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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 – Daily News – 5A Feds declare Oz glasses with lead are children's products LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators launched an investigation Monday into lead levels in drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie char- acters, declaring that the items are subject to strict standards for "children's products." Testing commissioned by The Associated Press revealed that the glasses contained lead up to 1,000 times the federal limit for children's products. The items also contained lesser amounts of the more-toxic metal cadmium. In response to word of the investigation by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, importer Van- dor LLC of Utah said it would voluntarily recall the glasses, which feature color- ful designs depicting the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman and characters from "The Wizard of Oz" such as Dorothy and the Tin Man. The glasses did not release high amounts of lead from the decorations, and no one would be injured by handling them. The issue is whether the glasses, made in China and purchased by AP at the Warner Brothers Stu- dios store in Burbank, Calif., comply with federal law on how much lead can be in a children's product. Vandor told AP the glass- es are targeted to adult col- lectors and that they passed testing for lead. Pope seeks to 'kick-start' debate on condom use VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI sought to "kick-start a debate" when he said some condom use may be justi- fied, Vatican insiders say, raising hopes the church may be starting to back away from a complete ban and allow condoms to play a role in the battle against AIDS. Just a year after he said condoms could be making the AIDS crisis worse, Benedict said that for some people, such as male prosti- tutes, using them could be a step in assuming moral responsibility because the intent is to "reduce the risk of infection." The pope did not suggest using condoms as birth con- trol, which is banned by the church, or mention the use of condoms by married cou- ples where one partner is infected. Still, some saw the pope's comments as an attempt to move the church forward on the issue of condoms and health risks. For years, divisions in the Vatican have held up any effort to reconcile the church's ban on contracep- tion with the need to help halt the spread of AIDS. Theologians have studied the possibility of condoning limited condom use as a lesser evil, and reports years ago said the Vatican was considering a document on the issue, though opposition apparently blocked publica- tion. 330 killed during stampede PHNOM PENH, Cam- bodia (AP) — Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital Monday night, leav- ing more than 330 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of ter- ror by the Khmer Rouge. Some in the panicky crowd — who were cele- brating the end of the rainy season on a sliver of land in a river — tried to flee over a bridge and were crushed underfoot or fell over its sides into the water. A wit- ness who arrived shortly after the stampede described "bodies stacked on bodies" on the bridge as rescuers swarmed the area. Ambulances raced back and forth between the river and the hospitals for several hours after the stampede. Calmette Hospital, the capi- tal's main medical facility, was filled to capacity with bodies as well as patients, some of whom had to be treated in hallways. Many of the injured appeared to be badly hurt, raising the prospect that the death toll could rise as local hospitals became overwhelmed. Hours after the chaos, the dead and injured were still being taken away from the scene, while searchers looked for bodies of anyone who might have drowned. An Associated Press reporter saw one body float- ing in the river, and hun- dreds of shoes left behind on and around the bridge. Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his third post-midnight live television broadcast, said that 339 people had been killed and 329 injured. He described the chaos as the biggest tragedy to strike his country since the com- munist rule of the Khmer Rouge, whose radical poli- cies are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people during the 1970s. Toddler's dies after fall from luxury box LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a 2-year- old boy was posing for pic- tures in a luxury suite high inside Staples Center when he managed to scale a clear safety barrier and fell more than 20 feet to his death, police said on Monday. Lucas Anthony Tang suf- fered head injuries Sunday when he landed on rows of seats minutes after the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 117- 89, police said. The boy later died at a hospital. "Somehow the child went over the edge of the section," Officer Julie Sohn WORLD BRIEFING said. Police were releasing few details about the inci- dent as they tried to deter- mine what happened. Sohn said the boy's fami- ly was taking photographs at the time of the fall. Bolivian leader tells US his nation will pick its own friends SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on Monday: Latin American nations will pick their own friends and business partners, including Iran, regardless of U.S. opinion. The colorful leftist leader delivered an hourlong wel- come to delegates at a regional defense conference that included U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Morales never mentioned Gates by name. But most of the speech, and all of the applause lines, were clearly directed at the Pentagon chief and former head of the CIA. Bolivia is more democra- tic and representative than the United States, Morales said, and democracy would improve in the entire region if the United States stopped interfering. Bolivia receives $70 million in U.S. aid annually, much of it for pop- ular nutrition and health pro- grams. He mentioned the spread of Iranian and Russian busi- ness and other ties in Latin America, and said it is not the U.S. place to complain. "Bolivia under my gov- ernment will have an agree- ment, an alliance, to anyone in the world," Morales said. "Nobody will forbid us," he said to applause. White House addresses health care WASHINGTON (AP) — Health insurance premi- ums should go for actual medical care — not insurers' overhead and profits — the Obama administration said Monday in rules that for the first time require the compa- nies to give consumers a rebate. The regulation unveiled by the Health and Human Services department calls for insurance companies to spend at least 80 cents of the premium dollar on medical care and quality. For employer plans covering more than 50 people, the requirement is 85 cents. Insurers that fall short of the mark will have to issue their customers a rebate. Part of the new health care law, the rule is meant to give consumers a better deal. Administration offi- cials said it will prevent insurers from wasting valu- able premiums on adminis- tration, marketing and exec- utive bonuses. "While some level of administrative cost is certainly necessary, we believe that they have gotten out of hand," said Health and Human Services Secre- tary Kathleen Sebelius. Some insurers have com- plained the approach is heavy handed, and doesn't take into account costs of marketing to individuals and small employers. Indeed, some are threatening to pull out of the individual market, and four states — Georgia, Iowa, Maine and South Car- olina — have already asked for an exemption from the federal rule, fearing it could lead to loss of coverage. But industry watchers said the final regulations wound up being more man- ageable than investors ini- tially feared. Analyst Les Funtleyder, who covers the industry for Miller Tabak, noted that HHS has wide latitude to adjust the rules to prevent market disruptions. Israeli archaeologists find ancient Roman pool JERUSALEM (AP) — While excavating the site for a planned new ritual bath for Jews in Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists uncovered a pool belonging to the Roman legion that sacked the city nearly 2,000 years ago. The discovery announced Monday sheds a rare light on the city the Romans built after destroy- ing the second Jewish Tem- ple in 70 A.D. and expelling the Jews from Jerusalem following their revolt. Ofer Sion, the director of the excavation in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, said the site helps prove that the Roman city was larger than previously thought. "It is very important because in all the excava- tions in the Jewish quarter (we have) never found a building from the 2nd and 3rd century," he said Mon- day. History-rich Jerusalem is one of the most excavated cities in the world, and archaeologists are routinely deployed to examine sites ahead of any planned con- struction projects. Feds raid 3 hedge fund offices WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided three hedge funds linked to a broader insider-trading probe, law enforcement officials said Monday. Bureau employees searched the New York offices of Level Global Investors LP, and the Stam- M-F Now on Facebook 6am-2pm * Milling Wheat into Flour Baking Fresh Bread Daily Made with Organic & Local Ingredients 446 Antelope Blvd. #38 Left side of Antelope Holiday Mkt 529-1687 Call us. 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