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Boeing shuts down Chinook production line at Pa. plant

May 14, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Workers at Boeing’s suburban Philadelphia helicopter plant reported to work Wednesday even as Army criminal investigators and others looked into possible irregularities discovered in two military helicopters made at the plant.

The company shut down the H-47 Chinook helicopter line at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant in Ridley Township, Pa., on Tuesday, but it disclosed few specifics about why. The line had not fully resumed operations as of Wednesday morning, the company said.

U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat whose district includes the plant, said he was told during a briefing that wires that appeared to be broken or severed were found in one helicopter and a suspicious washer was found in a second.

Sestak said the assessment was preliminary and he expected the findings of a more thorough review would be available on Wednesday. He praised Boeing’s handling of the situation, and said it was much too early to speculate on what happened.

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Latrobe Specialty Steel talks scheduled to resume Thursday

May 14, 2008

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) - Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. is scheduled to resume contract talks on Thursday for the first time since the workers went on strike May 1.

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Funeral set Wednesday at Naval Academy for Pa. student

May 14, 2008

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) - A funeral is scheduled Wednesday at the U.S. Naval Academy chapel for a Pennsylvania midshipman.

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Reinstated Plum police officer sues over disciplinary firing

May 14, 2008

PLUM, Pa. (AP) - A Plum Borough police officer acquitted of harassing a witness in an FBI civil rights probe is suing the borough for firing him over the charges in 2005.

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Ex-Pittsburgh councilwoman will repay post-indictment bill

May 14, 2008

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former Pittsburgh councilwoman in jail for getting kickbacks will repay the city for two personal plane tickets to Las Vegas she charged to a city credit card after she had already

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Siblings who bilked elderly uncle remain on the lam

May 14, 2008

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Police in Washington County are looking for siblings who skipped town before they could be sentenced for bilking $100,000 from their elderly uncle’s bank account.

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