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• State officials determined the mill was largely to blame for the pollution. As the lawsuit dragged on for years, the steel mill filed for bankruptcy and the plant ultimately settled with the residents.
• In the end, Bain walked away with more than $30 million in profits. Carter got $800.
• "That wasn't even enough to paint the house," said Carter, who is a Romney supporter this election.
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EYES ON LONDON: "Blade Runner, Lakers in London, 1 more Bolt, no military service, party time
• LONDON (AP) -- Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:
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• BLADE RUNNER REFLECTS
• The "Blade Runner" did not win a medal, but that doesn't mean these Olympics were any less important.
• Oscar Pistorius set a precedent with his journey to and through the London Games, and he can add one more accomplishment: He was a finalist.
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Israel enjoying record year in tourism, despite troubles just around the corner
• JERUSALEM (AP) -- It's priming for a risky showdown with Iran over its suspected nuclear program, concerned about neighboring Syria's bloody civil war spilling across the border and dealing with terrorists attempting to infiltrate from Egypt's lawless Sinai Peninsula.
• But that doesn't seem to be deterring hundreds of thousands of tourists from flocking to Israel each month. Despite the region's turmoil, Israel is enjoying an unexpected tourism boom, and 2012 is shaping up to be a record year.
• Nearly 300,000 tourists arrived in July, a record for the month and an 8 percent increase over the previous July, according to the Tourism Ministry. The trend is nothing new: The ministry says each month of 2012 so far has set an all-time record for that month.
• "It's a period where, on the face of it, we should be struggling with an economic downturn and the Arab Spring around us," said Uri Steinberg, head of the America (Continued on page 42)
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