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Workplace safety then (1911, NYC) and now (2013, West, Texas) - Philly.com (blog)
Philly.com (blog)
Workplace safety then (1911, NYC) and now (2013, West, Texas)
Philly.com (blog)
A fire burns at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas after an explosion on April 17. (APMichael Ainsworth/The ... As former U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis noted in a Memorial Day speech in 2012 “Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come ...
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NM slaughterhouse ground zero in horse debate - Burleson Star
NM slaughterhouse ground zero in horse debate
Burleson Star
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) About five miles from this southeastern New Mexico town's famed UFO museum, tucked between dairy farms, is a nondescript metal building that could be home to any number of small agricultural businesses. But Valley Meat Co. is no ...
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West students return to classes and a comforting routine - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
West students return to classes and a comforting routine
Dallas Morning News
After days of coping with the aftermath of a fertilizer plant explosion, the community began working toward some normalcy thanks in large part to the help of many Texas districts donating buildings, supplies, maintenance crew, food, technology and ...
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Residents call for clean up of The Lakes Golf Course - Ahwatukee Foothills News
Residents call for clean up of The Lakes Golf Course
Ahwatukee Foothills News
When Ahwatukee Foothills resident Ruth Roberts purchased her home more than six years ago she was excited to look out her back window and have a view of a beautiful green golf course. Today, her view is of browned grass and a pile of dead tree ...
West Fertilizer Plant's Hazards Eluded Regulators For Nearly 30 Years - Huffington Post
National Geographic
West Fertilizer Plant's Hazards Eluded Regulators For Nearly 30 Years
Huffington Post
WEST, Texas -- Long before it captured national headlines as the scene of a lethal industrial explosion, the fertilizer plant on the edge of this central Texas town had been a community fixture, a crucial supply depot for farmers and ranchers who ...
West Fertilizer Co.'s environmental compliance problems go back decadesDallas Morning News
Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plantsTheNewsTribune.com
Owner Of West Fertilizer Plant Says His “Heart Is Broken With Grief” - KBTX.comKBTX
World Socialist Web Site -The Daily Telegraph -Fort Worth Star Telegram
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The Ensign Group Announces Settlement With US Department of Justice - GlobeNewswire (press release)
The Ensign Group Announces Settlement With US Department of Justice
GlobeNewswire (press release)
MISSION VIEJO, Calif., April 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health, hospice care, assisted living and urgent care ...
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The Boston Marathon and a Texas Fertilizer Plant: A Tale of Two Explosions - TakePart
TakePart
The Boston Marathon and a Texas Fertilizer Plant: A Tale of Two Explosions
TakePart
Though coverage of the Texas explosion played distant second fiddle to the Boston manhunt, an excellent investigation by Bloomberg News revealed that the fertilizer plant, despite every day handling many times more ammonium nitrate than was used in the ...
A tale of two citiesWorld Socialist Web Site
After huge explosion, projectiles litter badly damaged West, TexasMcClatchy Washington Bureau
Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plantsTheNewsTribune.com
USA TODAY -CBS Local -Bloomberg
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Two Most Wanted Fugitives Arrested Last Week - KBTX.com - KBTX
Two Most Wanted Fugitives Arrested Last Week - KBTX.com
KBTX
Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the investigation and capture, including the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Office of Inspector General ...
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Flight delays pile up Monday after FAA budget cuts - The Advocate
Flight delays pile up Monday after FAA budget cuts
The Advocate
The FAA has also furloughed other critical employees including airline and airport safety inspectors. The country's airlines and some lawmakers have suggested the White House is causing misery for fliers to put pressure on Republicans in Congress to ...
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Veterans Administration grant allows Air Force vet to remain at his home - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Veterans Administration grant allows Air Force vet to remain at his home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
BLUEFIELD — When the inspector from the Veterans Administration completed his on-site visit and gave his approval on the project that transformed their Shenandoah Avenue home into a handicap accessible residence, Linda Thomas was so pleased that she ...
Cafe Jonny's Lounge, American Legion Post 1636 and 39 Karaoke top list of ... - New York Daily News
New York Daily News
Cafe Jonny's Lounge, American Legion Post 1636 and 39 Karaoke top list of ...
New York Daily News
Residents embraced after taking part in a candle light vigil to honor victims of the memory · The White House says President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas.
Center of West blast located - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Center of West blast located
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Many homes in the blocks closest to the blast appeared to have structural foundation and roofing damage. Investigators said inspectors will determine whether those buildings are habitable. The apartment complex ... Manning a road block at Harrison and ...
Safety Rules Limited for Small Fertilizer Plants - Claims JournalClaimsJournal.com
Fourteen bodies pulled from rubble, 60 still missing in Texas fertiliser plant ...The Daily Telegraph
A regulatory morass in fertilizer storageConcord Monitor
Muncie Voice -Omaha World-Herald -The Tennessean
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The German-Texas connection - Screen International (blog)
Screen International (blog)
The German-Texas connection
Screen International (blog)
The story is about a German corporate headhunter named Clemens (Ulrich Tukur) who travels to Houston to try to poach a top CEO but ends up building a strange friendship with a chatty but lonely American hotel inspector. The director, who splits his ...
Our Views: The worst idea of the session - The Advocate
Our Views: The worst idea of the session
The Advocate
For the moment, the House Ways and Means Committee has declined to hear the repeal bills. We hope that situation ... Some states have no personal income taxes such as Texas and Florida, but they have never had an income tax.” If legislators want to ...
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Residents, crews return to West following blast - FOX 4 News
Residents, crews return to West following blast
FOX 4 News
Crews were also seen inspecting the damaged rail lines that run through the town of West, Texas. An overnight curfew for people who live in the neighborhood near the plant was lifted at sunrise. Inspectors said it was ok for some people to return home ...
Authorities confirm at least 14 killed in Texas explosion - The Sunshine Coast Daily
National Geographic
Authorities confirm at least 14 killed in Texas explosion
The Sunshine Coast Daily
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said search and rescue operations have been largely completed and that all affected buildings in West, Texas, had been cleared with possibly the exception of one burned home. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes said ...
Texas blast a puzzle for industry, risk expertsOmaha World-Herald
West explosion: Safety checks rare at plantsReporterNews.com
Neighbors make their way back to the blast zoneSan Antonio Express
Houston Chronicle -Pittsburgh Post Gazette -Wonkette (satire)
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Penske: Penalties a 'speed bump' - Greensboro News & Record
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Penske: Penalties a 'speed bump'
Greensboro News & Record
NASCAR seized parts from the rear-end housings of both Penske Racing Fords during pre-race inspection at Texas last Saturday. On Wednesday, NASCAR suspended both crew chiefs and five other team members for six races, levied $200,000 in fines and ...
NASCAR Goes Medieval On The Penske TeamsRacinToday.com
Keselowski looking forward to chance to appealKnoe.com
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Scope of threat in West a surprise to feds - Houston Chronicle
Scope of threat in West a surprise to feds
Houston Chronicle
State Chemist Tim Herrman, whose office oversees the 592 Texas fertilizer facilities that have registered with the state, said inspectors "are in those establishments on a frequent basis," but strictly to enforce laws pertaining to packaging, labeling ...
Keselowski learning lessons about being on top - The Edwardsville Intelligencer
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Keselowski learning lessons about being on top
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano had a combined seven crew members get six-race suspensions after inspectors confiscated an unapproved rear-end housing from the Penske Racing cars last weekend at Texas. Both of their crew chiefs were also ...
Penske: Penalties a 'speed bump'Greensboro News & Record
NASCAR Goes Medieval On The Penske TeamsRacinToday.com
Jimmie Johnson says Hendrick teams didn't rat out Brad Keselowski, Penske ...SportingNews.com
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West, Texas and a Failure of City Planning - Patheos - Patheos (blog)
Patheos (blog)
West, Texas and a Failure of City Planning - Patheos
Patheos (blog)
For reasons unknown, the town of West allowed a school and a nursing home, along with a number of private residences, to be situated near a fertilizer plant. I know full well that the people of this little town are shattered over ... Likewise ...