| Bicycle Helmets Recalled by Specialized Due to Failing Helmet Standard
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of the following recalled products, see CPSC's Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.) Name of Product: Specialized Bicycle Helmets Units: About 3,000 Manufacturer: Specialized Bicycles, of Morgan Hill, Calif. Hazard: The helmets fail testing required under CPSC's safety standard for bicycle helmets. This can pose a head injury hazard to riders in a fall.
McCain Proposes Business Tax Cuts
McCain adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin suggested the Arizona senator does not favor temporary relief at this time. "We haven't seen household declines in spending," he said. McCain told reporters he would help finance the reductions with deep cuts in what he considers wasteful pork-barrel spending, starting with nearly 10,000 local projects, or "earmarks," totaling over $10 billion in spending legislation recently signed by President Bush. As to calls by Bernanke and others for a temporary program of tax relief, McCain said, "It's not that I'm skeptical of short-term stimulus, I'm skeptical of any time you take taxpayers dollars without having a real good purpose and an object, Because somebody's got to pay it back. "I want to see where that money's coming from." McCain's plan would also establish a permanent research and development tax credit and allow tax breaks for equipment and technology investment.
Governor opts to be stubborn in scandal
Blunt's hasty announcement is the first inkling since the controversy broke over Martin's mishandling of the firing of former staff attorney Scott Eckersley that the governor might be ready to accept responsibility for clear violations of the Sunshine Law and the state's e-mail retention policies. But jettisoning Martin after so many public denials of the former chief of staff's misdeeds will only go so far in regaining any trust in the ability of the governor to be accountable to the taxpayers. Indeed, ever since the News-Leader asked for an e-mail from Martin in August, the Blunt administration has charted too many courses to navigate when it comes to outlining its policy on the Sunshine Law and e-mail retention. We don't understand why the governor won't just come out and say that he and members of his staff got it wrong.
Sports briefs
The United States will play host to France on indoor hard courts in Winston-Salem, N.C., in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The defending champions will play the French team April 11-13 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the International Tennis Federation said Monday. The last time the teams played, France beat the U.S. on clay at Roland Garros in the 2002 semifinals. The other quarterfinalists are Russia, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Sweden, Germany and Spain. • Eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-0 and advanced to the second round of the Dubai Championships in United Arab Emirates. The four top seeds -- top-ranked Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic -- all have first-round byes.
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It's almost crunch time for fans of the Patriots and the Giants. Which means they are developing nervous tics and naming their own warts. Just for you, themutedecho delivers his all-time Super Bowls. That'll keep you busy for a while. For something from somone who might acutally know something about hockey, yesteryearsfins takes a look at parity in the NHL. As always, thank you for your patience, and good luck in your games. .
Oil crisis ahead? 'Peakniks' build for future
If the day comes that oil grows so scarce that Austinites can't afford fruit hauled in from California and brownouts roll across Texas, Lester Germanio will live high, wide and cool in his West Lake Hills villa. Germanio and other Austinites who have banded together to trade information and survival tips are preparing themselves for what they see as inevitable deprivations as oil production declines past its peak. Some call them "Peakniks." .
Beech Hill stone hut restored in Rockport
Coastal Mountains Land Trust of Camden, which owns and manages the Beech Hill Preserve, recently completed restoration of the building from its foundations to its sod roof.Land Trust staff and board members will be on hand to talk about the history of Beech Hill, now on the National Register of Historic Places, and the process of bringing Beech Nut back from the brink of total deterioration. A shuttle will be available for those unable to make the climb up the road to the hut.The Land Trust engaged Scholz & Barclay Architecture of Camden to design the restoration, based on a previous historic evaluation of Beech Nut conducted by the preservation architecture firm Barba & Wheelock. The general contract for construction was awarded to Landmark Construction of Warren, whose workmen and subcontractors have worked with great care to bring Beech Nut back to its original glory.During the process all of the wood structure in the floor and roof was removed due to rot, and the building was reduced to its stone walls.
POLICE BLOTTER, Feb. 26
Robert Leonetti, 47, of Lawrence, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:43 a.m. Friday following a motor vehicle stop on Mercer Street, police said. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on his own recognizance. Sumowoon Freeman, 29, of Trenton was charged with driving while intoxicated at 10:33 p.m. Wednesday following a motor vehicle stop on Washington Road, police said. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on his own recognizance. Justin Seidenfeld, 20, of Princeton was charged with possession of alcohol as a minor and misrepresentation of age at 6:51 p.m. Wednesday following a pedestrian stop and an investigation of a minor purchasing and possessing alcoholic beverages on Nassau and Olden streets, police said.
Cites rules for bicyclists when riding on sidewalks
(a) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian. (b) A person shall not ride a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, where such use of bicycles is prohibited by official traffic-control devices. (c) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances. If riding on sidewalks was illegal, these rules would be not only unnecessary but also illogical. Why have rules that govern how to carry out an illegal activity? Theodore J.
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