Monday, October 24, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 24 October 2005
Cochran mayor runs for council
COCHRAN - Charles Killebrew isn't running for re-election as mayor, but he is asking voters to elect him to City Council.
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Werner Enterprises Reports Operating Revenues Up 19%
10/24/2005 Werner Enterprises Inc., the Omaha, Neb. truckload transportation companies, reported operating revenues and earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005.
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Herkys struggles to make it after liquor license denied
MUSCATINE, Iowa n The liquor bottles that used to stand on the shelves behind the bar at Herkys are gone now, replaced with motorcycle statues and Betty Boop memorabilia. Theres no more beer in the cooler.
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Like other organizations, Polish club in financial pinch
UTICA When Jeff Karas took over as president of the Polish Community Club this summer, he inherited a job that quickly proved more challenging than he expected.
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COCHRAN - Charles Killebrew isn't running for re-election as mayor, but he is asking voters to elect him to City Council.
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Werner Enterprises Reports Operating Revenues Up 19%
10/24/2005 Werner Enterprises Inc., the Omaha, Neb. truckload transportation companies, reported operating revenues and earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005.
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Herkys struggles to make it after liquor license denied
MUSCATINE, Iowa n The liquor bottles that used to stand on the shelves behind the bar at Herkys are gone now, replaced with motorcycle statues and Betty Boop memorabilia. Theres no more beer in the cooler.
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Like other organizations, Polish club in financial pinch
UTICA When Jeff Karas took over as president of the Polish Community Club this summer, he inherited a job that quickly proved more challenging than he expected.
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Sunday, October 23, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 23 October 2005
Insurance for floods takes some by surprise
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Flabbergasted. That's how Mike Middleton reacted to a letter from his mortgage lender telling him he needs flood insurance for his home.
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Where y'at? On the north shore, for many
One of thousands of new north shore residents, former Tulane University graduate student Francesca Brennan didn't have the first thought of moving away from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
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Kids' health insurance to spotlight session By Kurt Erickson and Matt Adrian
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's intense, two-week lobbying effort for a children's health insurance initiative is almost over.
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Out of a hole, Kokomo family escapes floods
Arnold and Cora Cockrell lived at 315 E. Murden St. for 38 years. That home is gone now. Contractors demolished it this year at the behest of the city government.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Flabbergasted. That's how Mike Middleton reacted to a letter from his mortgage lender telling him he needs flood insurance for his home.
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Where y'at? On the north shore, for many
One of thousands of new north shore residents, former Tulane University graduate student Francesca Brennan didn't have the first thought of moving away from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
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Kids' health insurance to spotlight session By Kurt Erickson and Matt Adrian
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's intense, two-week lobbying effort for a children's health insurance initiative is almost over.
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Out of a hole, Kokomo family escapes floods
Arnold and Cora Cockrell lived at 315 E. Murden St. for 38 years. That home is gone now. Contractors demolished it this year at the behest of the city government.
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Saturday, October 22, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 22 October 2005
New Orleans home market uncertain
The real estate market in storm-ravaged New Orleans comes to a dead-end in a vast hall in the battered Convention Center, where 60,000 volumes that detail a century of mortgages are piled thigh deep.
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All Kids has skeptics as lawmakers go to Capitol
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's intense, two-week lobbying effort for a children's health insurance initiative is almost over.
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Herkys struggles to make it after liquor license denied
MUSCATINE, Iowa n The liquor bottles that used to stand on the shelves behind the bar at Herkys are gone now, replaced with motorcycle statues and Betty Boop memorabilia. Theres no more beer in the cooler.
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Teachers fume over funding
Oct. 1 has come and gone without a completed plan for fixing Montana's school funding system, education advocates argued Thursday at the state's annual teacher convention in Missoula.
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The real estate market in storm-ravaged New Orleans comes to a dead-end in a vast hall in the battered Convention Center, where 60,000 volumes that detail a century of mortgages are piled thigh deep.
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All Kids has skeptics as lawmakers go to Capitol
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's intense, two-week lobbying effort for a children's health insurance initiative is almost over.
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Herkys struggles to make it after liquor license denied
MUSCATINE, Iowa n The liquor bottles that used to stand on the shelves behind the bar at Herkys are gone now, replaced with motorcycle statues and Betty Boop memorabilia. Theres no more beer in the cooler.
