Dangerous toys picked in PIRG safety round up
The U S Public Interest Research Group cited Oscar the Grouch and other inexpensive toys as safety risks after testing found lead, phthalates and choking hazards. The report highlighted a plastic baby book a $1 mini cross bow and a hand held whirly wheel as problematic while noting importer disputes over lead in the wheel.
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Washington
U.S
Public Interest Research Group
Consumer Advocate
Oscar
Pirg
Great Neck SAT cheating scandal widens in affluent suburb
More than a dozen Great Neck area high school students were charged with hiring impostors to take SAT or ACT exams. Prosecutors say about 40 students were involved, but many charges expired. Lawmakers convened a test security hearing as the district attorney calls for improvements.
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Great Neck
N.Y
New York
Long Island
Great Neck-area
Nassau County
Kathleen Rice
Rice
New York State
FBI
Louis Freeh
Curiosity rover set for a bold Mars mission launch
NASA plans to launch Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, a 10-foot long, 1-ton rover with a 7-foot arm and laser for rock analysis. The nuclear-powered craft aims to explore Gale Crater, assess organic compounds, and guide future human missions with a 12 mile+ two-year voyage.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Curiosity
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ashwin Vasavada
Red Planet
Mars
Doug McCuistion
Spirit
Opportunity
Mars Science Laboratory
MSL
Earth
Gale
Russia
Michael Meyer
Jupiter
Jpl-Caltech
Curiosity Rover
Pakistan's Haqqani resigns as U.S. envoy amid civil-military clash
Hussain Haqqani, longtime Pakistani ambassador to the United States, steps down after a power struggle between Islamabad's civilian government and the army over a memo allegedly seeking U.S. help to avert a coup. The move weakens President Zardari's push to curb ISI influence and stabilize Afghanistan policy.
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Karachi
Pakistan
United States
U.S
Hussain Haqqani
Washington
Asif Ali Zardari
Afghanistan
India
Kashmir
Army 10
Democrats
Kamran Shafi
U.S. Adm
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
S Wing
Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate
Taliban
Osama bin Laden
Islamabad
Zardari
ISI
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Luis Moreno Ocampo
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Feds
Utah
Salt Lake City
USS. Justice Department
Eric Holder
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Justice
SAT
Joshua Chefee
Adam Justin
George Trane
Nassau District Attorney’s Office
Mineola
AP Uso
Pat Solomon
Sandy Springs
Sean Gable
Perry
Hartsfield-Jackson International
Atlanta
Nathan Deal
Kasim Reed
Mars Rover
Haqaani
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