18 treated after Texas Roadhouse chemical accident

(WBIR-Alcoa) Update-- 6:21 a.m.

Blount Memorial Hospital officials said they started individually releasing patients early Saturday morning.

Josh West, Public Relations Manager at Blount Memorial Hospital, said 18 people were treated after a chemical incident at the Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa.

(WBIR - Alcoa) Update-- 10:50 p.m.

Alcoa Deputy Fire Chief Tom Daffron says 17 people have been taken to the hospital after a chemical incident at the Alcoa Texas Roadhouse.

He says an employee accidentally improperly mixed chemicals including bleach, which created a chemical gas.

The patients mainly had skin, eye and lung irritation. Daffron says the people were all conscious when they were taken to the hospital.

He says crews are working inside the restaurant to ventilate the building, monitor the air and remove the chemical smell.

Daffron says the restaurant should be able to reopen for business on Saturday.

Update-- 10:25 p.m.

Blount Memorial hospital confirms they are treating five people after a hazardous materials incident at the Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa.

Rural Metro also says they have sent four ambulances from Knox County to the restaurant.

Dispatchers tell 10News the building has been evacuated.

They cannot confirm the nature of the situation.

Previous story-- 10:05 p.m.

Blount Co. dispatch confirms at least two people are receiving treatment after a hazmat situation at Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa.

We have a crew on the way and will have the latest details as they become available here and on Channel 10.

Source: http://maryville.wbir.com/news/news/617312-18-treated-after-texas-roadhouse-chemical-accident

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NHC: Low Chance of Cyclone East of Melbourne, Florida

Aug 2 (Reuters) - A weak area of low pressure associated with the remnants of tropical storm Dorian, located just east of Melbourne, Florida, has a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

Cloudiness and showers will continue to affect portions of the northwestern Bahamas and the coastal waters of southeastern and central Florida Friday, the NHC said.

"Conditions are favorable for slight development Friday and early Saturday as the system moves northward near the Florida east coast," the NHC said.

(Reporting by Shruti Chaturvedi in Bangalore; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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China may further limit car purchases to curb smog

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J&J pleased Chinese anti-monopoly dispute is over

BEIJING (AP) ? Health care giant Johnson and Johnson says it is pleased to put a legal dispute behind it after a Chinese court ordered it to pay compensation to a former distributor under an anti-monopoly law.

Thursday's ruling said Johnson & Johnson was guilty of "vertical monopoly" for setting minimum prices its distributors charged for surgical sutures. It noted that J&J has stopped that practice but ordered it to pay 530,000 yuan ($85,000) to a Chinese distributor that said it lost potential sales due to the restriction.

"While we are disappointed with today's ruling by the Higher People's Court of Shanghai, we are pleased to have put this matter behind us and look forward to continuing to provide our high quality products and services to healthcare institutions and patients in China," said J&J in a statement.

Lawyers said the ruling indicates Chinese authorities are stepping up anti-monopoly investigations.

The ruling was the first of its kind against a Fortune 500 company under China's 5-year-old anti-monopoly law, according to lawyers and Chinese news reports.

Business groups welcomed the law in 2008 as a step toward making operating conditions clearer but have said since then it is enforced more actively against global companies than against their local rivals.

The case comes amid separate Chinese investigations of possible bribery, price-fixing and other misconduct by global suppliers of milk, pharmaceuticals and other products.

Associated Press

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Hemmings Find of the Day ? 1972 Fiat 124 Spider | Hemmings Daily

Though Fiat 124 Spiders are not exactly uncommon in the Hemmings classifieds, many are high-mileage cars painted red that need a bit of TLC to return to road-worthiness. If you?ve got a taste for an affordable open-air Italian automobile, tastefully sprayed in a medium metallic blue, this 1972 Fiat 124 Spider for sale on Hemmings.com may be just what you?ve been looking for. It?s racked up some enthusiastic use over the years, including the occasional track day, but the seller says it?s never been crashed and was previously owned by an automotive engineer. It comes complete with service records, documentation and a single-axle open trailer, but some assembly will be required to return the car to vintage track-day-toy status. From the seller?s description:

How many blue Spiders have you seen? Originally navy blue, now medium blue metallic with a tan interior and a black cloth top. Tasteful pin striping. One automotive engineer owner from new. Continuously maintained by owner. Ziebarted when new. Stored winters. All original body panels, no significant rust. Never crashed. Original paperwork, owners manual, service manual, and parts manual.

This is not a show/garage queen. It has been used with care and respect through its life. The paint looks OK from 10 feet but has some bubbles. These are not rust bubbles but just spots where the paint has lifted from the surface. Driven for fun, business, and in mild competition. Full interior trim, including custom sheepskin seat covers. Interior is slightly faded in some areas but has no cuts or tears. Top is in good shape but faded ? does not leak. Rear window is clear. Roll bar & 6 point competition seat belts.

