Urban gardeners receive donation


December 23, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Urban gardeners receive donation

YOUNGSTOWN

The leaders of Youngstown Inner City Garden and other urban gardens in the area recently received a donation of about $3,000 from the 100 Women Who Care Mahoning Valley organization to help the area urban gardens gather as one nonprofit and build more gardens in the area.

Deadline looms for customers of Sprint, Verizon

Columbus

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday reminded Verizon and Sprint customers that they have until Dec. 31 to seek a share of the $120 million allocated for consumers under national “mobile cramming” settlements announced earlier this year.

Verizon or Sprint customers who experienced unauthorized third-party charges on their cellphone bills dating back to July 2010 may be eligible for refunds under the settlements.

GasBuddy: $1.6B to be saved on holiday travel

GAITHERSBURG, MD.

GasBuddy, a source for real-time local gas prices, projects that consumers will save $1.6 billion on gas over their year-end travels compared with last year.

According to the annual GasBuddy holiday travel survey, 88 percent of those heading out of town will be doing so by car, with a majority, 66 percent, driving at least 200 miles round trip.

In 2011, the average Christmas Day gas price in the nation was $3.23 per gallon compared with the average of $2.02 per gallon this year. In 2013, the average was $3.26, according to gasbuddy.com.

FAA fines Boeing $12M for fuel tank, other violations

WASHINGTON

Boeing has agreed to pay $12 million for failing to meet a deadline to submit service instructions that would enable airlines to reduce the risk of fuel-tank explosions on hundreds of planes, among other violations, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday.

Judges rule that Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

WELLINGTON, New Zealand

A New Zealand judge has ruled that colorful Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the United States to face criminal copyright charges.

Dotcom’s lawyers said they will appeal the decision.

Judge Nevin Dawson’s ruling today comes nearly four years after U.S. authorities shut down Dotcom’s Megaupload website, which some visitors had used to illegally download songs and movies.

The U.S. has charged the men with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. If found guilty, they could face decades in jail.

The case could have broader implications for Internet copyright rules.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .129.560.24

Aqua America, .71 29.380.18

Avalon Holdings,1.720.01

Cortland Bancorp, .2415.740.24Farmers Nat., .128.08-0.05

First Energy, 1.44 31.720.65

Fifth/Third, .5220.060.20

FirstMerit Corp., .6818.640.05

First Niles Financial, .209.000.00

FNB Corp., .4813.380.03

General Motors, 1.4434.290.46

General Electric, .9230.490.09

Huntington Bank, .28 10.9850.13

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.070.01

JP Morgan Chase, 1.7665.680.14

Key Corp, .3013.000.16LaFarge, .3417.570.00Macy’s, 1.44 35.430.41

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 96.492.31

PNC, 2.0494.570.11

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40192.600.76

Stoneridge 13.98-0.03

Talmer Bank, .04 17.930.08

United Comm. Fin., .10 5.990.05

Selected prices from Tuesday’s 4 p.m. close.