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His youngest daughter, Lesley Mingins, found him dead on the floor of his living room on Dalegarth Avenue, Harraby, on September 14 last year.

Clovis is suing two chemical manufacturing giants over the toxic remains of a farm fumigant found in drinking-water wells around the community of nearly 100,000 people.

Rosa Jenkins' grandkids run her ragged. If she isn't keeping 3-year-old Saniyah Harrison from pasting stickers of fairies on her furniture, Jenkins is busy chasing after 1-year-old William Harrison, who is sure to leave a trail of crumbs through her East Side home. But the 54-year-old grandmother said she wouldn't have it any other way. Just two months ago, the children were pulled out of a burning Wilmington home -- one in cardiac arrest, the second in respiratory arrest. Emergency crews worked on the children's almost lifeless bodies in front of horrified neighbors before rushing them to the hospital. 'To remember them from the way they were in the hospital to the way they are now, is just magnificent,' said Jenkins, their paternal grandmother. 'I am truly thankful and truly, truly blessed. God has done his miracle.' When firefighters pulled the children from the second floor of their row house in the 1100 block of Pleasant St. in Wilmington's Hilltop Neighborhood, neither child had significant burns, but the two suffered severe smoke inhalation. Saniyah was in respiratory arrest at the fire scene, while William had gone into cardiac arrest. Smoke inhalation can cause a combination of injuries, including burns to the throat and lungs and chemical poisoning. Because smoke particles can block oxygen to cells and tissues, there are sometimes serious and permanent neurological effects. Others in the home were able to get out safely. The Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office ruled the blaze accidental, citing an electrical malfunction. The children were taken to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Rockland. The boy was later transferred to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in critical condition. Saniyah, who was in serious but stable condition, remained at duPont hospital. 'It was very traumatic,' said Lawshawn Harrison, the children's mother. 'That is something that no one would ever imagine would happen to them.' Harrison said she wondered how the family would pull through the fire after losing her home and with her two children in the hospital. 'I couldn't believe it,' she said. 'It was like my whole world stopped.' About that time, her neighbors stepped in. Delaware Supermarkets Inc. held a one-day fundraiser for the Harrison family. The company operates three ShopRite stores in northern New Castle County, including the one where the children's mother works as a cashier. Bliss Elements Salon and Spa collected toys and clothes. 'It's been overwhelming,' Harrison said. 'There's been so many people from so many places that have reached out that have wanted to help us and follow our progress. It's been wonderful that there are so many good people out there that are willing to help strangers.' The acts restore Jenkins' faith in people. 'I'm just so thankful for close friends, good friends, family members and the community,' Jenkins said, adding that the help enriched her and her family at a time when bad news is in abundance. 'It lets everyone know that there are really good people out there that don't have a problem with sharing and giving, and it's wonderful.' 'When you look at the paper, there is so much violence and things like that,' she said. 'But it's really good to know that there are still and always will be good people, and that's wonderful.' On Wednesday, the children sat on a swing in an A.I. duPont Hospital for Children therapy room. As the swing gently moved, occupational therapists Sara Burton and Shannon White watched over the children, encouraging them to play with toys they had on their swing. Therapists there are working with the children to help improve their motor skills, speech, balance and other functions. The exercise checked on their balance, coordination, strength and problem-solving. 'She's been doing awesome,' said Burton, Saniyah's therapist. 'She's been making a lot of progress in every area that we've been working on.' Though Saniyah had motor-skill issues when she began therapy, Burton said, it was not severe. 'She really has done great.' William also has made great improvement, said White, his therapist. 'We've been working a lot on all types of developmental play,' she said. This includes eye-motor coordination and following directions as well as working with William's listening ability and language skills. When William arrived at the hospital, he did not seem as stable on his feet and his fine-motor skills were a little delayed. The play therapy has helped. 'We're just trying to get him back to where he was before,' White said. 'He's really come a long way.' Hospital officials wouldn't say whether the two would fully recover or how long it would take. To family members and people who may run into them, the children seem to be as fine as any child their age. When the children first got out of the hospital, they were quiet and reserved, Jenkins said -- but not so now, as William insisted on running a hand-held vacuum over the crumbs he'd dropped and Saniyah offered a chocolate-covered doughnut. 'But now they are full speed ahead,' Jenkins said, smiling and looking at her grandchildren. 'And I'm ecstatic. Ecstatic.'

DuPont 's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks Investment Research in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

Parallon Business Solutionssm, which offers healthcare providers a complete range of industry-leading business solutions, today announced the appointment of Roger P. Rydell to the newly formed position of vice president of Marketing & Communications.

Until the internet boom, retailing was an asset intensive business relying upon bricks-and-mortar stores.

Bouncing back Over the next five years, the Tire Manufacturing industry will continue to recover, with pent-up demand for tires boosting sales growth.

Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to shore up Plaquemine's defenses against possible water contamination to avoid a repeat of a late-1990s emergency in which the city's aquifer tested positive for the carcinogen vinyl chloride, Mayor Mark "Tony" Gulotta said.

More than six months ago, American Crystal Sugar Co. locked out more than 1,300 sugar beet workers in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota.

Leading up to Goodyear Tire & Rubber's announcement of its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 analysts have become more wary as expectations have fallen over the past month to earnings of 26 cents per share from earnings of 34 cents per share.

DOVER, Del.- Every week Cheryl Vogl brings her 1-year-old son Silas from Dover to AI Dupont Children's Hospital in Wilmington for treatment of a little known disease.

Herbert O. "Bert" Gilmore, 95, formerly of Negley, died peacefully in his sleep at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the Blossom Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Salem.

Virginia Del. Rob B. Bell III left, "Tebows" after his bill allowing home-schooled students to participate in interscholastic sports passed the Virginia House of Delegates in Richmond.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down by 0.10% today and stands at 12,865. Here are three stocks selling off despite a flat day.

U.S. and Chinese Defendants Charged with Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets in Connection with Conspiracy to Sell Trade Secrets to Chinese Companies U.S. Citizens Alleged to Have Conveyed Valuable DuPont Technology to Companies Controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San ... (more)

A federal grand jury indicted two Orinda residents among a group accused of stealing trade secrets from U.S. firms to benefit companies controlled by the People's Republic of China, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

DOW AGROSCIENCES, BIODURO ANNOUNCE JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT ON HERBICIDES Feb. 8, 2012 Source: Dow AgroSciences news release Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company , and BioDuro, a PPD Company, announced today a three-year, multi-program discovery research agreement to generate novel molecules for synthesizing and ... (more)

The Dow Chemical Company achieved sales of $14.1bn in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 2% increase compared with the same period last year.

Thai tyre grade rubber from China's bonded warehouses was sold at a discount due to high stock levels, while more sellers resurfaced in the physical market following a rebound in Tokyo futures, dealers said on Wednesday.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Contract talks between Cooper Tire and its unionized Findlay workers have stalled short of the deal reached with Texarkana workers, Local 207L President Rod Nelson said Tuesday.