The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of nearly 1 million Safety 1st Push 'N Snap cabinet locks.

The locks were recalled because young children can disengage the them, allowing access to cabinet contents and posing the risk of injury, according to the CPSC.

There have been 200 reports of locks that did not adequately secure the cabinet, including reports of damaged locks.

Of the reported incidents,Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) Inc., of Columbus, Ind., the company that distributes Safety 1st products,is aware of 140 children between the ages of 9 months and 5 years who were able to disengage the locks and gain access to the cabinets contents.

In three of the reported incidents, the children who gained access swallowed or handled dishwashing detergent, window cleaner or oven cleaner, and were treated, observed and released from emergency treatment centers.

The recall involves Safety 1st Push N Snap cabinet locks with model numbers 48391 and 48442. The model numbers are printed on the back of the product and on packaging. The locks are used to secure cabinets with two straps that wrap around the knobs or handles on a cabinet door. When the product is in the lock position, a green triangle is shown through a window on the device. The Safety 1st logo is embossed on the front of the lock. Locks manufactured between January 2004 and November 2010 are included in the recall. The date of manufacture is embossed on the back. The arrow on the date wheel points to the month and the numbers of either side of arrow represent the year of manufacture.

The locks were sold at Bed Bath & Beyond, Lowes and other retail stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from January 2004 through February 2012 for between $2 and $4.

Consumers should immediately remove the recalled locks from cabinets and contact DJG for a free replacement Push N Snap lock with model numbers HS158 or HS159.

For additional information, contact DJG toll-free at (866) 762-3212 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firms website at http://www.djgusa.com.

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling Safety 1st Push 'N Snap Cabinet Locks.

The commission says it has received 200 reports that the child safety locks don't secure properly, meaning kids can get into the cabinets. Damaged locks have also been reported.

There have been three reported cases of children handling and even swallowing hazardous materials because the locks did not work.

The recall includes locks with model numbers 48391 and 48842 manufactured between January 2004 and November 2010. The model numbers are printed on the back of the product and on the packaging, and the date of the manufacture is embossed on the back.

Push 'N Snap locks are produced by Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) and are sold at Bed Bath & Beyond and other retail stores and online at Amazon.com for between $2 and $4.

The CPSC advises consumers who bought the product to remove the recalled locks from cabinets and contact DJG for a free replacement with model numbers HS158 or HS159.

You can contact DJG at (866) 762-3212 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit http://www.djgusa.com.

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TASK OF MAINTAINING REST AREAS IN SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY TO BE VESTED IN GOVT OWNED COMPANY

The Cabinet decided to vest the task of development, operation and maintenance of rest areas on the Southern Expressway with Sri Lanka Insurance Resorts and SPAS Private Limited, which is a fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited on a 99 year lease, on proposal by the President as Ports and Highways Minister.

The rest area in the country's first E-01 Expressway is at Welipenna on the 44th Km from Kottawa.

The Cabinet decided to allocate Rs 341 million to proceed with the project for relaying of pipe borne water supply system within the Galle Municipal area on the recommendation of Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

The Galle Water Supply Scheme covers 50 Grama Niladhari divisions within the Galle Municipal Council area through 18,235 domestic consumer connections and 2,049 non-domestic consumer connections. The beneficiary population is 101,420 people. Some pipes laid are over 100 years old and need replacement.

It has been observed that the people living within the Galle Municipal Council area do not have an alternative source to cover their daily water needs, except the pipe borne water supplied by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.

The Agriculture Ministry has been entrusted with the task of providing 2.5 million packets of seeds to the Department of Agrarian Development, each containing 10 varieties of vegetable seeds for the distribution among beneficiaries under Divi Neguma -2012 programme.

The inaugural ceremony of this national programme is to be held islandwide on April 5.

The proposal by Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to procure this requirement through the private sector along with leaflet at a cost of Rs l78 million was approved by the Cabinet.

The Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding on mass media signed with the Pakistan government during the recent visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Pakistan on the recommendation of Mass Media and Information acting minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene.

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(WPRI) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of Safety 1st Cabinet Locks after more than 200 reports of children opening cabinets meant to be locked tight.

What's underneath your kitchen or bathroom cabinets? Probably lots of things you don't want your children near.

That's why parents buy locks like these. But Safety 1st is recalling 900,000 Push N' Snap Cabinet Locks after numerous reports poured in to the CPSC. The manufacturer, Dorel Juvenile Group has received 200 reports of locks that did not adequately secure the cabinet.

According to the complaints:

Consumers are being asked to remove the locks and contact the company for a free replacement lock. In the meantime, remove poisonous products out of reach.

Twenty-nine million gas cylinders manufactured by Worthington are being recalled.

The actual name of the product may be listed as Map Pro, Propylene and Mapp gas cylinders. The seal on the cylinders can leak after torches or other fuel consumer equipment are disconnected from them posing a fire hazard.

Consumers should return the containers to the store for a full refund. No injuries were reported regarding the gas cylinders.

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By Paul Christian, Reporter Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:25 AM

A ROW has erupted over the replacement of care homes in Welwyn Garden City.

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Plans to build a new home Bericot Way were given the green light by the County Councils cabinet on Monday.

It will replace the existing Hyde Valley House and St Michaels House, both in Welwyn Garden City.

The County Council site will house a 75-bed older persons residential care home; a 15 place day care centre for older people; four supported living units for assessment and re-ablement, for occupancy up to two years; 10 respite units for clients with a physical disability; and one re-enablement flat for older people.

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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 21 (UPI) -- Canada's Cabinet is expected to approve opening a project office to buy new fixed-wing search-and-rescue planes for the Canadian air force.

The $3.1 billion replacement plan, designed to replace air force C-115 Buffalos and older model C-130-H fixed-wing transport aircraft, has been delayed by controversy and bureaucratic infighting for nearly a decade.

Potential bidders were recently informed that a formal tender isn't expected until 2013, CBC News Nova Scotia reported.

Adding to the program's delays have been accusations that the air force had tilted the specifics of the acquisition program in favor of the C-27-J Spartan, built by the Italian company Alenia.

Should the Canadian air force want to procure C-27-J Spartans, a possible second-hand source could appear close by, as the U.S. Air Force recently announced that it intended to sell its Spartan transports, both existing and those scheduled for delivery.

The sale would be part of the recently announced U.S. Department of Defense budget cuts, but the C-27-J Spartan sale would need congressional approval.

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Prime Minister John Key has ruled out an independent inquiry into the privacy breach at ACC that's seen the resignation of Nick Smith from Cabinet.

He also won't rule out Dr Smith returning to the Cabinet in the future.

This follows a push from the opposition for a full inquiry.

Dr Smith's resigned his portfolios after admitting a second error of judgement in his handling of claims made on ACC by his friend, and former National Party official Bronwyn Pullar

Labour leader David Shearer says Dr Smith's resignation doesn't end the matter.

"We should have a full inquiry into this. I think the Government would hope that it was going to go away. I don't believe that it should. I think the public, and we all, deserve an explanation."

Mr Shearer wants to know why the Prime Minister didn't act earlier.

Should Dr Smith decide to quit politics altogether, Mr Shearer believes his party could win Nelson.

"Yes we definitely could have a good chance of winning that seat, we've held that seat in the past although that was some time ago. We would certainly have a decent crack at it," he says.

MPs have said Mr Key should have asked for Dr Smith's scalp much sooner than yesterday.

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OTTAWA - The federal cabinet is expected give approval this week to open a project office to buy new fixed-wing search and rescue planes, according to senior federal officials.

It is the first step is getting the stalled, nearly decade-old program to replace C-115 Buffalos and older model C-130-H transport aircraft.

The $3.1 billion replacement plan has been mired in controversy and bureaucratic in-fighting almost since it was announced by the Martin government obstacles that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has yet to overcome.

Potential bidders were informed a couple of weeks ago that a formal tender call is not expected until next year and there will be more industry consultation.

Part of the delay has involved accusations that the air force had rigged initial specifications to favour one aircraft the C-27-J Spartan, built by the Italian company Alenia.

The U.S. Air Force recently announced it intended to sell its fleet of Spartan transports, both existing and soon-to-be-delivered.

It's part of a cost-cutting move, but it has yet to receive Congressional approval.

Senior defence officials say they intend to ask Washington how much it wants for the planes, but took pains to emphasize that there will be an open competition.

One official, who asked for anonynmity, said the query would be part of the necessary due diligence that auditor general would expect of both National Defence and Public Works.

Other aircraft-makers are champing at the bit, including Lockheed Martin, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and Bombardier Inc., among others.

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New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy was sworn-in as the Railway Minister of the country on Tuesday.

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to Roy in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and other cabinet ministers.

Most of Trinamool Congress MPS were also present at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to witness the ceremony.

Roy, who was the Minister of State for Shipping, is a close aide of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and is said to have been her first choice last year for the important Railway berth that she had vacated when she took over as West Bengal Chief Minister last May.

Roy's predecessor Dinesh Trivedi has been lauded by the Prime Minister, Cabinet colleagues and industry for his bold Budget, in which he announced an increase in train passenger fares, the first in nine years.

It was that move that also cost him his job. So upset was his party chief, that she first demanded his removal from the Cabinet and then forced him to resign.

Last week, Banerjee announced Roy's name as Trivedi's replacement, much before the latter had put in his papers.

However, the row over Trivedi exposed emerging differences and perceived erosion of ties between the Congress and its ally TMC.

For the past few months, the TMC has kept the Congress on tenterhooks on various issues of national and state concern, such as the price rise, allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, the issue of establishing the NCTC, and Mamata Banerjee's decision to skip the Prime Minister's visit to Bangladesh last year. (ANI)

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The first Indigenous woman to hold a cabinet ministry in an Australian government is retiring from the Northern Territory Parliament.

Marion Scrymgour was elected in 2001 and has been the Labor Government's deputy chief minister and held several portfolios including education minister.

She says she had been planning to run in the August election.

"I felt however the time had come for me to come back home," she said from the Tiwi Islands yesterday.

"Which is what I'm planning to do beyond August, is to come back here to this community.

"And to back who I am and work on the ground with my people which is something I've been wanting to do for some time."

She regards her work on fighting petrol and glue sniffing during her early years with the Labor government as the most important.

"I was the chair of the select committee that went around a lot of those communities when we came to government in 2001," she said.

"To see 14-year-old girls prostituting themselves in some of these communities for petrol.

"To see what was happening in some of these communities was an absolute disgrace."

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