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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 28--HILLSBOROUGH -- Firefighters ignited hay and wood pallets in the rear bedroom of an abandoned Roblar Avenue home.

As we approach the 4th of July weekend, we prepare to celebrate our many precious freedoms - two of those essential ones being freedom of speech and expression.

By Alan Fein New York - Newspaper giant McClatchy Holding Co. had its ratings cut by Standard & Poor's on Tuesday, despite the company's conversion of outstanding debt.

The buyer of 10 acres of land owned by The McClatchy Co. in Florida is delaying the closing date for the $190 million purchase by six more months.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 30--DANBURY -- Monday's widely anticipated and racially charged U.S. Supreme Court ruling won't require Danbury to change its hiring practices.

Monday, June 29, 2009 Paper: "Mixed results" from U-Minn. nanotech licenses Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 29--ALTON -- Two city firefighters recently got in-depth training for situations they hope to never encounter in Alton -- a suicide bomber or other terrorist bombing.

Happy 100th: KCBS has lots to celebrate. The all-news station grabbed the overall No.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 27--A Pittsburgh firefighter was accused Friday of calling in three false alarms to get his peers out of the station so that he could grab whatever money he could find to support his drug habit.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 26--YAKIMA, Wash. -- Authorities are warning Central Washington residents to follow fireworks rules as the summer heat dries out forests and lowland brush.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 24--The same type of crash that killed nine people on a Metro train Monday has happened before.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 23--EL PASO -- One of the busiest fire stations in El Paso was burglarized early Monday, possibly while firefighters were asleep or responding to emergencies, Fire Department officials said.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 23--THOMASVILLE -- Two Thomas County firefighters had to be cut from a tanker that overturned en route to a structure fire early Saturday afternoon.

Monday, June 22, 2009 Paper: MIT applying nanotech to medical products Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 19--Fire officials in Manassas are asking the public to help them get a new fire truck.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 18--FARMINGTON -- Farmington firefighter Thomas Meuir resigned Tuesday in response to his arrest for DWI, Farmington fire officials said.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 18--With a large number of agricultural operations in the area, emergency crews in Iredell County can count on pulling an injured farmer from a silo or out from under a tractor at some point.

While Columbia officials and residents begin to line up for or against the idea of a curfew for teens - raised recently by Mayor Darwin Hindman and Councilwoman Laura Nauser - several neighboring communities have had a teen curfew for years and say they've seen a reduction in youth crime.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 17--Neighbors on a Sheraden street say they are "terrified" by a string of arsons, including a fire that destroyed two homes early Tuesday.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 17--BENNINGTON -- Emergency responders across the Northeast expressed sorrow Tuesday over the tragic death of a local EMT killed Monday afternoon when the ambulance he was driving struck a tree.