FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- April 28, 2008 -- Lifetime Brands, Inc., of Garden City, New York, today announced that, as a result of its internal compliance and independent product testing programs, it recently became aware that certain Pfaltzgraff® Villa della Luna® pattern and Nautica J Class® pattern stoneware dinnerware products may exceed the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) guidance levels for lead and/or cadmium.  No illness related to these products has been reported to date.

Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger reports that on April 26, 2008 at approximately 12:50 a.m., Deputies were dispatched to a call of a shooting at 1300 St. Rt. 763 near Aberdeen, Ohio. The caller had advised the Communications Center that her husband, Allan Fryman Sr., had shot their son, Allan Fryman Jr.

In 10 minutes on the hot seat of a dunk tank, University of Cincinnati freshman Sara McRoberts of Mount Orab raised $38 for the Greek Week fundraiser this month.

McRoberts, 19, is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Her participation in the dunk tank was part of the Disney-themed Greek Week at UC that raised $33,000 to grant the wishes of four area children sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year's Greek Week campaign raised $11,000 more than last year.