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Friday | Fire Engineering

Central County Fire Department seeks independence

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.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Hillsborough, CA, Fire, Millbrae, CA, San Bruno, CA, San Mateo, CA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Clover Herald

The dog ate my Wikipedia citations

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.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Books, Harry Potter, Publishing, Media

AXcessNews.com

McClatchy ratings cut on newspaper's ability to pay down debt

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.

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Related Topix: McClatchy, Publishing, Media

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Sacramento Business Journal

McClatchy land sale delayed again

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.

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Related Topix: McClatchy, Publishing, Media, Sacramento, CA

Fire Engineering

Supreme Court ruling won't change hiring in Danbury

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Danbury, CT, Publishing, Media, US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Small Times

Paper: "Mixed results" from U-Minn. nanotech licenses

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

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, Publishing, Media, Minnesota, University of Minnesota

Fire Engineering

Firefighters train for bombings

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.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Terrorism, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Fire

Sun Jun 28, 2009

SFGate

Radio waves: Remembering KCBS as it turns 100

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

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose, CA, Publishing, Media, Inventions, Science / Technology

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Fire Engineering

City firefighter accused of theft at his station

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.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Pittsburgh, PA, Fire

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Fire Engineering

Authorities' advice: Don't get fired up: County sheriff, Yakima...

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.

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Related Topix: Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro, Publishing, Media, Washington, Yakima County, WA, Explosion

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Fire Engineering

Original Metrorail cars have history of collapsing

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.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Publishing, Media, Washington, DC

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Fire Engineering

Burglar hits busy fire station in Northeast

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.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, El Paso, TX, Fire

Fire Engineering

Fire truck flips en route to burning bed

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.

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Related Topix: Fire, Publishing, Media, Thomasville, GA, Thomas County, GA, Pavo, GA

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Small Times

Paper: MIT applying nanotech to medical products

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

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, Publishing, Media, Cambridge, MA, Boston, MA, Charles River Associates, Consulting

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Fire Engineering

Fire truck wanted in Manassas

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

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Related Topix: Manassas, VA, Publishing, Media, Prince William County, VA

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Fire Engineering

Farmington firefighter resigns after DWI arrest

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.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Fire, Bloomfield, NM, San Juan County, NM

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Fire Engineering

Emergency crews train for potential agricultural accidents

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Publishing, Media, Iredell County, NC

The Missourian

Columbia residents, leaders differ on idea of curfew for teens

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.

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Related Topix: Columbia, MO, Columbia Metro, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Family, Kids, Publishing, Media

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Fire Engineering

A third arson in 12 days heightens the fears of Sheraden residents

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.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Publishing, Media, Fire

Fire Engineering

Responders express sorrow over EMT's death

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.

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Related Topix: Bennington, VT, Publishing, Media, Pittsford, VT

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