Sunday,  September 23, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 068 • 28 of 32 •  Other Editions

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• The man who once posed as a rich American businessman abroad spent his final years living with his brother near Seattle.
• Wilson died Sept. 10 from complications from a heart valve replacement surgery, said Craig Emmick, a director at Columbia Funeral Home in Seattle. He was 84.
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AP IMPACT: NYC minister raises millions for disasters, also helps himself, family and friends

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Before the Sept. 11 attacks, the Rev. Carl Keyes was a little-known pastor of a small New York City congregation searching for members and money.
• When the twin towers fell, his fortunes changed.
• Donors poured $2.5 million into the minister's charity to help 9/11 victims. More opportunities to raise relief money would come later, with at least another $2.3 million collected for efforts along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, in the poorest corners of West Virginia and Tennessee, and even in remote African villages.
• Tens of millions more flowed through his fingers from the sale of church properties.
• But Keyes, a one-time construction worker, did more than help the needy with the millions donated -- he helped himself.
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Grocery chain Trader Joe's recalls peanut butter linked to salmonella

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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states.
• The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control said Saturday that the store's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, which is sold nationwide, is the likely source of the outbreak. The agencies are investigating whether any other items sold at the store could be contaminated.
• More than three-fourths of those who became ill were children under the age of 18. No deaths have been reported.
• The FDA issued a statement Saturday saying that the FDA, the CDC and the state of California briefed Trader Joe's on its investigation showing the link between the peanut butter and the illnesses on Sept. 20. The company then agreed to remove the product from store shelves.
• The government did not release which states had reported illnesses, but several states have issued warnings to residents not to eat the peanut butter. According to

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