Vote on design for Giant Eagle bag

Vote on design for Giant Eagle bag

YOUNGSTOWN

Giant Eagle is asking customers to help choose the design for a new reusable bag.

For the next week, customers can go to www.facebook.com/ gianteagleinc to vote on the designs. Each design carries symbolic reference to Giant Eagle and its support of the environment.

Source: Deal near for Go Daddy buy

SAN FRANCISCO

Go Daddy, the domain-name registration company known for its racy Super Bowl ads, is close to being bought by two private investment firms for up to $2.5 billion, according to a person close to the deal.

A deal is expected by Tuesday, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the transaction hasn’t been publicly announced.

The deal is being led by Silver Lake Partners and KKR & Co., according to the person. Silver Lake’s investment portfolio includes a variety of tech companies, while KKR’s spans a number of industries, including technology.

Private-equity and venture-capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures will be involved as a lesser partner. The person said Go Daddy had been looking to sell itself.

Pollution found in wells near blowout

ALLENTOWN, Pa.

Testing conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed contamination in three private water wells located near an April blowout at a natural-gas drilling site.

The EPA took water samples from seven private water wells near the Chesapeake Energy Corp. drilling site outside Canton in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Bradford County, agency spokesman Roy Seneca said Friday.

Seneca declined to reveal the nature of the contamination but said the agency has not drawn any conclusion about its cause. The EPA will sample the wells again in July.

Chesapeake has said a piece of equipment failed while its well in LeRoy Township was being hydraulically fractured, or fracked. In the fracking process, millions of gallons of water, along with chemical additives and sand, are injected at high pressure down the well bore to break up the shale and release the gas.

Ariz. police check system after hack

PHOENIX

State police said Friday they are checking the security of their computer system after an attack by hackers, and they are investigating to determine the extent of the infiltration.

The Lulz Security hacking collective claimed Thursday that it successfully accessed the Arizona Department of Public Safety computer system and took data including sensitive case files and the phone numbers and addresses of some officers.

Many of the files LulzSec posted online were innocuous and included invitations to conferences and even some inspirational messages. Others focused on the activity and habits of drug cartels and threats to homeland security, and many came from the Department of Homeland Security.

Staff/wire reports