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Teachers fume over funding
Oct. 1 has come and gone without a completed plan for fixing Montana's school funding system, education advocates argued Thursday at the state's annual teacher convention in Missoula.
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 21 October 2005
Firm forced to pay 600,000 rent for factory it doesn't want
AN ENGINEERING company with a 52m compensation claim brewing against the Welsh Development Agency, was yesterday saddled with having to pay almost 600,000-a-year in rent for an allegedly "defective" factory it does not want.
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Woman Charged in Deaths of Her 3 Children
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 - A woman whose family said she heard voices that told her to dump her three young children into the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay was charged Thursday with three counts of murder.
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Asian businesses bloom on Olive
Eric Huang moved here 30 years ago, when Chinese-owned businesses were scarce and the Chinese community was scattered.
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Sharyland Fieldhouse getting makeover
SHARYLAND - The school district hopes to have the damaged Sharyland Fieldhouse fully repaired by the beginning of the next school year....
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AN ENGINEERING company with a 52m compensation claim brewing against the Welsh Development Agency, was yesterday saddled with having to pay almost 600,000-a-year in rent for an allegedly "defective" factory it does not want.
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Woman Charged in Deaths of Her 3 Children
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 - A woman whose family said she heard voices that told her to dump her three young children into the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay was charged Thursday with three counts of murder.
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Asian businesses bloom on Olive
Eric Huang moved here 30 years ago, when Chinese-owned businesses were scarce and the Chinese community was scattered.
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Sharyland Fieldhouse getting makeover
SHARYLAND - The school district hopes to have the damaged Sharyland Fieldhouse fully repaired by the beginning of the next school year....
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 20 October 2005
Front-End Repair? Maybe Just Throw It Away
BMW's new techniques and rules restrict what repair shops can do, and baffled insurers are junking the vehicles. Some critics think manufacturers are beginning to make throw-away cars.
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Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas is among five defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed by two men who
Jason Fierman and David Jaslar filed the six-count suit last week in federal court in Scranton. The two men were arrested May 17, 2004 in connection with the June 8, 1999 blaze at 458-460 N. Main St.
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Board and staff union approve new contract
At their meeting Thursday, Oct. 13, members of the Yellow Springs Board of Education approved a new two-year contract with the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE), which represents school staff members.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING BankAtlantic Bancorp Reports Earnings For The Third Quarter, 2005
In BW6191 issued Oct. 19, 2005: Release now includes additional links for accompanying press release graphs regarding Low Cost Deposit Growth and Comparable National Deposit Trends.
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BMW's new techniques and rules restrict what repair shops can do, and baffled insurers are junking the vehicles. Some critics think manufacturers are beginning to make throw-away cars.
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Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas is among five defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed by two men who
Jason Fierman and David Jaslar filed the six-count suit last week in federal court in Scranton. The two men were arrested May 17, 2004 in connection with the June 8, 1999 blaze at 458-460 N. Main St.
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Board and staff union approve new contract
At their meeting Thursday, Oct. 13, members of the Yellow Springs Board of Education approved a new two-year contract with the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE), which represents school staff members.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING BankAtlantic Bancorp Reports Earnings For The Third Quarter, 2005
In BW6191 issued Oct. 19, 2005: Release now includes additional links for accompanying press release graphs regarding Low Cost Deposit Growth and Comparable National Deposit Trends.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 18 October 2005
Scottish Business Briefing 18 October
Our comprehensive round-up of all the news affecting business in Scotland today.
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Help needed now
We have teachers in the ocean that are all drowning, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch told the panel, urging it to adopt the proposal. You need to bring them all back onto the ship again.
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Orleans dealership in question
The fate of the Rimrock auto dealership in New Orleans is still up in the air nearly two months after it was blasted by Hurricane Katrina.
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The ABCs of K-12
Adults across Ally Garcia's home state are arguing about how schools get money, whether they have enough and how the issue will affect Colorado's economy in the future.
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Our comprehensive round-up of all the news affecting business in Scotland today.
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Help needed now
We have teachers in the ocean that are all drowning, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch told the panel, urging it to adopt the proposal. You need to bring them all back onto the ship again.
