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Repairs of existing leaks will continue through next spring, he said after successfully lobbying the board to add $2.3 million to an existing $5 million contract for repair crews. "The Turnpike should be prepared for over the long haul, as a general maintenance, that there will be a need for this in the future," he said of expected leak repairs. Workers clear water from the Thomas "Tip" O'Neill tunnel in the 93 in Boston in 2004. Water continues to leak steadily into the Big shows. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO northbound lanes of Interstate Dig tunnel, a new analysis HO US 2 LiU includes up to 5 vents ffff IllfAn most present coupon exp.

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The board appeared to move on from the disparity when Lewis, talking about other factors for pumping volume, was cut off by Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen, who said: "You've explained that already." Cohen had directed the independent engineers to examine Lewis' numbers from last month. The 500 leaks include roof-wall joints and penetrations in utility conduits. Separately, Lewis said, inspectors have yet a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Commuters using the light rail system between New Jersey and lower Manhattan had few laughs.

Each day a call was made, the station was closed for up to several hours while dogs sniffed for any hint of explosives, the Port Authority has said. Reyes, who had lived in Newark and Hoboken, admitted he made calls Oct 18 and 20 and Nov. 2 saying that there would be an explosion or that a bomb was going to explode in the station. NEW YORK Bags of white powder turn out to be harmless NEW YORK Several prominent financial institutions in the city received greeting cards with plastic bags containing a white powdery substance that turned out to be harmless, police said Tuesday. The firms contacted authorities after the cards, which were left blank, arrived in the mail on Monday and Tuesday.

Police said the powder contained in the zippered sandwich bags tested negative for hazardous materials; in some instances, it was cornstarch or flour. All the cards were postmarked from Hartford, Conn. Police declined to identify the recipients. OHIO County to pay $8 million to families of posed dead CINCINNATI Hamilton County agreed Tuesday to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit over photos taken of posed bod-. ies in the county morgue.

The county will pay the money to 532 families over a two-year period, formally apologize to them and make sure offensive photos and copies are destroyed under an agreement that must be approved by U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel The settlement also includes grief counseling and a The families sued because of photos, which showed the bodies posed with fruit, doll house furniture and other props, taken by a photographer, Condon, who said he was taking the pictures as part of an art project to illustrate the cycle of life from birth through death. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune said those responsible are no longer in county government and that current officials pledge to they may have a scratch or two, a small cosmetic Diemisn, even a minor iww. uui uicy vc gui a tun iduuiy warranty savings you just cant beat.

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Condon was sentenced to 2 .5 years in prison after a jury convicted him in 2001 of eight counts of gross abuse of a corpse for taking the pictures. A state appeals court reduced Condon's sentence to 18 months. Pedestrian hit by train while text messaging ELMWOOD PLACE A train struck and injured a pedestrian who was sending a text message on his cell phone while at a railroad crossing, a collision that hurled the man about 50 feet, authorities and witnesses said Monday. Zachariah Smith, 18, waited around 10 aon. for a southbound train operated by Jacksonville, CSX Corp.

to pass. He then walked around a gate and onto the tracks, apparently unaware that a Norfolk Southern Corp. train was coming from the other direction, said witness Mike Billups. "The horn was blowing like mad and the kid was text messaging," said Mayor Richard Ellison, who went to the scene and talked to several witnesses after hearing of the accident "The kid apparently was just daydreaming." PENNSYLVANIA Philly cheesesteak heirs settle trademark suit PHILADELPHIA Two grandsons of the man who gave the world Philly cheesesteaks have quietly settled a food fight of sorts. Pat's King of Steaks, a South Philadelphia institution since the 1930s, had complained in a lawsuit that Rick's Steaks was using its crown logo and trade-marked phrases.

Pat's is run by Frank Olivieri and named for the grandfather, while Rick's is run by cousin Rick Olivieri. Frank Olivieri charged that he never gave his cousin permission to use the trademarks in advertising and signage. Lawyers for the pair did not return phone messages left Monday, when a settlement conference was planned, or Tuesday, when a federal judge apprised of a settlement dismissed the suit The suit alleged that Rick's used the material on its Web site, merchandise and signs at food stalls at the historic Reading Terminal Market downtown and at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Associated Press the Uniformed Firefighters Association. The broken standpipe pumped thousands of gallons into the basement, leaving firefighters without enough water to fight the fire.

