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Title: AP Top Stories View count: 640 Rating: 0 (0 ratings) Description: SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Wednesday, June 25, 2008: Briton convicted of murdering wife, baby in Mass.; Shootings at Ky. plastics plant stun town; 6 dead; Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged; CPSC holds fireworks demo.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P News Minute.A guilty verdict for Neil Entwistle on two counts of first-degree murder. The British man was convicted of shooting to death his wife and infant daughter. Jurors rejected his claim that the woman killed their baby and then committed suicide. =Police say six employees are dead at a western Kentucky plastics plant after an angry worker opened fire before committing suicide. The killings stunned the small town ... where officials say many residents know a worker at the plant. =The Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged. The federal funds rate ... the rate that banks charge each other ... remains at two percent. The Fed cited both high uncertainty about the inflation outlook .... and downside risks to growth. =The U-S Consumer Product Safety Commission held its annual fireworks safety demonstration ahead of the Fourth of July celebrations. Last year ... nearly ten thousand Americans were treated for fireworks-related injuries. The C-P-S-C says the best way to avoid injury is to leave the fireworks up to the professionals. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP News Minute. (****END****) Tags: ap, minuteworld, Author: AssociatedPress |