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Orleans dealership in question
The fate of the Rimrock auto dealership in New Orleans is still up in the air nearly two months after it was blasted by Hurricane Katrina.
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The ABCs of K-12
Adults across Ally Garcia's home state are arguing about how schools get money, whether they have enough and how the issue will affect Colorado's economy in the future.
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 17 October 2005
N.E. dries off after the storm
Forty-eight hours after a powerful rainstorm pounded Massachusetts and dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain on the region, the skies turned mercifully dry and sometimes even sunny yesterday as people who evacuated their homes returned to pump out their basements, salvage their belongings, and restart their cars.
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Maize Walk: Family farms turn to corn mazes as way to supplement their incomes
When Tony Wohlgemuth decided to cut his first corn maze five years ago, he figured it was something he could do himself. He mapped out a maze on a piece of graph paper and started cutting corn.
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Habitat empowers families
Many Habitat families say being selected for a Habitat home is even better than winning the lottery.
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There's still no place like home
Although their houses are built on a thin strip of unprotected waterfront property near the Chef Menteur Pass, residents of Venetian Isles are returning to their ravaged houses and vowing to rebuild.
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Forty-eight hours after a powerful rainstorm pounded Massachusetts and dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain on the region, the skies turned mercifully dry and sometimes even sunny yesterday as people who evacuated their homes returned to pump out their basements, salvage their belongings, and restart their cars.
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Maize Walk: Family farms turn to corn mazes as way to supplement their incomes
When Tony Wohlgemuth decided to cut his first corn maze five years ago, he figured it was something he could do himself. He mapped out a maze on a piece of graph paper and started cutting corn.
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Habitat empowers families
Many Habitat families say being selected for a Habitat home is even better than winning the lottery.
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There's still no place like home
Although their houses are built on a thin strip of unprotected waterfront property near the Chef Menteur Pass, residents of Venetian Isles are returning to their ravaged houses and vowing to rebuild.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 12 October 2005
Jury deadlocks on more serious charges in deadly hotel fire
LOS ANGELES - The owner of an aging Hollywood hotel was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with a 2001 fire that killed two people, but jurors deadlocked on the more serious counts of murder and arson.
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No students attend Tombstone school
TOMBSTONE - Tombstone has a brand-new, state-of-the-art, $6.8 million high school for the first time in 83 years. But there's one problem: Local officials ran out of money before they fixed the road that leads to the school.
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'Out of this devastation will come a new city'
Underscoring his pledge to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush wrapped up his eighth trip to the storm-wracked region Tuesday by hammering nails in Covington and meeting with federal representatives on the West Bank.
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Jury deadlocks on more serious charges in deadly hotel fire
LOS ANGELES The owner of an aging Hollywood hotel has been convicted of conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with a 2001 fire that killed two people, but jurors deadlocked on the more serious counts of murder and arson.
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LOS ANGELES - The owner of an aging Hollywood hotel was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with a 2001 fire that killed two people, but jurors deadlocked on the more serious counts of murder and arson.
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No students attend Tombstone school
TOMBSTONE - Tombstone has a brand-new, state-of-the-art, $6.8 million high school for the first time in 83 years. But there's one problem: Local officials ran out of money before they fixed the road that leads to the school.
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'Out of this devastation will come a new city'
Underscoring his pledge to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush wrapped up his eighth trip to the storm-wracked region Tuesday by hammering nails in Covington and meeting with federal representatives on the West Bank.
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Jury deadlocks on more serious charges in deadly hotel fire
LOS ANGELES The owner of an aging Hollywood hotel has been convicted of conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with a 2001 fire that killed two people, but jurors deadlocked on the more serious counts of murder and arson.
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Monday, October 10, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 10 October 2005
Staying Abreast
ALAMO - The ski poles had been packed, the body exercised, the breath bated for a weeklong skiing trip 17 years ago to Austria for Jo Whitaker, her husband and 16 friends....
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[Campus] Alumni award given to farming leader
While honoring Paul Ming Hsien Sun, a recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals on Friday, the selection committee cited his visionary leadership.
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Thieves target housing job sites
As housing construction in Lee County continues at a torrid pace, appliance thieves are cashing in.
