Similarly, David Edmondson resigned in 2006 as chief executive of RadioShack Corp.

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David Edmondson, the council's strategic development team manager, said the Falmouth situation was different from Texas because Cornwall was dealing with smaller quantities and the chemical was not manufactured in the town.

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Neither will a chief executive who's now seen to lack credibility, after a recent highly publicized flap in which RadioShack CEO David Edmondson was found to have lied about his academic record on his resume.

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