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Marine helicopter crashes, killing four

By TIMES WIRES
Published August 18, 2007

PHOENIX

A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board, officials said Friday. One person survived. The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles north of Yuma on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene, said 1st Lt. Rob Dolan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma. An injured Marine was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center and was listed in fair condition. The names of the dead and injured were not released.

NORFOLK, VA.

Search ends; three Navy fliers are declared dead

Three aviators on a twin-engine radar plane that crashed off North Carolina's coast have died, the Navy said Friday. Search crews found debris from the E-2C Hawkeye turbo prop plane but no bodies, said Mike Maus, a spokesman with the Norfolk-based Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force. "The search has been terminated," Maus said, and the aviators were declared dead. They were identified as Lt. Cameron N. Hall, 30, of Natchitoches, La.; Lt. Ryan K. Betton, 31, of Collinsville, Va.; and Lt. j.g. Jerry R. Smith, 25, of Greenville, Maine. The E-2C Hawkeye turbo prop plane had just launched from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman when it went down into the Atlantic Ocean in clear weather about 11 p.m. Wednesday.

NEWARK, N.J.

Toys 'R' Us pulls vinyl bibs after high lead levels found

Toys "R" Us Inc. said Friday it was removing all vinyl baby bibs from its Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores as a precaution after two bibs made in China for one supplier showed lead levels that exceeded Toys "R" Us standards. Toys "R" Us, which operates more than 1,500 stores, said the result came in testing this month of bibs supplied by Hamco Inc. and marketed under the Koala Baby, Especially for Baby and Disney Baby labels.

Vinyl bibs made by other companies have been temporarily removed to avoid any confusion among customers and allow further testing, Toys "R" Us said. The Toys "R" Us move involves about 160,000 vinyl bibs, including some in its warehouses. Information is available at 1-800-869-7787.

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