984 murder and robbery
Richmond news reports 27 year old Ridder killer Boggs sat in the death chamber for about 12 minutes before his execution at 10:50 p.m. He appeared sedated yet meditational as guards strapped him to the chair and a prison chaplain offered comfort. The delay before the 11 p.m. execution was not explained.
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Van
Richard T. Boggs
Boggs
State Department of Correcions
Wayne Farrar
Farrar
State Fenitentiary
Russ Ford
Mayor bans sale of bat guano in Gold Hill Oregon
Gold Hill Oregon mayor imposes a sales moratorium on bat guano from a local cache after a Delaware resident warns the product could spread histoplasmosis. The plan to sell the guano to fund the volunteer police drew nationwide attention and a critical call from Jacqueline Burgess of Marydel, Delaware, who cites past eye surgery and risk from infection.
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Burgess
Delaware
Red Cross aids in Canadian Mohawk standoff
In Kanesatake and Kahnawake near Montreal, Red Cross workers entered disputed Mohawk areas to deliver emergency food and medical supplies amid a police standoff over a land dispute. Rene Degrace, veteran of overseas conflicts, led safety measures including written guarantees from authorities and Mohawk factions.
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Red Cross
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Saskatchewan
Angola
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Africa
Middle East
Rene Degrace
Canadian
Kanesatake
Kahnawake
Montreal
Quebec
Degrace
Ethiopia
Sudane Se
Montreal area police cost tops million daily amid Oka crisis
Provincial police operations around Mohawk territories cost at least 1 million daily. About 1,000 officers stand by at Oka after a corporal was killed on July 11, with 500 more at Chateauguay amid Mercier Bridge barricades. Three reserves near Montreal host 90 officers over gambling casino dispute as 3,500-strong force strained with 800 recalled from elsewhere.
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Oka
Chateauguay
Kahnawake
Mercier
Akwesasne
Ontario
Quebec
New York
la Presse
New telescope aims to beat Hubble with ground based tech
A consortium led by the University of Chicago builds a New Mexico telescope using adaptive optics and a high speed undulating mirror plus a powerful laser to create artificial guide stars. The system promises ground based infrared clarity rivaling space telescopes and could reveal galaxies, weather on Jupiter, and planet formation, potentially challenging Hubble’s dominance.
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University of Chicago
New Mexico
Hubble
Peter Boyce
American Astronomical Society
NASA
Edward Kibbelwaite
Jupiter
Harvard researchers announce CPF blocks HIV spread in lab tests
Harvard scientists report a synthetic molecule CPF binds gp120 on HIV, blocking attachment to CD4 on T cells and preventing infection in test tubes. Burakoff notes CPF is inexpensive to synthesize and highly effective in vitro with animal trials just starting.
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Science
Steven J Burakoff
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