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Contaminated pet food still may be in stores

By TIMES WIRES
Published April 13, 2007

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration advised pet owners Thursday that recalled pet food may still be on shelves in some stores. The agency asked retailers across the country to be vigilant in removing all products associated with the pet food recall, which began March 16. Stephen Sundlof, director of the agency's Center for Veterinary Medicine, told lawmakers during a hearing that thousands of government and private sector workers around the country have responded to the contamination. Yet, he told lawmakers that he could not rule out the discovery of more tainted food. On March 16, Menu Foods recalled 60-million cans of dog and cat food after the deaths of 16 pets that ate its products. The FDA said tests indicated the food was contaminated with an industrial chemical. At least six pet food companies have recalled products made with imported Chinese wheat gluten tainted with the chemical.

Gov. Corzine has surgery after crash

CAMDEN, N.J. - Gov. Jon S. Corzine underwent surgery Thursday night after suffering several broken ribs and a broken leg when his motorcade was involved in a car accident, a doctor said. A trooper and an aide to the governor also were injured in the crash, which happened shortly after 6 p.m. on the Garden State Parkway. Corzine's injuries were not considered life-threatening. State Senate President Richard Codey will serve as acting governor while Corzine is hospitalized.

3 are sentenced in church fires

CENTREVILLE, ALA. - Three former college students accused of setting a string of church fires last year pleaded guilty to state arson and burglary charges Thursday, three days after they were sentenced on related federal counts. Matthew Cloyd, 21, Benjamin Moseley, 20, and Russell Lee DeBusk Jr., 20, were sentenced to two years each in state prison, to be served after their federal sentences. Cloyd and Moseley each face eight years in federal prison. DeBusk was involved in only some of the fires and was sentenced by a federal judge Monday to seven years.

Elsewhere

Pomona, Calif.: A 22-year-old woman and her mother are suing Best Buy and its "Geek Squad" computer repair team, claiming that a technician dispatched to their home used a cell-phone camera to record the daughter taking a shower.

New York: Eleven former and current corrections officers at a federal prison have been charged with viciously beating two inmates and in one case trying to conceal the attack by making it look like a suicide attempt.

Jackson, Miss.: The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen in the slayings of three civil rights workers in 1964.

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