Friday, March 16, 2007

American Italian makes progress on debt load (Chemistry forensic science)

Financially troubled American Italian Pasta Co. says it has paid down its bank facility to $244.3 million from its original amount of $295 million, including a recent $10 million reduction.
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. A state police bomb squad was called to an upstate mall this morning after a worker found an apparent pipe bomb.
But an underlying illness contributed to the teen's death. TAMPA - Water and rest could have saved Martin Lee Anderson's life. The nurse's inaction led to the boy's death. He suffocated when guards covered his mouth and forced him to inhale ammonia.
Law enforcement officials in three counties, along with the FBI, are taking a closer look at the deaths of four children. News 10 Now's Bill Carey says the common link is one woman.
A federal law requiring publicly traded firms to disclose whether they have adopted codes of ethics for their senior financial officers may be useful, but a Penn State researcher says its impact is often limited.
A jury took little more than two hours to find 37-year-old Willie Bell guilty of stabbing the grandmother he called mama and setting her body and home on fire on March 9, 2006.
Two Fort Myers parents charged with abuse and neglect were investigated at least 20 times before their six children were taken from their home.