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Bricks Thrown Onto I-5 From Overpass
State Police are trying to find whoever threw bricks or other items off the Olive Way and Denny Way overpasses onto I-5 Thursday night.
Police say they got as many as a dozen phone calls from drivers reporting some kind of damage to their cars from...Tags: Metal and Mineral
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Destination retailers feel gas price pinch
Associated Press WriterConsumer spending is down and gas prices are up. That's bad math for the scores of destination retailers across the country that want customers to fill up the tank for a gas-guzzling day of retail therapy. So to cajole shoppers into stores, some of...Tags: Mattel Inc., John Wallace, Sales, Metal and Mineral, Advertising
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Going green a growing trend among homeowners
Associated Press WriterThe bathroom tiles are recycled wine bottles. The hardwood floors are sustainable bamboo. And the sprawling garden gets sprinkled with rainwater collected in 300-gallon barrels. From its recycled plastic deck to its solar-paneled roof, everything in and...Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Energy Saving, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Park Forest, Santa Monica
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Arc group home starts from scratch
Special to The SunThe startling crunching and cracking sounds that reverberated through a neighborhood near Oakland Mills High School a couple of hours after daybreak yesterday gave way in the afternoon to duller thumps and thuds that are expected to continue today....Tags: Energy Saving, Metal and Mineral
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First time is divine
Special to The SunNancy Short considers herself a blessed person and calls her little brick Cape Cod in Catonsville - the first house she has ever owned - a divine gift. "The house was on the market for $365,000, the only one I looked at," the 44-year-old physical...Tags: House and Home, Land Price, Furniture, Metal and Mineral, Homes
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Currie got over $200,000
Sun reportersState Sen. Ulysses Currie, whose work for Shoppers Food Warehouse is being investigated by the FBI's public corruption squad, was paid more than $200,000 by the regional grocery chain over five years, according to documents unsealed yesterday. Federal...Tags: Employment, Corporate Crime, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Lawyers
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Alumni house opens to the disabled
Sun reporterAdm. Jerome Smith was never able to bring his wife, who uses a wheelchair, to events at the Naval Academy's alumni house. Jill Smith couldn't get up the stairs at the historic mansion, known as Ogle Hall. Even if she could, her chair wouldn't fit...Tags: George Washington, Government, Wedding Services, National Government, Metal and Mineral
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Winter Park firm designs BBQ restaurant
Sentinel Staff WriterA Winter Park architectural firm has designed a new barbecue restaurant called The Garage. Lucia, Kassik & Monday Inc. announced it has completed design documents for the restaurant, which is themed toward hot rod, custom car, race car, and motorcycle...Tags: Vehicles, Winter Park, Energy Saving, Metal and Mineral, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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On Exhibit At MoMA: Not Your Mother's Prefab
Associated PressPrefabricated houses don't have to be ticky-tacky. Contemporary prefab homes now possess all the flair and durability of traditional housing. Computerized designs and innovative materials are behind this architectural revolution, replacing cookie-...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Homes, Energy Saving, House, Architecture
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After Katrina, residents seek higher ground by raising homes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSince Hurricane Katrina, it's been the high life for Robin D'Aunoy and his family. Literally. The D'Aunoys, like many other families in the New Orleans neighborhood of Lakeview, are building homes higher off the ground in hopes of never again losing...Tags: Emergency Planning, Lakeview, Disasters, House, Hurricanes
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