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REGION
US Airways to move130 jobs from Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH -- US Airways will move 130 jobs from Pittsburgh to Charlotte, N.C., possibly as soon as this summer.
The airline recently announced Pittsburgh would lose its hub status, and this week's decision is part of its plan to scale back at Pittsburgh International Airport. The change in jobs will affect workers who do flight training. US Airways has cut about 4,000 jobs in the region in the last four years, leaving about 8,000 workers.
New credit-union office
HUBBARD -- Representatives of Seven Seventeen Credit Union will join community leaders in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday for the opening of the company's new office in the Baldine Plaza at 627 W. Liberty St. Warren-based Seven Seventeen has nine offices in four counties.
NATION
Union workers at Maytagwalk off job over contract
NEWTON, Iowa -- About 1,500 union workers at Maytag Corp. walked off their jobs Thursday at the company's central Iowa washer and dryer assembly plants after contract talks broke down. The previous contract expired May 31.
Maytag CEO Ralph Hake has said recently that costs of production at the Newton plants are too high, partially because of the benefit package workers and retirees receive.
Stewart seeks retrial
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart is requesting a second trial, arguing that perjury charges against a government witness mean her conviction was built on a "corroded foundation."
The request is a bid by lawyers for the homemaking maven to stave off a prison sentence that could be handed down next month.
WORLD
Mitsubishi's ex-presidentarrested in cover-up
TOKYO -- In a major blow to Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s hopes for revival, former president Katsuhiko Kawasoe was arrested Thursday on charges related to a cover-up of auto defects suspected in a fatal accident.
Five other Mitsubishi officials, including a former president and vice president at the truck unit, also were under arrest, police said.
The arrests come just weeks after several Mitsubishi officials were charged in a separate accident, and are a serious setback to a turnaround plan announced last month after the company's partner DaimlerChrysler refused to provide fresh infusions of cash.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports