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If not firearms, how about fireworks control?
Let us beat the gun-rights crowd to the punch and agree with them right here and now that firearms aren't the only dangerous devices out there in dire need of greater regulation. It seems that certain types of fireworks may need to be added to that list,...
Tags: Consumers, National Rifle Association of America, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Consumer Confidence, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Getting ahead on spring garden to-do list
Cultivating Life by Sean ConwayAfter a slow start, spring is now coming on like a freight train. Every day new plants are pushing up out of the ground in my garden, tree buds are swelling and the race toward a leafy-green landscape has begun. Over the next several weeks, my garden to-...Tags: Chemical Industry, Apples
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Letters: Don't forget the Texas blast
Re "Texas town keeps the faith," April 22 Every time I turn on the news, there's coverage of the Boston bombings. As important as this story is, I am dismayed that so little is being discussed about the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas....Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Chemical Industry, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Pictures in the News | April 18, 2013
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Experts: Lawn care can be easy and earth-friendly
After a long-anticipated break in the weather and as the last bits of snow melt from lawns this week, Northern Michigan residents are likely gearing up to begin work to foster those cheery, green lawns for summer. Two local experts gave the News-Review a...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Lakes and Ponds
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Texas explosion: Probe of blast likened to 'archaeological dig'
WEST, Texas — Authorities told residents here Monday to expect a “slow, methodical” investigation into the explosion at a fertilizer plant last week that killed 14 people and injured scores more, as the town continues to take stock of...
Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Explosions, Human Interest
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Food-scrap composting finds a home in Howard
Howard Hord considers himself a chef of sorts, but the food he works with is a little past its prime. Using moldy melon rinds, orange peels and other castoff fruit and vegetables from some Howard County kitchens, Hord is "cooking" the first batches of...
Tags: Ken Ulman, Chemical Industry, Carroll County (Virginia), Local Government, Baltimore County
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Bravery In Texas Disaster Was First Response
Some 1,600 miles away from Boston, first responders in West, Texas, also put helping others above their personal safety last week. Many gave their lives doing that. Of the more than a dozen people who died in the explosion of the West Fertilizer Co....Tags: Chemical Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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Grazing in a drought
Despite periodic snow and rain events this winter, much of South Dakota and Nebraska is still under serious drought conditions. And even with a normal precipitation year, it will likely take years for agricultural land to recover from 2012's hot, dry...Tags: Weather, Chemical Industry, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports
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Prayer and waiting in Texas town rocked by blast
WEST, Texas (AP) — The First Baptist Church in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded is still off-limits, so the Rev. John Crowder put folding chairs in a hay pasture and improvised a pulpit on a truck flatbed. At the elementary...
Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Health and Safety at School, Chemical Industry, Explosions, Human Interest
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In Texas, mourning those on front lines of blast
WEST, Texas — Residents here know the code of sirens, the language of a small-town Texas fire department. As the big fire trucks lumber along, one blast means they're heading to a small blaze; two means a fire drill or meeting. Then things get...
Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Vehicles, Chemical Industry, Explosions, Social Media
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Czech Stop a comfort stop in West, Texas
WEST, Texas – Most every small town in America has a local eatery that embodies its heart and soul – not to mention its stomach – a place where workers know the first names and the orders of customers by heart. In this tiny community...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Explosions, Lifestyle and Leisure, Emergency Incidents, Restaurants
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