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Bipartisan Caucus Lays Groundwork For Food Movement - KUHF-FM

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 11:54

KUHF-FM

Bipartisan Caucus Lays Groundwork For Food Movement
KUHF-FM
The bipartisan "farm-to-table" caucus landed a couple of key victories in its first legislative session, laying the groundwork for its effort to help small agricultural businesses crop up across Texas. “Food and ... House Bill 970, the "cottage food ...

Detroit Zoo giraffe? Belle Isle? Detroit's treasure trove could be vulnerable ... - Detroit Free Press

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 11:05

Detroit Zoo giraffe? Belle Isle? Detroit's treasure trove could be vulnerable ...
Detroit Free Press
The going rate at auction for a zebra is roughly $2,500 to $3,500, and a breeding female giraffe can sell for $80,000, said Alex Tradd, general manager of the Y.O. Ranch in Mountain Home, Texas. The ranch offers wildlife tours, adventure camps, exotic ...

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The almanac - UPI.com

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 07:31

The almanac
UPI.com
Also in 2003, U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said in a report that inspectors before the war had been unable to prove or disprove the presence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. In 2004, Ken Jennings won his first game on "Jeopardy!" to start a ...

The Watchdog: Texas charities fight rule change that could cost them millions ... - Dallas Morning News

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 06:37

The Watchdog: Texas charities fight rule change that could cost them millions ...
Dallas Morning News
Meals on Wheels Inc. of Tarrant County says that the $39,000 in donations it collected last year from the federal program paid for 7,177 home-delivered meals it may no longer be able to afford. Second Chance SPCA animal rescue in Plano gets half its ...

Investigators converge on scene of deadly Houston motel fire - KPRC Houston

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 01:07

Investigators converge on scene of deadly Houston motel fire
KPRC Houston
Houston arson investigators, homicide detectives, investigators with the State Fire Marshal's Office, Texas Rangers and agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are working in concert to determine a cause of the five alarm fire that is ...

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Feds clear out of New Boston home in ricin investigation - KSLA-TV

Texas Home Inspector News - Sun, 06/02/2013 - 00:44

New York Daily News

Feds clear out of New Boston home in ricin investigation
KSLA-TV
The FBI and postal inspectors have ended their search for evidence inside an East Texas home in connection with the mailing of ricin-tainted letters to the president and the mayor of New York City. FBI agents had a portion of the street in New Boston's ...
Texas couple blames each other for ricin-laced lettersEverythingLubbock.com
Shreveport-postmarked ricin letters inquiry turns to east TexasShreveport Times

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The IRS, its glory days and its checkered past - Bryan-College Station Eagle

Texas Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 18:17

The IRS, its glory days and its checkered past
Bryan-College Station Eagle
18, 2010 file photo shows vehicle traffic on U.S. Highway 183 in front of a damaged building in Austin, Texas where authorities said a man flew his small plane into the building that housed several employees of the IRS. For a time, the Internal Revenue ...

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Cleburne rebuilds after tornado - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Texas Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 17:58

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Cleburne rebuilds after tornado
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Adjusters and inspectors are busy inspecting damaged homes on Lakeshore Drive. Two weeks after a tornado destroyed and damaged homes near Lake Pat Cleburne, cleanup and rebuilding continues in Cleburne, Texas on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers - KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview ... - KLTV

Texas Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 17:04

2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers - KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview ...
KLTV
So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater. He'd been gone all afternoon and now he and his friend, Jerzy Ortiz, 16, were headed out clubbing on Jerzy's motor scooter. "The only thing I said was, 'Son, it's raining, you shouldn't ...

2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers - The Advocate

Texas Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 16:53

2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers
The Advocate
So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater. He'd been gone all afternoon and now he and his friend, Jerzy Ortiz, 16, were headed out clubbing on Jerzy's motor scooter. "The only thing I said was, 'Son, it's raining, you shouldn't ...