Partially disassembled, but easily rebuilt to functional status. Lightened, balanced, and blueprinted original engine ? currently apart. Many upgrades and modifications ? send for a complete list. Many spares, including body parts, engines, transmission, rear end ? from two scrapped cars. Send for a list. Single axle open trailer included with sale.

This is a solid original car that is looking for a new, sympathetic owner.

Price: $9,980
Location: St. Charles, Illinois
Status: Available

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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: Pentagon asks Congress to end sequester

When the sequester became a real political threat last year, many lawmakers complained that the Pentagon didn't seem ready for the possibility of across-the-board budget cuts; now the military is sending the message to Congress that if the sequester isn't drastically changed, it will mean unacceptable defense cuts in the future.

"Under sequester level cuts, our military options and flexibility will be severely constrained," said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, as officials painted a dark picture of the Pentagon's future, saying it could mean mothballing several aircraft carriers and deep cuts in other military branches.

"The sequester level scenario would compel us to consider these changes because there would be no realistic alternative," Hagel told reporters at a Pentagon briefing.

Hagel said a recent review of the Pentagon's budget situation focused on possible cuts in management efficiency and overhead, military pay and benefits, basic force structure and size, and future defense missions.

Other than management efficiency, the Congress hasn't shown any interest in making changes to the military's health care system, or its pension and pay system - and certainly not in terms of cutting unneeded weapons systems.

So far though, Hagel's warnings haven't brought lawmakers to their knees in the Congress, as critics of the Pentagon note that even with the across the board cuts of the sequester in place, the military's budget could well remain over $500 billion each year through the end of this decade.

Congress and the sequester

Right now, the sequester almost seems likely to stay in effect, mainly because there don't seem to be the votes in Congress to agree on any other budget plan, or to agree to target the cuts instead of having them go across the board. For example:

+ Democrats would like to wipe away the sequester with more targeted cuts and tax increases; House Republicans are emphatic in their opposition to new taxes of any kind.

+ Republicans have offered up targeted cuts as a way to shift more money into defense, but Democrats have made clear they will not agree to any kind of tradeoff where social programs are cut so the military can be made whole.

+ Even though Republicans set out a discretionary budget of $967 billion, they can't seem to keep GOP troops in line to vote for that plan; on Wednesday, House GOP leaders yanked a Transportation spending bill off the floor when it became obvious that Republicans were short on votes for the plan, as just four of the 12 spending bills have been acted on by the House.

+ The record is much worse in the Senate, where none of the dozen spending bills for next year have been approved; the Senate's version of the Transportation spending bill may get hung up by filibuster on Thursday.

+ The idea of the House voting for the Senate's $1.058 trillion budget seems far-fetched.

+ The idea of the Senate voting for the House's $967 billion budget seems unlikely as well.

But in that sea of inaction, that $967 billion figure for discretionary spending may be the trump card for Republicans - because if Congress can't get anything done at all on the sequester - that $967 bllion is the post-sequester budget level in law under the Budget Control Act.

Source: http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2013/jul/31/pentagon-asks-congress-end-sequester/

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Few Aussies to play in Presidents Cup golf

Australia is in danger of having its smallest-ever contingent in the Internationals team at golf's Presidents Cup team when they take on the Americans for the 10th time.

Adam Scott and Jason Day are the only Australian certainties for the October 3-6 clash at Muirfield Village in Ohio, ranked first and fifth respectively among eligible players for new captain Nick Price's team.

Conversely, South Africa is set to dominate the 12-man team with Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els, Branden Grace, Richard Sterne and Tim Clark all inside the top 10.

Japan's Hedeki Matsuyama and Argentina's Angel Cabrera round out the group currently in line for top 10 automatic selections.

That leaves Australians Marc Leishman (14th), John Senden (15th), Geoff Ogilvy (16th), Brett Rumford (18th) and Marcus Fraser (19th) needing to play their way into the top 10 quickly or give Price a compelling reason to include them in his two captain's picks to be named on September 2.

Last time around, the Australians could hope for some love from former captain and countryman Greg Norman and point to local knowledge of the Presidents Cup venue at Royal Melbourne to get captain's picks.

Zimbabwean Price may have other ideas and currently the tough Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand (11), South African George Coetzee (12) and Canada's Graham DeLaet (13) rank ahead of them.

Should they fail in their bid it would be the lowest Australian representation in the biennial events history, having had five members on five occasions, four on three occasions and a previous low of three players in 2009.

Price says he's yet to decide whether to use his picks on form players or for experience, with Ogilvy in the mix having played the last three times.

"That's the $64,000 question, and that's what I'm going to have to make a decision on," Price said.

"We will weigh up how much experience we have on the team, who the hot players are, and if we're short on experience, we may throw in a guy there who has more experience."

Price said Scott and Els had already taken upon themselves to be leaders, trying to fire up others towards what would be just a second International team triumph.

"Ernie and Adam were great in talking about the previous experiences, and a lot of the young guys had eyes were like saucers and were really soaking it all in," Price said.

"It's an exciting time. I've always enjoyed being an underdog going in. I think the favourites have more pressure on them."

Source: http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8699263

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