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Remodeled restaurant
HUBBARD -- Grand-opening events will begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday for the recently remodeled McDonald's restaurant on North Main Street. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. The remodeling added a two-sided fireplace and a meeting room.
John Harris owns the restaurant and three other McDonald's in the area.
NATION
Chrysler plans to recallvans for 3 model years
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group plans to recall 831,000 minivans that may have weak power steering hoses and could pose fire dangers, the company said Wednesday.
Owners of the 2002, 2003 and 2004 model year minivans with V-6 engines will receive letters informing them of the problem in September, said Chrysler spokesman Max Gates. The recall will apply to Dodge Caravans and Grand Caravans, and Chrysler's Voyager and Town & amp; Country models.
One of the hoses that carries power steering fluid may become weak with age and leak fluid, which could start a fire under the hood.
The company also said it's recalling 2,000 Dodge Rams from 2004 and with 4.7 Liter engines. Gates said an alternator wire in the those trucks can hit a valve, cause a short circuit and pose a fire danger. Ram owners will be notified Aug. 13.
Bristol-Myers settlement
WASHINGTON -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is paying $150 million to settle a major alleged accounting fraud as federal regulators accused the company Wednesday of manipulating its inventory of drugs to inflate earnings and meet Wall Street targets.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports