DeSimone was convicted in March of money laundering and seven counts of mail fraud. Prosecutors say he used his ill-gotten gains to fund a lavish lifestyle of fancy cars, valuable art works and ancient Japanese swords.

The trial focused on an invention called the Drink Stik, a device that connects beverage containers to respirators and gas masks worn by soldiers in contaminated areas.

Prosecutors argued that DeSimone lied about access to deep-pocketed investors and promised the inventor he would sell the Drink Stik in exchange for a one-third stake in its patent. They say DeSimone then convinced investors to buy shares in his Drink Stik stake by falsely claiming that major international corporations, including Fidelity Investments and Raytheon Corp., had offered to buy it for millions of dollars.

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Advance Management Inc., was awarded a three-year $5.7 million contract to perform janitorial services to Navy facilities on Guam.

The contract includes U.S. Naval Base Guam, Naval Magazine, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Guam, and tenants within those areas, according to a press release from the company. AMI will provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials and equipment.

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Curry won a $3.4 million lottery on June 6, 2006. Over the past five years he has made no rash decisions with his $2.5 million after taxes. He purchased two new cars for himself and his wife, gave some winnings to his kids and his parents, and he made some modest upgrades to the three-bedroom house he lived in before winning the lottery.

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Two workers of a Tannery unit were asphyxiated after they inhaled poisonous gas while cleaning an effluent treatment plant here, police said. They said the duo were removing blockages at the tank outlet yesterday when they inhaled the gas and collapsed.

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Zep, a leading manufacturer of cleaning and maintenance solutions, has launched a new web site featuring the company's top 300 equipment products. The site, www.zepequipment.com , covers new Zep floor scrubbers and other items such as pressure washers, drain care equipment, hand care equipment, sprayers, and vehicle wash equipment.

"We wanted to provide an efficient information source, supported by easy-to-use drop-down menus and excellent graphics," says Mark McDonald, Director, Equipment & Service Division. "Now, customers can go to one location to find, download and copy everything they need."

The new web site features product specifications, equipment photos, application information, manuals, training videos, and contact information.

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The really intriguing news--a kind of breakthrough--is that the main compounds in antibiotic wipes, creams and soaps, triclosan and/or the chemically similar triclocarban, have also been sprinkled around our lives more generally. A recent study notes that triclosan is now used to "impregnate surfaces and has been added to chopping boards,

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The Newark-based company said this is the first time its home cleaning product will be available outside of North America, being driven by demand from ...

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BOISE, Idaho — A new state law allowing public schools to employ children under age 14 didn't sit well with some lunchroom and janitorial staffers who fear the measure that went into effect this month will place their jobs in jeopardy.

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They're back to their dirty old tricks.

The city's Department of Education has continued to privatize the cleaning of dozens of its public schools through no-bid contracts -- despite a 2004 court order forbidding the practice, a lawsuit charges.

The DOE once again violated competitive-bidding rules by handing over tens of millions of dollars in custodial contracts to the cleaning agency Temco Service Industries, charges Robert Troeller, president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 891.

The DOE lost a similar battle seven years ago when a state Supreme Court justice nullified $60 million worth of contracts with Temco and Johnson Controls because of a failure to bid out the deals.

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino in Dubai died when he fell off a building where he was working as a window-cleaner.

Raymond Manzareno, 23, was cleaning a window in the 42-floor Citadel Tower Building when he fell and died.

Manzareno had only been working for 3 months in the Liverpool Cleaning Services.

The accident occurred near 12 noon last Sunday.

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