Donovan firm won't bid NEW YORK - A company co-owned by former Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan has agreed not to bid on construction projects funded by the Environmental Protection Agency until criminal charges are resolved. Schiavone Construction Co. may complete its current EPA work but is barred from bidding in EPA contracts, officials said. Donovan and other top company executives are charged with retaining money meant for a minority-owned subcontractor on a New York City subway project in 1979 and 1980.

Nixon dismissing guards SADDLE RIVER, N.J. - Former President Richard Nixon will dismiss his Secret Service protection within the next five weeks, a spokesman said. Nixon sent a letter to Treasury Secretary James Baker in April saying he would decline federal protection in the interests of reducing the budget deficit. At the time, it was reported the transition to private security guards would take several months.

Madonna in porn film NEW YORK - Rock star Madonna filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the release of a five-year-old soft-core pornographic movie in which she is the star. Madonna said in court papers that she signed a release permitting her voice and body to be featured in the film, but not the use of her name. The film, "A Certain Sacrifice", features Madonna in an orgy scene and a rape scene.

Sabotage in Bhopal ? NEW YORK - Sabotage was the probable cause of last year's accident in Bhopal , India, Union Carbide Corp. officials said. "We've ruled out everything but sabotage," Carbide lawyer Bud G. Holman said. He blamed the accident on the introduction of large amounts of water into a storage tank at the pesticide plant run by Union Carbide India Ltd. More than 2,000 people were reported killed and 200,000 injured in the accident.

Navy grounds 90 jets WASHINGTON - The Navy, warned of a problem with suspect jet engine blades, has grounded 90 of its A-7E attack jets for inspections and possible replacement of their engines. The same warning has been issued by the engine maker to the Air National Guard, but a spokeswoman said no grounding order has been issued for its A-7E jets. Affected guard units have been ordered to begin an immediate inspection program, however, she said.

Salvage rights granted KEY WEST, Fla. - A judge ruled that Mel Fisher had the sole salvage rights to the $400 million treasure of the sunken Spanish galleon Atocha and dissolved a claim by a rival treasure hunter. U.S. District Judge Sidney Aronovitz ruled the admiralty claim filed by Richard Lightner, overlapping some of the area claimed by Fisher's Treasure Salvors Inc., was an attempt to encroach on Fisher's discovery.

Three Cubans rescued MIAMI - Three Cubans were rescued in the Atlantic Ocean about six miles off Fort Lauderdale, ending a five-day, 230-mile journey that began when they sneaked out of Havana aboard inner tubes while the country celebrated the start of Fidel Castro's July, 26, 1953 uprising. Luis Alloma Chappottin Marin, 31, Carlos Enriques Quintana Orosco, 23, and Humberto Rodriguez Valdes, 28, said they wanted to escape the communist government. The men were suffering second-degree sunburns, exposure and dehydration, officials said.