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...began when Earl and Mary Triplett returned from a 61st wedding anniversary vacation in Alaska to their home near Tacoma, Washington, popped open a Diet Pepsi, and then trundled off to bed. The next morning Earl picked up the container, which had been left overnight on a table, heard a rattle and was surprised to find a syringe inside. The couple called their lawyer, who called the press and local health officials, who alerted the police. And thus a frenzy was born...
After a man in Tacoma, Washington, said he found a syringe in a can of Diet Pepsi, more than 50 similar tampering incidents were reported around the country. Noting that the reports involved cans filled at different times in different plants, company officials said it was "almost incomprehensible" that so many could have been tampered with. By week's end 13 people had been arrested on charges of making false claims, at least three others had admitted that their stories were invented -- and authorities remained unconvinced that any of the reports were authentic...
...Puyallup Indians in Tacoma, Washington, received $66 million and 300 acres of prime land in the port of Tacoma based on an 1854 treaty. The tribe will build a marina and container-shipping facility on the land -- and will celebrate each member's 21st birthday with a $20,000 gift...
Holly Hagan, principal investigator of the syringe exchange program in Tacoma, Washington, said the programs can counter drug abuse...
...Tacoma exchange "is a place for recruitment for drug treatment," Hagan said...