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Greater use of bamboo as an alternative to wood can help preserve tropical forests and curtail the rapid decline of forest areas. And now that consumers are becoming environmentally conscious, they are demanding “green design” and taking an interest...
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Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year’s World Swimming Championships from Rome along with the 2010 and 2011 national...
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Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting at a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.
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Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation’s largest bookseller, is reporting a 15 percent decline in second-quarter profit and is reducing its full-year sales outlook...
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State police are trying to reach a peaceful end to a standoff at a motel in western Maryland with a suspect wanted in four states.
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IAC/InteractiveCorp, which finished its division into five publicly traded companies Thursday, also enacted a one-for-two reverse stock split.
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Kohl’s Corp. announced Thursday that Chairman Larry Montgomery has resigned as chief executive and will be replaced in that role by the retailer’s...
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The reputed underboss of the New England mafia, awaiting trial on bribery charges, is asking a federal judge to release him from home confinement for two hours a day so...
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Stock futures are still trading lower, even after the Labor Department reported a larger-than-expected drop in unemployment benefit claims.
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The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a...
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The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a...
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Burger King Holdings says its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved sales and marketing. The results are above Wall Street...
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H.J. Heinz says its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 11 percent, fueled by double-digit sales growth in North America and Europe.
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Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar is pitching Nationwide Insurance. He’s in a new ad that’s part of the company’s...
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Most states don’t recognize gay marriage _ but now Hallmark does.
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Wall Street appeared headed for a lower open Thursday amid growing anxiety over the financial sector, particularly the embattled investment bank Lehman Brothers...
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The Lake County sheriff is behind bars _ voluntarily.
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Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks.
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The Lake County sheriff is behind bars _ voluntarily.
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Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department...
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal issues will cause Gov. Jennifer Granholm to miss some of the Democratic National Convention.
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A five-story building in a crowded residential neighborhood of India’s main financial city collapsed Wednesday after monsoon rains, killing at least 20 people.
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At least 20 people were killed and 21 others injured when a portion of a five-story building collapsed after heavy monsoon rains in downtown Mumbai, police said...
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Police say at least 11 people have been killed and 30 others injured when a portion of a five-story building collapsed after heavy monsoon rains in Mumbai.
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Introducing FLARE - a modular, computer-driven system that creates a moving skin for the facade of a building. Created by Christopher Bauder and Christian Perstl, the...
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Usage of LED lights is not a common phenomenon, in spite of the ample amount of benefits. So when an entire office building decides that they will be the first ones to...
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Hundreds of people were evacuated Wednesday from the massive building that will house broadcasters from around the world when the Beijing Olympics open, fearing there...
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Broadcast officials say the massive building housing television facilities for next month’s Beijing Olympics has been evacuated due to an apparent gas leak.John...
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If you want to create a home with the greenest design possible, then without a doubt approach Solarsmith, Sante Fe’s premiere green builders! With an expertise of...
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An Abu Dhabi investment fund has bought a majority stake in New York City’s landmark Chrysler Building.A spokeswoman for Prudential Financial Inc. says the...
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Firefighters say a man and a boy have died in a Manhattan apartment building fire, possibly after jumping from a sixth-floor window.Eight more people were taken to...
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Police say a two-story apartment building has collapsed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing eight people, including a toddler.Police officer Akhtar Rashid...
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China’s state news agency says a four-story building under construction in the central part of the country collapsed and killed eight people.Xinhua News Agency...
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The Ohio folks are taking a new journey by going green and setting up an admirable example of sustainable building for ecological and human health. The whole unit is...
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Amidst all the anticipation for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing to begin, the hosts of the next Olympic games in London are already parading their own grandeur for...
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The elders of this West Bank village hold their meetings under a carob tree, sitting on boulders arranged in a circle. It looks idyllic, but is born of necessity _ the...
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Music can evolve from anything and everything that exists on this planet. You just need to have an ear for it….and maybe also ideas to dole out tunes from things that...
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Building the world’s first full-scale uranium enrichment factory _ a 45-acre monster that was the biggest industrial structure in the world at the time _ took 18...
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A real estate investment group has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 billion in cash for four Manhattan office towers, including the landmark General Motors building on Fifth...
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This magnificent ‘Strata Tower’ is going to adorn the Abu Dhabi skyline by the year 2011. The 40-storeyed residential complex conceived by expert based architects...
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The Empire State Building is illuminated with a variety ofcolors Wednesday night Aug. 13, 2008. The Empire State Building’s manager says it is the first time the iconic building has split the tower’s sides with four separate country’s lights. The...
