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Show World&Nation Page 14 Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty THE COMPANY LOGO shines off the nose of an unsold 2010 Toyota camry sedan. AP photo Floor mat prompts recall WASHINGTON (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company’s largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. The recall will involve popular models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America, and the Toyota Prius, the best-selling gas-electric hybrid. Toyota said it was still working with officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to find a remedy to fix the problem and said owners could be notified about the recall as early as next week. Toyota spokesman Irv Miller said until the company finds a fix, owners should take out the removable floor mat on the driver’s side and not replace it. “A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop a vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death,” Miller said. NHTSA said it had received reports of 102 incidents in which the accelerator may have become stuck on the Toyota vehicles involved. It was unclear how many led to crashes but the inquiry was prompted by a highspeed crash in August in California of a Lexus barreling out of control. As the vehicle hit speeds exceeding 120 mph, family members made a frantic 911 call and said the accelerator was stuck and they couldn’t stop the vehicle. NEW YORK (AP) – As a suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York, the city’s police commissioner pronounced the threat neutralized and said there is nothing to fear from the defendant’s three alleged accomplices. The terror scheme “has been broken up,” said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. “I see no danger emanating ... from the people involved in this investigation.” He would not elaborate, and police and federal investigators have repeatedly refused to discuss the whereabouts of the three people who are alleged to have helped Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi buy beauty supplies for use in brewing up explosives. But former federal prosecutor Harry Sandick said the investigators’ silence might mean the accomplices have left the country or are already secretly cooperating. “One would think they’re in custody or likely to be in custody soon,” Sandick said. Police also said there are no extra security measures in place in subways or elsewhere in New York because of the alleged plot. Zazi, 24, is the only suspect publicly identified so far in what Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Knox called a conspiracy that was “international in scope.” Prosecutors said Zazi received al-Qaida explosives training in Pakistan last year and may have intended to carry out his attack on the anniversary of 9/11. After his return to the U.S., authorities said, three people traveled from New York City to suburban Denver over the summer and used stolen credit cards to help Zazi buy products containing hydrogen peroxide and acetone – common ingredients for homemade bombs. Authorities said the three returned to New York at some point. Zazi, heavily bearded and wearing a blue jail smock, never spoke and showed no emotion as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea to conspiracy in a Brooklyn courtroom guarded SUSPECTED AL-QAIDA TERRORIST is shown as he appears in Brooklyn Federal Court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in this courtroom sketch. AP photo by a team of deputy marshals. He was ordered held without bail. “You get the impression he’s a nice guy, don’t you?” defense attorney Michael Dowling said to reporters afterward. Dowling acknowledged that the Denver airport shuttle driver visited Pakistan last year and made purchases earlier this year at a beauty supply shop in Aurora, Colo. But he added, “Those acts are not illegal” and cautioned against a Call center fined for hiring children SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Children as young as 13 were manning phone banks for a company that does market research and political surveys from call centers in seven states, federal investigators said Tuesday. Children that young can’t legally be employed except on farms. The U.S. Department of Labor fined Orem, Utah-based Western Wats for hiring three 13-year-olds, and for working an additional 1,479 children more than three hours on a school day or more than eight hours on a weekend day, among other violations. Those children were all 14 or 15 years old. The $550,000 penalty was among the highest of its kind ever assessed against a U.S. company, officials said. More unusual was the sheer volume of children the company was hiring, said Lee Ann Dunbar, the Labor Department’s district director for Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Dunbar said she found it unusual that a company would employ children that young to make cold calls to adults. “The company would have to explain that,” she said. Western Wats disputed the fine and said it would fight the child-labor allegations in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. “We do disagree with the DOL’s finding and have appeal on several grounds,” corporate counsel Stacey Jenkins said. “We won’t be able to comment further.” Investigators found that Western Wats sometimes paid children less than the $7.25-an-hour federal minimum wage, although those violations appeared to be an oversight and the company agreed to pay about $5,000 in back wages, Dunbar said. “We did not find that it was a willful violation,” she said. No child was employed against his or her will. Western Wats’ need for workers fluctuates wildly, and the hiring of children may have been necessary for the company to meet its obligations. During the school year, children under 16 can’t work more than three hours on a school day or more than 18 hours a week. When school is not in session, they are limited to 40 hours a week. www.a-bay-usu.com ClassifiedAds Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com Student Jobs For more information, see USU Student Employment, TSC 106, or www. studemp.usu.edu off-campus jobs: 3545 Quality Control Internship $14.00 5336 Product Demonstrator $10.00 an hour 3142 Sales Representative $8.00 +commission 5519 Internet Support Technician $9/hour 0328 Office Worker start @ $7.25 5532 Graphic Designer 11 5543 Food Service Workers $7.25/ hr Starting pay 5559 Customer Service Negotiable 5570 Sales Associate Neg 5568 Sales Professional 5577 Web Application Developer $11/ hour 5485 Zone Liaison Specialist GS-09, approx. $43,000/yr 5594 T-mobile Sales Associate 8.80 per hour + commissio 5592 Tech Support - Graveyard $10.50 - $13.25/hour 5596 Accounting salary negotiable 5597 Crew Member 7.25 “rush to judgment.” Asked about possible accomplices, the lawyer said: “I don’t know the names of anybody else that allegedly conspired with Mr. Zazi. ... Those names have not been produced.” Investigators said Zazi urgently tried to mix up explosives in a Colorado hotel room in early September, and then drove to New York to carry out an attack, perhaps on the New York transit system. 5608 Graphic Designer $2-10 per design 2282 Data Collection Specialist $8 starting 5620 Sales Associates commission 5621 Graphic Designer 10+ 3307 Personal Aide $8.00 5625 Housekeeper Trade 5627 Parent Tot Teacher 5622 Tutor For Accounting 2010 10 per hour 5628 Appointment Setter $100+ per week 5629 Early Childhood Teacher $300/mo 5632 Nanny $600 month 0599 Daycare Indep. 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Not valid with any other offers. 5640 Welder / General Laborer DOE 5639 Run Photography Promoter 5636 Appointment Setter $100/appt, no limit 5652 Website And Seo Specialist $8 5651 Baker DOE 5650 Adolescent Residential Counselor $8 - $9 5647 Apple Campus Rep Paid Internship 5644 Child Care $30/week 5653 Account Contact Rep 10 Hour 5655 Mandarin Chinese Facilitator TBD 5558 Customer Service Representative DOE 5657 Cashier Retail Help arranged 5526 Staffing Manager $9.00 Plus Bonuses 5656 Graphic Designer commission On Campus Jobs: C429-96 Mowing $6.55/hr C395-09 S I Leader For Usu 1360 003 $8.00/hr C191-04 S I Leader Usu 1350 001 $8.00/ hr C397-05 Research Technician BOE C088-07 Software Developer Assistant $8-$14, BOE C005-04 Research Assistant $1500/ month C160-06 Substitute Teacher 65.00 75.00 C320-05 Engineering Assistant BOE C448-07 Customer Service- Tooele Distance Ed 8/hr C337-08 Skyroom Server $6.00 per hour plus Tips C238-97 Clerk/secretary 6.55/hour C097-10 Temporary Substitute Slp $25$35/hr, doe C124-92 Speech Instructional Assistant $5.85/hr C109-10 Political Science 3000 Tutor $7.75 C027-09 Network Assistant DOE C126-10 Teachers Aide 7.25 C123-10 Mortgage Default Coordinator/ counselor $10.00 C134-09 Laboratory Technician minimum $7.25 C202-09 Lab Assistant $8 plus DOE C197-07 Research Assistant C136-08 Housing Facilities Dispatch $9.00 to $10.00/hr DOE C148-10 Laboratory Assistant $9.00 per hour C147-10 Tech-support Specialist $15.00 / hr C153-10 Public Information Assistant $910 hour C152-10 Techno Tots Assistant dependent on experience C296-05 American Sign Lanugage Interpreter $14-$26+ C350-09 Landscape Crew $7.50 C106-09 Student Support Services Tutor 7.50 + C160-10 Lab Aid $9 C159-10 Gear Up Tutor $7.50 C161-10 Student Farm Help $8.00 per hour c208-96 Tutor $7.25/hr Please Note: If you find incomplete information on any of these ads, please go to www. a-bay-usu.com for complete listings. Apartments for Rent rent Apts. for Room for Rent Room available for female renter. Nice house with cable, wireless internet, and laundry services. Close to campus and bus stop. Pets welcome (I have little weenie puppy.) 300 per month approximate asking price. Call 801-628-6325 for inquires. |