The Associated Press In addition, contractors including Modern Continental are expected to repair leaks that they find. If they don't, Lewis said, the MTA will have to fix them and charge the contractor for the repair cost The board did not address an independent engineering firm's analysis that water continues to leak steadily into the O'Neill tunneL The analysis contradicted Lewis' report to the board last month that said water discharge from the O'Neill tunnel "These standing trees are the assets of the people of Indiana," Laird said. "They are not owned by the government or by the loggers." In September 2005, Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that logging on state-owned land might increase up to five times under a forest management plan. Logging has increased since then, but state Division of Forestry officials say the forests are producing almost twice as much timber in a year than is cut MASSACHUSETTS Ex-councilman pleads guiltytoteen-sexcharge BOSTON Former Boston City Councilor David Scondras pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he tried to lure someone he thought was a 15-year-old boy into meeting him for sex.

Scondras, 61, was sentenced in Lawrence District Court to 18 months of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. In addition, he must not use the Internet during his probation and is not allowed to work with children. Charges of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, larceny under $250, and providing liquor to a person under 21 were dismissed. Scondras was arrested by police in the early morning hours on Monday, Oct 9, in the parking lot of the Day Charter School in Lawrence. He thought he was meeting a 15-year-old boy that he had been exchanging instant messages with.

It turned out to be a 20-year-old man, who alerted police. Scondras, a Harvard-educated tenant activist was Boston's first openly gay councilor when he was elected in 1983. He was voted out of office 10 years later. NEW JERSEY Man sentenced for 'joke' bomb threats on 911 NEWARK A man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for making three hoax calls to 911 last year asserting that an explosion would happen at the busy PATH station in Hoboken. Miguel Reyes, 33, pleaded guilty to making false bomb threats in April when US.

District Judge William H. Walls asked him why he made the calls. "It was a joke," Reyes replied, according to J. Gregory Rcinert, fire draws response to the fire and who was responsible for inspecting the tower. The head of the city's fire union said the Fire Department had told the local firehouse over a year ago to stop inspecting the former Deutsche Bank build Multifocal Cataract Custom lasik Iris Registration NEARVlSION (CK) Cosmetic Botox' and ILLINOIS Ex-governor fails to get conviction overturned CHICAGO A federal appeals court upheld former Gov.

George Ryan's racketeering and fraud conviction Tuesday, but he will be allowed to remain free on bond while his lawyers make a fresh appeal. The 73-year-old former governor, once the state's most powerful Republican, had been under a court order to report to prison within 72 hours of the failure of his appeal But the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals relented and allowed him to remain free while his lawyers press their case. Earlier Tuesday, a panel of the appeals court brushed aside claims by defense attorneys that jury deliberations at Ryan's trial had been fatally flawed and that the guilty verdict should be overturned. His attorneys were filing for a rarely granted "en banc" hearing that would have the entire appeals court hear the appeal, said longtime Ryan supporter James R.

Thompson, another former Illinois governor whose law firm, Winston Strawn, represented Ryan for free. INDIANA Logging protest goes on after tree-sitter's arrest BLOOMiNGTON A small group of logging protesters gathered at Morgan-Monroe State Forest as tree-cutting work went on Tuesday, a day after a tree sitter was arrested on a trespassing charge. Shawn Putnam, 25, of Fresno, Calif, was booked Monday into the Monroe County Jail on a misdemeanor charge and was eligible for release without bond, said Angela Goldman, an Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officer. He was not jailed Tuesday. Conservation officers told Putnam and his companions that they could leave or face charges of resisting arrest, and Putnam climbed down voluntarily, Goldman said.

"Technically, the sitter was in a tree that no longer belonged to the state," she said. "It was property that was purchased by the timber cutter, and he wanted them out" Drew Laird of the Indiana Forest Alliance said he believed state officials had over-projected the amount of harvestable timber available in the state forests in order to raise more money from sales. Fatal NYC NEW YORK Prosecutors opened a criminal investigation Tuesday into the blaze that killed two firefighters at a ground zero skyscraper as several agencies sought to deflect blame for the building's failed water supply system, the Justwhotltedoctorofderd! Mom doctors, chiropractors ourj olivsicol rberopisls improvement with out refer their patients reduction and suDMrhvem) we've I'eVe to balance thousands we ten usands and custom mserh. nepeo -aetrex. helped you! 1, other brands styles to (hoot horn 3360 495-8911 I criminal investigation help IHVIiy 7111 FOOT5 Solutions ZZ 458 Many ing's standpipe system because of health concerns in the toxic building.

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