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Summer books - STLtoday.com

Texas Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 15:57

Summer books
STLtoday.com
“The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow) • A middle-aged man returns home and sitting by a pond, remembers a strange encounter from his childhood. ... “The Son” by Philipp Meyer (Ecco) • In 19th-century Texas, Comanches raid a ...

American Society of Home Inspectors Announces New President - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

Google Home Inspector News - Sat, 06/01/2013 - 11:37

American Society of Home Inspectors Announces New President
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Tamny, who owns Professional Property Inspection, a home and commercial property inspection company serving Central Ohio, joined ASHI in 1993 and became the founding president of the North Central Ohio ASHI Chapter. He served as ASHI's national ...

Silence of the Jambs: Home Inspection Horrors - Fox Business

Google Home Inspector News - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 20:10

Silence of the Jambs: Home Inspection Horrors
Fox Business
From a 15-foot boa constrictor holed up in the dark to a house ready to collapse in a stiff breeze to electrical wiring that bursts into flames at the flip of a switch, home inspectors have seen it all. And those horror stories could be yours if you ...

Midday Fix: Home inspection tips for buyers and sellers - WGNtv.com

Google Home Inspector News - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 16:15

Midday Fix: Home inspection tips for buyers and sellers
WGNtv.com
Your home inspector should be looking at all the aspects of your home, from the condition and age of the roof, to drainage systems, the foundation, walls, insulation, grading, electrical systems, plumbing, condition of windows and doors, appliances ...

Buyer regrets not having home inspection - Chicago Daily Herald

Google Home Inspector News - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 08:41

Buyer regrets not having home inspection
Chicago Daily Herald
Q. We bought our house about two years ago, but we did not have a home inspection. Since then, we've found problems that were not disclosed by the sellers or their agent. The worst of these is an addition that was built without a permit. The roof on ...

John W. Wilson, 66 - The Review

Texas Home Inspector News - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 08:14

John W. Wilson, 66
The Review
He retired as an inspector from National Refractories. ... John will be missed by his companion off thirty plus years, Jean Culp; two daughters, Lisa Velasquez of Galveston, Texas, and Holly (Larry) Morris of Glen Rock, Pa.; one sister Janet Dowling of ...
John Wesley WilsonSalemNews.net

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Bipartisan group lays groundwork to help small-town Texas farmers - Pegasus News

Texas Home Inspector News - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 02:54

Bipartisan group lays groundwork to help small-town Texas farmers
Pegasus News
House Bill 970, the "cottage food" bill authored by Rodriguez, the caucus chairman, would expand the list of foods that can be produced in a home kitchen to include roasted nuts, tea and spice mixes, fruit butters, pickles, and other low-risk foods ...

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Bipartisan caucus lays groundwork for food movement - San Antonio Express

Texas Home Inspector News - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 22:43

Bipartisan caucus lays groundwork for food movement
San Antonio Express
The bipartisan “farm-to-table” caucus landed a couple of key victories in its first legislative session, laying the groundwork for its effort to help small agricultural businesses crop up across Texas. “Food and freedom brings people together,” said ...

Texas Blast Reveals the Holes in Chemical Oversight - Bloomberg

Texas Home Inspector News - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 22:29

Texas Blast Reveals the Holes in Chemical Oversight
Bloomberg
None of the regulatory agencies focuses on the specific hazard of fire plus an explosive compound, existing in the midst of schools, a nursing home and scores of residences. Given that at least 2,400 businesses in the U.S. store ammonium nitrate, the ...

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Theater Listings for May 31-June 6 - New York Times

Texas Home Inspector News - Thu, 05/30/2013 - 21:52

New York Times

Theater Listings for May 31-June 6
New York Times
Following past resuscitators like David Mamet (who adapted Priestley's “Dangerous Corner” for the Atlantic Theater in 1995) and Stephen Daldry (who brought “An Inspector Calls” to Broadway in 1994) is 59E59 Theater's Brits Off Broadway festival, which ...

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