American Axle ties wage offer to workers pay cut
American Axle and Man Holdings neared a tentative settlement with the UAW after boosting hourly pay and increasing buy down payments to ease a wage cut. The deal includes 18.50 per hour and larger buy down, with details pending to workers. NAACP taps Benjamin Todd Jealous as president, starting Sept 1. he led Rosenberg Foundation and previously NRPA and Jackson Advocate roles. In China, floods from landslides threaten towns after a major earthquake, with Donghekou buried and rivers blocked, as thousands flee.
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Detroit
American Axle and Man Holdings Inc
Ohio
American Axle
UAW
Ron Gettelfinger
American Axle Bargaining Committee
NAACP
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Jealous
Baltimore
Bruce Gordon
Rosenberg Foundation
San Francisco
Dongherou
China
Qingzhu
Donghekou
Kennedy suffers seizure at Cape Cod home
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, age 76, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod residence and was hospitalized in Boston. Doctors said he is not in immediate danger and is resting comfortably while undergoing evaluation to determine the cause. His family and Caroline Kennedy were with him as he was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Kennedy
Larry Ronan
Red Sox
Ronan
Cape Cod Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Senate
Harry Reid
Ted Kennedy
Reid
Nevada
Massachusetts General
Freight train spill forces mass evacuations in Lafayette
Six derailed cars including one leaking hydrochloric acid triggered an emergency in Lafayette Parish. About 3,500 residents faced mandatory evacuations. 161 residents at a nursing home were moved, and 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of acid spilled as responders neutralized the chemical and prepared to lift cars back on track.
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Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
Craig Stansbury
Jimmy Guidry
Stansbury
Mona Hebert
Jeffrey Ferrara
Ferrara
Hebert
Katrina
Joe Faust
Bnsf Railway
Rodney Mallett
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
BNSF
Mallett
Faust
Red Cross
Jacqui Picard
Shooting at Los Angeles church festival injures three
A man fired a .22 caliber rifle at the St. John Baptist de la Salle parish festival in Granada Hills injuring his ex wife and two bystanders. Bystanders tackled him as he tried to reload. the festival was paused for the day with counseling and prayers offered to witnesses and children.
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Los Angeles
St. John Baptist de la Salle
Ruiz
Burbank
Milbauer
Granada Hills
San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Mission
Shock jocks taint jury pool
Two Southern California radio hosts on KFI AM Los Angeles John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou promote blatant tainting of the Orange County jury pool in a segment about the Mike Carona trial They urge listeners to mislead jurors during voir dire and vote guilty despite lack of credible evidence A judge may consider moving the trial due to media influence and potential juror bias
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Los Angeles
Southern California
John Kobylt
Ken Chiampou
Kfi-Am
Orange County
Corona
Carona
Kobylt
Chiampou
John and
Ken
Mike Carona
KFI
Laurie Levenson
Loyola Law School
John
Levenson
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National Newspaper Publishers Association
Jackson Advocate
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Victoria
Caroline Kennedy
Man
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