Product recalls: leg curl machines, spice packagesThe following recalls have been announced: About 20,300 pieces of Halcyon Scuba diving equipment, manufactured in the United States by Halcyon Manufacturing Inc. of High Springs, Fla., because the over-pressure valves on BCDs and other inflatable devices could fail, allowing the devices to leak. This poses a drowning hazard. No incidents have been reported. The equipment was sold by dive retailers and distributors between January 2006 and December 2008. Details: by phone at 800-425-2966; by Web at www.halcyon.net/opv-recall or www.cpsc.gov. Twilight Adirondack hike shows, black forest, blue lakes, lights of MontrealSARANAC, New York — The firetower looms white against cobalt sky at twilight atop Lyon Mountain, the thin walls around the tower’s observation deck rattling in strong, chilly gusts of spring wind. Through barrel traps, radio tags and hunting, Arkansas reclaims its status as the Bear StateOZARK NATIONAL FOREST, Ark. — The bear cub could be heard but remained unseen among the barren trees and dried leaves blanketing the forest floor. Climbers’ route on Mount Everest blocked by ice collapseKATMANDU, Nepal — An ice collapse near the base of Mount Everest has blocked the route of scores of climbers hoping to scale the world’s highest peak, officials said Thursday. Highlights of Interior Department plan to spend $750 M in stimulus money for national parksInterior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that $750 million in economic stimulus money will go to restore and repair national parks nationwide, including about $55.8 million for the National Mall in Washington. King family is charging fees over project to build memorial to the civil rights leader in DCKing family draws fees from DC memorial project WASHINGTON — The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image — an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found offensive. |