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Champagne tastes, boutique shortage
ST. PETERSBURG - They are affluent, savvy shoppers who expect attentive customer service. They have the means and the inclination to invest $1,000 or more on a suit, $1-million or more on a home.
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ALAMO - The ski poles had been packed, the body exercised, the breath bated for a weeklong skiing trip 17 years ago to Austria for Jo Whitaker, her husband and 16 friends....
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[Campus] Alumni award given to farming leader
While honoring Paul Ming Hsien Sun, a recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals on Friday, the selection committee cited his visionary leadership.
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Thieves target housing job sites
As housing construction in Lee County continues at a torrid pace, appliance thieves are cashing in.
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Champagne tastes, boutique shortage
ST. PETERSBURG - They are affluent, savvy shoppers who expect attentive customer service. They have the means and the inclination to invest $1,000 or more on a suit, $1-million or more on a home.
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 05 October 2005
Barfield Manufacturing moving to Manchester
Barfield Manufacturing Co. is moving its aluminum utility pole parts business and 42 jobs from Woodbury to a bigger building in Manchester, making room for another company to expand its Woodbury operation.
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Flames engulf Zeta Psi house
A skeleton of charred wood and brick stands on East Roanoke Street where the Zeta Psi house once stood. The building, once home to five members of the all-male social fraternity, burned to ash early Monday morning.
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Health guide
St. Vincent Healthcare Wednesday Health Series. "Losing Your Grip: Common Arthritis Problems in the Hand and Wrist." Mansfield Health Education Center. 7 p.m. Presented by Dr. Ralph Costanzo of Montana Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, PC.
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State Briefs
HELENA (AP) The state auditor's office is taking action against a New Jersey-based broker-dealer firm that allegedly bilked a Bozeman couple out of nearly $1 million by fraudulently trading the couples' investment accounts in order to generate commissions.
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Barfield Manufacturing Co. is moving its aluminum utility pole parts business and 42 jobs from Woodbury to a bigger building in Manchester, making room for another company to expand its Woodbury operation.
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Flames engulf Zeta Psi house
A skeleton of charred wood and brick stands on East Roanoke Street where the Zeta Psi house once stood. The building, once home to five members of the all-male social fraternity, burned to ash early Monday morning.
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Health guide
St. Vincent Healthcare Wednesday Health Series. "Losing Your Grip: Common Arthritis Problems in the Hand and Wrist." Mansfield Health Education Center. 7 p.m. Presented by Dr. Ralph Costanzo of Montana Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, PC.
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State Briefs
HELENA (AP) The state auditor's office is taking action against a New Jersey-based broker-dealer firm that allegedly bilked a Bozeman couple out of nearly $1 million by fraudulently trading the couples' investment accounts in order to generate commissions.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Building Insurance - News: 04 October 2005
Pinnacle grabs Cavalry in $175.5 million deal
Merger will give Pinnacle more than $1.6 billion in assets and make it the second-largest bank with headquarters in Tennessee.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Good afternoon everyone. I think you can hear me in the back of the room. Please at anytime during the program if you cant hear, raise your hand back there because we want to make sure everyone can hear.
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Stocks mixed after industrial report
Construction workers do rebar work at a construction site in downtown Portland, Ore., on Monday. The Commerce Department says construction spending rose four-tenths of one percent in August to a new record and was the biggest increase in four months.
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Mystery illness in Canada kills six nursing home residents
TORONTO - An unknown respiratory illness has struck an Ontario nursing home, killing six patients and infecting 79 residents, employees and visitors.
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Merger will give Pinnacle more than $1.6 billion in assets and make it the second-largest bank with headquarters in Tennessee.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Good afternoon everyone. I think you can hear me in the back of the room. Please at anytime during the program if you cant hear, raise your hand back there because we want to make sure everyone can hear.
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Stocks mixed after industrial report
Construction workers do rebar work at a construction site in downtown Portland, Ore., on Monday. The Commerce Department says construction spending rose four-tenths of one percent in August to a new record and was the biggest increase in four months.
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Mystery illness in Canada kills six nursing home residents
TORONTO - An unknown respiratory illness has struck an Ontario nursing home, killing six patients and infecting 79 residents, employees and visitors.
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