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NYC fire officials say 5 killed in Manhattan apartment blaze, including 3 children
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ A family of five, including three children as young as 15 months, died in a blaze Saturday that filled an apartment with thick black smoke and kept the victims from escaping through the front door, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy...Tags: Fires, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Interior Policy, Manhattan (New York City)
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5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children
Associated Press WriterA family of five, including three children as young as 15 months, died in a blaze Saturday that filled their apartment with thick black smoke and kept them from escaping through the front door, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy who survived the...Tags: Fires, Fire Department of New York, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Interior Policy, Manhattan (New York City)
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Officials to have more eyes in the sky
247-7838City officials said they hope to begin installing a network of crime surveillance cameras across Newport News by the end of the year, starting in the southeast community. The news comes the same week that Norfolk installed its own system of crime...Tags: Interior Policy, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Schools, Denbigh
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The $700 billion man with an engineer's mind
The Washington PostMany of the complicated securities at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis were designed by mathematicians and physicists, and now the U.S. government has tapped an aerospace engineer who used to design NASA satellites to start unraveling them....Tags: Diseases, Illnesses, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Management Change, $700 Billion Bank Bailout
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12 vie for 7 seats on Palm Aire Recreation Tax District Board of Supervisors
South Florida Sun-SentinelA dozen candidates are competing Nov. 4 for seven seats on the new Palm Aire Recreation Tax District Board of Supervisors. Seeking four-year or two-year terms for the district, which could one day purchase 600 acres of golf courses that surround condo...Tags: National Government, Pompano Beach, Interior Policy, Michele Lee, Clubs and Associations
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Public housing's island
Chicago Tribune reportersFor all the talk of weaving public housing residents into the fabric of the city, the Chicago Housing Authority's ambitious Plan for Transformation includes this inconvenient fact: When the plan is complete, nearly 1 of every 10 of those families will...Tags: Murder, Barack Obama, Crimes, Environmental Pollution, Gang Activity
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Puerto Rico banks hope for share of bailout
Sentinel Staff WriterAs Wall Street crumbled under the weight of subprime mortgages, the San Juan Golden Mile district, home to Puerto Rico's banking industry, saw its troubled shares shrink further. The industry then gave a collective sigh of relief when Washington approved...Tags: Puerto Rico, Interior Policy, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Mortgages
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Barges key to easing traffic
247-4744U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas J. Barrett on Thursday launched an aggressive campaign to expand the use of the nation's marine highways to get more truck traffic off crowded roadways. By establishing a national network of marine highways,...Tags: Hampton Roads, Washington, National Government, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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Study: Housing expenses rose 65 percent in decade
The financial squeeze on Americans got tighter over the past decade as housing expenses - everything from mortgage payments and rent, to utilities and insurance - far outpaced the growth in incomes, a new study shows. Overall, yearly housing costs rose...Tags: Interior Policy, Land Price, Mortgages
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Feds' funding plan may get cargo off roads
247-4744The U.S. deputy secretary of transportation will be in Norfolk today to announce a plan to allow the government to initiate funding for projects that attempt to ease highway congestion by getting trucks off the roads. With a barge that will begin...Tags: Local Authority, Hampton Roads, Road Transportation, Vehicles, Interior Policy
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Influx of Section 8 residents upsets some unit owners at Century Village in Pembroke Pines
South Florida Sun-SentinelPerhaps there is a bright spot in the real estate collapse: "It's made more units available for low-income people to rent," said Kevin Cregan, of the Broward County Housing Authority. But the idea that Century Village is home to folks who get federal...Tags: Rentals, Interior Policy, Condos and Houses, Personal Income, Broward County
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Orkin to do $6M fix-up at Wildwood condos long ravaged by termites
Sentinel Staff WriterPest-exterminating giant Orkin has pledged to repair a termite-ravaged condominium complex in Sumter County as part of a legal settlement that could cost the company an estimated $6 million in fix-up costs. The company did not accept responsibility for...Tags: Prosecution, Florida, Interior Policy, Leesburg, Tampa
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