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CBS drama series delaysfeaturing Handel's product
CANFIELD -- Handel's Ice Cream wasn't sampled after all on Tuesday night's episode of the CBS drama series "Judging Amy." A spokesman for the locally based ice cream maker says owners were informed Tuesday afternoon that the episode featuring their product was delayed until May 18.
NATION
GM declares dividend
DETROIT-- General Motors Corp. declared a second-quarter dividend of 50 cents a share on its common stock, payable June 10 to shareholders of record as of May 14.
Contaminated gasoline
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Investigators have identified lead as the cause of contamination in gasoline blamed for car troubles in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The lead was traced to a gasoline terminal and processing facility operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners in Indianola, Pa.
A Pennsylvania official said the particulate may have been so fine that it passed through the standard filtration system.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports