9/11 lawyers to cap fees; wheelchair ramp stolen; college accounts for tots

9/11 lawyers to cap fees; wheelchair ramp stolen; college accounts for tots Attorneys for thousands of Ground Zero workers suing over their exposure to dust from the destroyed World Trade Center buildings have offered to lower their fees in a bid to salvage a major settlement in the case. Artificial pumpkin

The law firm Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern had been set to take home a third or more of a $657 million settlement negotiated on behalf of the workers this spring, but the future of that payout was put in doubt when U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected the deal in March.

Now, the lawyers have told the judge in Artificial pumpkin a letter that they are willing to cap their fees at 20 percent.

-- Associated Press

Wheelchair ramp stolen from Ohio home: Police in northeastern Ohio are looking for thieves who stole a 10-foot wooden wheelchair ramp from a woman's home, and a local business is offering to replace it with a free upgrade. Cordelia Simpson, 34, who suffers from bone deterioration, said she discovered the theft Thursday morning at her rental home in Elyria. On Saturday, John Wright of American Ramp Services in North Olmsted said he would replace the stolen ramp with a $4,000 steel one.

Calif. mayor pushes college accounts for tots: Artificial pumpkin San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing a new city program that would create college savings accounts for the city's kindergartners and make small initial deposits to get them started.