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A federal judge ordered Norfolk, Va.-based Smithfield Foods Inc., the East Coast’s largest pork processor, to pay a $12.6-million fine for dumping thousands of gallons of hog waste into a Chesapeake Bay tributary. Smithfield executives were not immediately available for comment. . . . AMR Corp. again has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing pilots at its regional airline, American Eagle.
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