Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Scientists develop new type of memory circuitReuters - 6 hours agoWilliams likens the property to water flowing through a garden hose. In a regular circuit, the water flows from more than one direction. …
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Hot burner on stove to blame for duplex fire - Journal-News
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008HAMILTON — A burner on a stove that was left on is to blame for a house fire that caused about $40,000 in damages, according to officials. Firefighters responded at around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, to a report of flames licking out of windows …
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Ruston investigating fatal house fire - The Shreveport Times
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Ruston authorities suspect no foul play in a house fire in which a woman and her child died early Monday morning. Stephanie Myree, 25, and her 1-year-old son Stephan Myree were killed in the blaze that was reported about 1:17 a.m. Monday at a wood …
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Majority of Tucson customers lose water bill appeals - Arizona Daily Star
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Retiree Harold Bott is resting a little easier since learning the outcome of his water-bill-appeal hearing that happened at the beginning of this month. But three other Tucsonans who had their appeals on the same day and in front of the same judge as …
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Fatal fire still under investigation in Ruston - News-Star
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Ruston fire investigators do not suspect foul play in a fatal house fire that left a mother and child dead. Stephanie Myree, 25, and her 1-year-old son Stephan Myree were killed in the blaze. Ruston firefighters responded to the house fire around 1 …
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Labrador retriever saves couple from fire in Waynesboro - WSLS
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008WAYNESBORO—The yelps of a black Labrador retriever last week helped save a family from a fire ripping through its Waynesboro home. “He’s a real hero,” Linus Cash, 43, said of his 1-year-old dog, Guinness, after flames badly damaged the family …
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Former Panhandle Caregiver Arrested, Charged With Abusing Disabled … - WJHG-TV
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Former Panhandle Caregiver Arrested, Charged With Abusing Disabled …WJHG-TV, FL - 14 hours agoCarl Maycock allegedly stripped a resident of the facility of his clothes outside and sprayed him with a garden hose to clean him off. …
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Morning preview: Seattle’s housing prices Reader comments: Clinton … - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Morning preview: Seattle’s housing prices Reader comments: Clinton …Seattle Post Intelligencer - 31 minutes agoIf the housing industry is a pipeline business, then the amount of new loans is about the size of a garden hose. What will it take for banks — and then …
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Tompkins lifts state of emergency - Ithaca Journal
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Tompkins lifts state of emergencyIthaca Journal, NY - 2 hours agoAlways have a garden hose, shovel, water bucket or other means of extinguishment on hand. * Never leave a fire unattended. Even a small breeze could quickly …
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Odds against appealers of water bills - Arizona Daily Star
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008• Customer: Harold Bott. • The situation: Bott is a snowbird who pays his water bill through automatic drafts from his bank account. When he’s not in Tucson, his bill averages $20 a month. His December bill was $1,187. At the hearing, Bott noted …
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