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Dispute in Hamptons Set Off by Effort to Hold Back Ocean - New York Times
New York Times
Dispute in Hamptons Set Off by Effort to Hold Back Ocean
New York Times
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Soon after Hurricane Sandy hit last fall, Joshua Harris, a billionaire hedge fund founder and an owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, began to fear that his $25 million home on the water here might fall victim to the next major storm ...
NASCAR punishes Penske drivers for Texas missteps - The Associated Press
NASCAR punishes Penske drivers for Texas missteps
The Associated Press
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 ...
Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations - Victoria Advocate
Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations
Victoria Advocate
While determining whether roots specifically cause plumbing or foundation problems is typically beyond the scope of a Texas home inspection, these tips should be useful for homeowners and homebuyers. To avoid damage to roofs, siding and other exterior ...
Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations - Victoria Advocate
Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations
Victoria Advocate
While determining whether roots specifically cause plumbing or foundation problems is typically beyond the scope of a Texas home inspection, these tips should be useful for homeowners and homebuyers. To avoid damage to roofs, siding and other exterior ...
Local man among those arrested for mortgage fraud - Star Community Newspapers
Local man among those arrested for mortgage fraud
Star Community Newspapers
Six North Texans, including one from Denton County, have been indicted and arrested in connection with a mortgage fraud conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales on Wednesday. A five-count indictment was ...
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Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations - Victoria Advocate
Home Inspections: Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations
Victoria Advocate
While determining whether roots specifically cause plumbing or foundation problems is typically beyond the scope of a Texas home inspection, these tips should be useful for homeowners and homebuyers. To avoid damage to roofs, siding and other exterior ...
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'The Hell Of American Day Care': Expensive And 'Mediocre' - NPR
NPR
'The Hell Of American Day Care': Expensive And 'Mediocre'
NPR
On the variations in states' regulations for home day care centers. "You will have regulations ... and more people to enforce them." On the revealing conversation he had with inspectors and officials from the Texas Department of Family and Protective ...
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BNSF Railway Salutes 2012 Employees of the Year - Business Wire (press release)
BNSF Railway Salutes 2012 Employees of the Year
Business Wire (press release)
FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway honored the accomplishments of employees from across its network at an awards ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas, last night. The event recognized BNSF's Safety Employees of the Year, Achievement ...
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Catholic Worker House targeted by city, neighbors - San Antonio Express
Catholic Worker House targeted by city, neighbors
San Antonio Express
Catholic Worker House shut down its food services Friday evening and is currently in a state of limbo. When city health inspectors visited CWH's Nolan Street headquarters Tuesday, they were unable to make an inspection because the building was closed.
Anti-West Nile bill gaining steam in Texas Legislature, Dallas commissioners told - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
Anti-West Nile bill gaining steam in Texas Legislature, Dallas commissioners told
Dallas Morning News
The bill would allow public officials such as health or code inspectors to enter certain residential properties so they can treat stagnant water where mosquitoes breed. West Nile killed 36 people in a four-county ... The bill was assigned to the Texas ...
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A powerful earthquake has struck near Papua New Guinea. - Castanet.net
Castanet.net
A powerful earthquake has struck near Papua New Guinea.
Castanet.net
On Tuesday morning, a candle burned on the stoop of the family's single-family home in the city's Dorchester section, and "peace" was written in chalk on the front walkway. .... It also was the second deadly quake to hit Iran in less than a week after ...
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Tough former NY cop helped transform Pasco government - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.com
Tough former NY cop helped transform Pasco government
Tampabay.com
Jones, who once advised the highest-ranking leaders at the New York Police Department and guided the creation of code enforcement and professional emergency services in Pasco, died on April 2 at a hospital near his home in Allen, Texas. He was 83. The ...
Ask the Experts: What Should Home Sellers Do to Prepare for a Home Inspection? - RisMedia.com (press release)
Ask the Experts: What Should Home Sellers Do to Prepare for a Home Inspection?
RisMedia.com (press release)
Sellers who don't take the time to ensure a smooth home inspection and who pay for it in the long run. The spring market is upon us. A little preparation can ensure sellers have great home inspections. Home inspectors typically arrive 30-45 minutes ...
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Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed - KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview ... - KLTV
Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed - KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview ...
KLTV
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials - for the second time in less than a week ...
Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed - KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus ... - KIII TV3
Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed - KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus ...
KIII TV3
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials - for the second time in less than a week ...
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CUP: Keselowski, Others Drawing Attention - Fox News
CUP: Keselowski, Others Drawing Attention
Fox News
While the Brad Keselowski and the 2012 Sprint Cup championship team will be visiting the White House on Tuesday, the sanctioning body's Research and Development Center will be busy dissecting the rear-end housings from Penske Racing's two Texas cars ...
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Senate Approves Bill That Targets Medicaid Fraud - Kamr.com - MyHighPlains
Senate Approves Bill That Targets Medicaid Fraud - Kamr.com
MyHighPlains
The bill now moves to the House. The Senate also approved two amendments to the legislation, one filed by Nelson that clarifies restrictions on transportation services and another filed by Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, that would clarify who has ...
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Why has American child care failed? A conversation with Jonathan Cohn. - Washington Post (blog)
Why has American child care failed? A conversation with Jonathan Cohn.
Washington Post (blog)
Relative to other states, according to Childcare Aware, Texas was actually fourth best when it came to regulating centers. But its regulation of home day cares was sixth worse. I should add that the inspectors I met seemed to be making the very best of ...
Top 16: Watch Your Taxes, USS Arlington, Swanky Sushi, Infant's Body, Police ... - Patch.com
Top 16: Watch Your Taxes, USS Arlington, Swanky Sushi, Infant's Body, Police ...
Patch.com
A "strategic planner, a systems thinker, a stellar manager, and a highly effective communicator" is how the Fairfax County School Board described Karen Garza, the Texas superintendent leaders announced as their preferred candidate for superintendent ...
Small Business Spotlight: Cedar Hill Home Inspections - Patch.com
Small Business Spotlight: Cedar Hill Home Inspections
Patch.com
Cedar Hill Home Inspection was established in January of 2004. We are a family owned business, based in West Simsbury, CT. Our business was started after I took an early retirement from AT&T, where I finished my 25+ year telecommunications career.
