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Uncle Ben Rice Recall, More Bridgegate Subpoenas, PATCO Train Smoke

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 02/11/14 12:43 am | updated: 02/11/14 12:43 am

The Food and Drug Administration is warning against eating Uncle Ben's rice products served at schools, restaurants, hospitals and other food service institutions after children in three states had skin reactions and other symptoms that were linked to the rice. Mars Foodservices of Rancho Dominguez, Calif., is recalling 5- and 25-pound bags of the rice. The bags are mostly sold to food service establishments, but they are also available to consumers over the Internet and in some warehouse-type retailers. Uncle Benâ€™s ready-to-eat, boxed, bagged and cup products in grocery stores are not linked to the illnesses and have not been recalled.

A New Jersey legislative panel intensified efforts Monday to force two key aides to Gov. Chris Christie to turn over documents related to traffic gridlock near the George Washington Bridge as it authorized 18 more subpoenas. Recipients in the third round of subpoenas include executives at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that runs the bridge; a failed Supreme Court nominee who Christie later named to the bridge agency; and the state police aviation unit, which could provide information about Christieâ€™s helicopter travel during the time the lanes were blocked for four days in September. Christie has maintained he was unaware of the lane closing operation until after it ended.

The Monday evening commute turned into an adventure for PATCO riders, who had to evacuate an eastbound train after it filled with smoke in a tunnel just before the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The train was headed to New Jersey and just about to cross the Benjamin Franklin Bridge when two cars filled up with smoke. PATCO says the trainâ€™s electric motor shorted out as the train was partially submerged in the tunnel. PATCO says the short was weather-related.

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