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Searchers find 12 bodies from Texas blast as hunt continues; 60 missing - Washington Post
Searchers find 12 bodies from Texas blast as hunt continues; 60 missing
Washington Post
... in at least three years. About 25 homes near the site of the April 17 blast at Adair Grain Inc.'s warehouse have yet to be searched, Sergeant Jason Reyes, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said during a media briefing today ...
Surviving a Home Inspection - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Surviving a Home Inspection
Wall Street Journal
Although I have written about residential real estate for years—and have done everything in my power to keep our home well-maintained—nothing buckles my knees as much as a home inspection. Inevitable after your house goes under contract, as ours did ...
Five ways sellers can prepare for a home inspectionLubbockOnline.com
Inspection offers peace of mindLondon Free Press
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CAHPI(BC): BC Home Inspectors Elect New Board of Directors - Marketwire - Marketwire (press release)
CAHPI(BC): BC Home Inspectors Elect New Board of Directors - Marketwire
Marketwire (press release)
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 19, 2013) - At its Annual General Meeting in Victoria on April 13, 2013, the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors (BC) - CAHPI(BC) - elected its 2013-2014 Board of Directors and President.
Texas explosion: residents of West shocked by devastation - The Guardian
The Guardian
Texas explosion: residents of West shocked by devastation
The Guardian
Rescue workers were on Thursday night picking through the devastation caused by an explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant that destroyed scores of homes and killed 14 people. .... An inspector also found the plant's ammonia tanks were not properly labeled.
Search continues in rubble of Texas fertilizer plant blast - Springfield News-Leader
Search continues in rubble of Texas fertilizer plant blast
Springfield News-Leader
WEST, TEXAS — Emergency teams went house to house through mounds of debris Thursday searching for bodies and possible survivors of the earthquakelike blast at a fertilizer company Wednesday night, which sent a ball of fire and burning embers into ...
Fertilizer plant had record of government fines - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fertilizer plant had record of government fines
Fort Worth Star Telegram
"They were supposed to come up and get reauthorized, said Zac Covar, executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "They failed to do so." ... He arrived home about 4 Thursday morning. He said he was with his father ... The ...
Fertilizer plant had history of complaints - Houston Chronicle
Fertilizer plant had history of complaints
Houston Chronicle
For years before an explosion destroyed the West Fertilizer Co. plant in the Central Texas town of West, neighbors had repeatedly called state authorities with complaints about leaks, the odor of ammonia and concerns about a nearby middle school and ...
Rescuers still searching for survivors after Texas fertilizer plant explosion - Pasadena Star-News
Rescuers still searching for survivors after Texas fertilizer plant explosion
Pasadena Star-News
Searchers from across Texas combed through chunks of wood and brick Thursday that once had comprised homes in the small community of West. They were ... An inspector also found that the plant's ammonia tanks weren't properly labeled. In what's left of ...
Desperate search for missing - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Desperate search for missing
Sydney Morning Herald
One person has been confirmed dead and another 35 people are still missing after an explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant that injured 160, flattened houses and devastated the centre of the town of West. ... The inspector said the company planned to ...
Texas explosion liveblog: up to 15 dead after fertiliser plant blast - The Guardian
Texas explosion liveblog: up to 15 dead after fertiliser plant blast
The Guardian
Westfest, a Czech festival, is held each Labor Day weekend; the town claims to be the "Czech heritage capital of Texas" and even, referring to a kind of pastry, "home of the official Kolache of the Texas legislature". The town's affectionate nickname ...
Don't rely on home inspectors for A/C report if buying in winter - KPHO Phoenix
Don't rely on home inspectors for A/C report if buying in winter
KPHO Phoenix
A Mesa man is angry with both his home warranty company and the home inspector he hired before buying the home over a denied repair claim. If a problem shows up on the home inspection report for any home system and you later make a claim related to ...
Debris, structural damage slow search for victims of West plant explosion - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
Debris, structural damage slow search for victims of West plant explosion
Dallas Morning News
But later, inspectors from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to determine whether it was safe for rescuers to be on the site. Muska said the Texas Forest Service, which helped coordinate ...
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion - The Nation. (blog)
The Nation. (blog)
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The Nation. (blog)
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion | The Nation. Tweet ... The blast, caught on video from afar, destroyed nearby homes, businesses and a nursing home for seniors. There are still lingering questions about how this ...
Atlas Has Shrugged: West, Texas - Huffington Post
Atlas Has Shrugged: West, Texas
Huffington Post
That's not government meddling; that's common sense. Elected leadership does not hesitate to spend your tax dollars on fear driven industries like the TSA or defense contractors, but a few inspectors or laws to keep a nursing home away from an ammonium ...
Home inspection company expands throughout US - Bradenton Herald
Home inspection company expands throughout US
Bradenton Herald
When Bill Redfern was a real estate broker in Canada, he often ran into delays and problems with home inspections, which put a damper on sales. So he started thinking about launching a home inspection company, and eventually opened the first franchise ...
Nation&World briefs - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Nation&World briefs
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
KAUFMAN, Texas -- In a surprising twist, the wife of a jailed former justice of the peace was charged Wednesday with capital murder after authorities said she confessed to helping her husband kill two North Texas prosecutors who aggressively secured a ...
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Docs: Bridge bolt problems noted years ago - WVNS-TV
Docs: Bridge bolt problems noted years ago
WVNS-TV
American Red Cross crews from across Texas are being sent to the site of an explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco where multiple injuries have been reported. Red Cross ... 59 News was contacted by a mother whose house burnt down in March. She lost ...
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The road less traveled leads to victory lane for Nixa's Bellm - Springfield News-Leader
The road less traveled leads to victory lane for Nixa's Bellm
Springfield News-Leader
Haase was a longtime technical inspector at Springfield Raceway who died just before the 2008 season opener. Bellm, a senior at Missouri State University, hopes to put on a good show for the home fans. “The closest ... Bellm returns home after scoring ...
Way We Were - The Hour
Way We Were
The Hour
City Housing Authority Commissioner Jeanne Buschbaum says she has changed her mind about her former support of an expanded Colonial Village and has come to see the concerns of residents and neighbors of the project on Scribner Avenue. "I voted for ...
Penske drivers punished for Texas missteps - Jefferson City News Tribune
Philly.com
Penske drivers punished for Texas missteps
Jefferson City News Tribune
NASCAR inspectors confiscated the original rear-end housing with suspension parts from Keselowski's No. 2 Ford and Logano's No. 22 before Saturday night's race, causing a pre-race scramble for both teams. Logano was late to the starting grid because of ...
Huge penalties for NASCAR's Logano, KeselowskiThe Virginian-Pilot
Auto racing: NASCAR issues suspensions for PenskeColumbus Dispatch
Keselowski, Larson drawing attentionFOXSports.com
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