JEWELRY RECALLED: About 70,000 Makit & Bakit jewelry sets and suncatcher sets, made in China and imported by QuinCrafts, have been recalled because some of the jewelry clasps have high levels of lead. For information call 800-366-4660 or visit www.quincrafts.com/recall or www.cpsc.gov.
LEVERT RULING: A coroner in Ohio ruled Thursday that R&B singer Sean Levert died of natural causes after falling ill in jail, and his family reacted by saying his death could have been prevented. Levert, a member of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, died March 30 at age 39.
AMMUNITION REVIEW: The military is reviewing soldiers’ complaints that their standard ammunition isn’t powerful enough for the type of fighting required in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army’s highest-ranking officer said Thursday. But Gen. George Casey said it was too soon to say whether the Pentagon will switch.
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