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Home builders struggling to find enough construction workers
The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again. Trouble is, many workers aren't coming back. Years of sporadic employment drove many from the industry. Incomes aren'...
Tags: Land Price, Employment, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Supreme Court, Career and Workplace
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Cause sought in race camera accident at Charlotte Motor Speedway
The Charlotte ObserverCONCORD, N.C. An overhead camera cable that snapped during the Coca-Cola 600 had been in use less than a year and had been inspected by the contractor operating the TV rig when it was delivered in June 2012, Fox Sports said Monday as an investigation...Tags: Stock Car Racing, Car Guides and Reviews, Fox Sports (tv network), Coca-Cola Co., Marcos Ambrose
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Man pleads guilty for multi-county asphalt-paving scam
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Terry Phelps pleaded guilty in multiple counties to charges of financial exploitation of the elderly, stealing by deceit, and unlawful merchandising practices for his role in asphalt-paving scams. Boone County Prosecuting Attorney...Tags: Marketing, Justice System, Theft, Consumers, Punishment
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Hiring a contractor isn't easy - these tips can help
Watchdog with Paul MuschickWhen hiring a home improvement contractor, choose carefully. There are many good ones out there, but others will give you trouble, as I noted in today's Watchdog column about contractor Kevin Drake. Here's how you can try to protect yourself....... -
City Council agenda
The Aberdeen City Council will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the courtroom on the third floor of the Municipal Building, 123 S. Lincoln St. The agenda items include: Application: Continued hearings for Music on Main events on May...Tags: Services and Shopping
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Sanford Aberdeen adding nuclear medicine facilities
The Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center is building a 2,700-square nuclear medicine addition that will allow patients to receive more diagnostic tests and provide a facility for possible radio- pharmaceutical therapy in the future. The foundation for the...
Tags: American Cancer Society, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Services and Shopping
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Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore
A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Zuul the cat doing fine after jet crash
SOUTH BEND – Lots of people are concerned about Zuul the cat. A demolition contractor found Zuul on Saturday at the Iowa Street South Bend home smashed by a small private jet that crashed six days earlier on March 17. Zuul was seen in the...
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PennDOT repaving blocked a driveway, the wrong driveway
The plastic "belly pan" under the front end of the seven-year-old Infinity coupe cleared the pavement despite the dip at the end of Ken Horodenski's driveway. It missed it by only an inch, however. (I know because I stopped with the front wheels in...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Vehicles, Lehigh County, Services and Shopping
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Spring swindlers sprout like weeds
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThere's a hint of spring in the air, and when the weather turns nice, flowers aren't the only things that bloom. Many scammers pop up in the spring, taking advantage of your desire to spruce up your property. Don't let...... -
Fines recommended in L.A. campaign money laundering case
L.A. NOWThe head of a company that has managed apartments for thousands of Los Angeles' neediest residents has agreed to pay a $170,000 fine stemming from allegations that he engaged in a decade-long scheme of laundering campaign contributions, according to... -
Kevin Hunt: The Blizzard And Blocked Gas-Furnace Vents, Insurance Claims And 'Nemo' vs. 'Charlotte'
The Hartford CourantLook what The Bottom Line just uncovered beneath several feet of drifting snow: Gas furnaces, carbon monoxide and rotten eggs: Homes heated by natural gas vent a byproduct, carbon monoxide, to the outside of the house. A side-wall vent blocked by...Tags: The Weather Channel (tv network), Insurance, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Shingles, Weather
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