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Wake school board gives initial OK to $940m in projects
The News & ObserverThe Wake County school board gave preliminary approval Tuesday to $940 million in construction projects that they hope to fund largely through a bond referendum this fall. The list includes 16 new schools, full renovations for six schools, starting...Tags: Construction, Elementary Schools, Raleigh, House Building, Wake County
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$1.73B in federal housing, economic development Sandy aid OKd
NewsdayThe federal Housing and Urban Development agency approved $1.73 billion in housing and economic development aid Friday to help rebuild New York communities heavily damaged by superstorm Sandy. About half the money -- $838 million -- will go toward...Tags: Long Island, Tropical Storms, New York City, Suffolk County (New York), Andrew Cuomo
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Cubs 'restoration:' Dollars and nonsense
Whose turn was it to watch Crane Kenney? C’mon, Ricketts kids, fess up. Someone has to take the blame here. Who failed to make sure Kenney was sent to his room without dessert and stayed there? Because Kenney got loose Tuesday and couldn’t...
Tags: American League, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Sports, Edwin Jackson
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Citrus Bowl will be mostly new after renovation
The work that starts soon on Orlando's Citrus Bowl is technically a renovation, but when the dust settles in just less than two years, about 80 percent of the stadium will be brand new. Much of the 77-year-old stadium will be torn down, the City Council...
Tags: Orlando, Florida Classic, Buddy Dyer, Amway Center
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Following Sandy, boating season in South Jersey coming later than usual
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Tom Paxton looked out over the start of a new dock being built at Great Bay Marina Sunday afternoon and vowed there would be a boating season after Hurricane Sandy. "The insurance and the government has been...Tags: Boats, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Rentals
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Volunteers help veterans, and others, get their house in order
The first troops showed up on a Saturday morning at the four-bedroom house in Columbia heavily armed: saws, hammers, crowbars, drills. They've returned three times since and are expected back again next week in hopes of making repairs upstairs and down,...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Finance, Metal and Mineral, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Mining
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Ads take the field in Wrigley rehab plans
The Chicago Cubs want to restore Wrigley Field in the style of an era long gone by, even as the team ushers aspects of the ballpark into the 21st century, including a large video board and more electronic advertising common at stadiums across the nation....
Tags: Times Square, Chicago Mayor, Baseball, Sports, Wrigley Field
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Fort Monroe cleanup continues as community board falls behind
HAMPTON — The Army is continuing its environmental cleanup at Fort Monroe, but has been doing so with little participation from the volunteer board created in 2005 to offer community input on the process. The Fort Monroe Restoration Advisory Board...
Tags: G. Glenn Oder, Politics, Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution
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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum returns to form, with light and life
AMSTERDAM — A scrum of international TV reporters, photographers and other media packed the Gallery of Honor at the Rijksmuseum on a recent spring morning, while producers negotiated with publicists for time to shoot spots in front of Rembrandt's...
Tags: Netherlands, Architecture, Museums, England, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Voice: IID, county stepping up on sea responsibilities
IID General ManagerWhile I concur with John Dantice (“SOS: Save Our Sea,” April 30) that restoration of the Salton Sea is as vital to the long-term health of the region and its residents as was the Great Depression-era construction of the All-American Canal, the...Tags: Water Supply
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Mission helps keep La Rabida expansion on track
Wedged between Lake Michigan and a small boat harbor in the far reaches of Jackson Park on the city's South Side, La Rabida Children's Hospital is all on its own, in more ways than one. The tiny, independent pediatric specialty hospital is known for...
Tags: Finance, Family, Jackson Park, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance
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Salton Sea can be energy resource
Staff WriterWhat began Friday as a meeting between federal, state and local officials to discuss restoration of the Salton Sea ended with a bold proposal to transform the troubled body of water. “The vision that I’ve heard from many of you, and which...Tags: Finance, Alternative Energy, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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