Officers stop suicidal man from jumping

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Two Charleston police officers coaxed an apparently suicidal 27-year-old man off a downtown roof. "He was telling us he was goingto jump," Charleston Police Officer Duke Jordan said. "He said hewas in a lot of pain because his girlfriend had passed away."

The man climbed to the roof of a parking garage at the corner ofSummers and Washington streets where someone noticed him sitting onthe edge, one leg dangling. Metro 911 received a call about theincident at 4:09 p.m. Thursday.

"I didn't know if Duke was actually gonna get him down or if hewas gonna jump," said Tim Spradling, 21, of Elkview, who heard aboutthe incident on a scanner and showed …

Detect & reject metal contaminants.(Product News)

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Bunting[R] Magnetics has added the Quicktron 05 RH to its line of metal detection equipment. According to the company, the Quicktron 05 RH is designed to detect and reject metal contaminants from free-falling bulk materials without interruption of production, and grants:

* An open-framework construction incorporating a round reject mechanism without edges to avoid dust and dirt settlement.

* A Quick Out system with a removable flap to allow production workers to remove the complete separating mechanism for fast cleaning and less downtime.

* Product-contacting parts …

MOTHER CHARGED IN DEATH OF HER 14-YEAR-OLD SON.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: -- Associated Press

ITHACA -- A mother has been accused of killing her 14-year-old son, who suffered from Down's syndrome.

Menequita Gonzalez, who also tried to kill herself at the time, was indicted Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Patricio Gonzalez.

Prosecutors …

KC police say parents of missing baby cooperative

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a 10-month-old Kansas City girl who disappeared from her bed days ago have been cooperative and aren't considered suspects, police said, as federal agents searched the family's home with dogs.

Lisa Irwin was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Monday when her mother put her to bed. Her father, an electrician, discovered Lisa missing when he got home around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday from a late-night shift at work, police said.

Police have said they are investigating the possibility that someone entered the home through a front window and snatched the baby, but they have not pointed to any sign of forced entry.

On Wednesday, FBI agents clad in …

IT'S A GAS, GAS, GAS; Fuel prices rise to the occasion

The 20-cent increase of gas prices in Boise since December may be stabilizing according to price analyses on www.boisegasprices.com but some analysts foresee continued increases throughout the summer. While the average price per gallon of gas across the USA has risen four cents in the last week, Boise, in contrast, has decreased two cents. The reason for prices increasing across the nation? Throughout the 1990s crude oil averaged about $15 a barrel with a low of $10 per barrel in early 1999. In the last two years, however, crude oil prices have been on a steady increase since March, 2003 when it hit record price levels.

Florida lawmakers are investigating price gouging and …

French officials authorize more field trials of transgenic crops.

PARIS -- The French Ministry of Agriculture has authorized another eight field trials of genetically modified crops in 2002, although only three of the applicants have so far gone ahead with experimental plantings. Ali involve GM strains of corn.

Altogether, taking into account ongoing, multiyear trials, there are a total of 43 plots of land at 34 locations around France planted with experimental GM crops, an Agriculture Ministry official told BioWorld International. More than 30 of them are planted with GM corn, while there are two rapeseed trials under way, as well as one each of potato, …

HISPANIC VET: WE CONTINUE TO SERVE.(Cap Region)

ALBANY -- Between the parade and the merengue music at the Hannaford Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Empire State Plaza on Saturday, there was a serious moment to pay tribute to a specific kind of contribution from the Hispanic community.

More than a dozen Hispanic veterans -- representing service from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan -- sat in front of the main stage at the festival, where they were honored by the Schenectady Hispanic Heritage Committee and the Stratton VA Medical Center's Hispanic committee.

The event was one of many planned for National Hispanic Heritage Month, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

Maj. John Paneto, an Albany resident …