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Nation in briefCompiled from Times wires© St. Petersburg Times published October 18, 2002 York race riots case now in jury's hands YORK, Pa. -- Prosecutors on Thursday accused police of whipping white youths into a racist, killing frenzy while defense attorneys said incriminating testimony was bought with plea deals at the end of the trial of three white men charged with killing a black woman in the city's 1969 race riots. An all-white jury was set to resume deliberations today against Charlie Robertson, a police officer who went on to become York's two-term mayor, and two men who prosecutors say were members of white gangs that ambushed Lillie Belle Allen on the fifth day of the riots. Jurors deliberated about 70 minutes Thursday. Recalled meat ends up in federal lunch programWASHINGTON -- Some of the 27-million pounds of meat linked to a listeria outbreak ended up in the federal lunch program, the Agriculture Department says. The department bought nearly 1.8-million pounds of Wampler Foods' turkey meat for distribution to schools and other agencies. Wampler is recalling its ready-to-eat chicken and turkey meats produced since May because its plant tested positive for listeria. No illnesses have been reported by schools. Waterway discharges exceed limits, group saysWASHINGTON -- Four of five wastewater treatment plants and chemical and industrial facilities in the United States pollute waterways beyond what their federal permits allow, according to government data compiled by an environmental group. More than 90 percent of the plants and facilities in Ohio, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Iowa, Puerto Rico, Maine, West Virginia, Delaware, New York and Connecticut exceeded permit limits between 1999 and 2001, said Thursday's report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The average excess was 10 times what the permit called for, according to the report in which U.S. PIRG analyzed Environmental Protection Agency records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. "Polluters are breaking the law, not only frequently but flagrantly," said the report's author, Alison Cassady of U.S. PIRG. Elsewhere . . .MAN CHARGED IN BALTIMORE FIRE: A man was charged with murder and arson Thursday after a row house fire that killed five children and their mother, who had crusaded against neighborhood drug dealers. Police said Darrell Brooks, 21, lives near the three-story home where the six died Wednesday. FDA NOMINEE APPROVED: The Senate on Thursday approved President Bush's nominee, Dr. Mark McClellan, to head the Food and Drug Administration.
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