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Fire heavily damages Mount Clemens-area apartment
No injuries are reported but dozens of people have been left homeless by a fire that engulfed a three-story apartment complex near Mount Clemens. Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel says the fire at the Harbor Club Apartments may have been accidentally...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Charity
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4 Detroit firefighters injured when rig rolls over
Michigan State Police are investigating what caused a fire truck to overturn at a Detroit intersection, injuring four firefighters. Radio station WWJ says three of the firefighters were in stable condition Thursday afternoon at Detroit Receiving...Tags: Police Investigations, Heavy Engineering, Freedom of the Press, Police, Radio Industry
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
A Ladysmith man's conviction this week for strangling a woman 32 years ago may seem like the high drama of the CBS television show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." But the idea only made the northern Wisconsin police chief whose department led the...Tags: Punishment, John McCain, Television, Basketball, Police
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Teacher calls column "misleading"
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe issue of public teacher pay is flaring up all over. Many Broward teachers showed up for the first day of school wearing black to protest the lack of a new contract, which I wrote about in today???s paper. And......Tags: Constitutional Issues, State Budgets, Civil and Public Service, Unions, Personal Income
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Police: Pulaski fire chief's death was accident
Police say a firefighter who backed a pickup truck into the Pulaski Fire Station, killing the chief, was wearing boots large enough to cover both the gas and brake pedals. Pulaski Tri-County Fire Chief Frank Wichlacz (WICK'-lash) died last month of...Tags: Police
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Illinois town fights long odds to save prison, jobs
Associated Press WriterWhen folks here heard the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old prison, sucking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized in a way that only small towns can. They held rallies. There was a parade and a big photo shoot. Streets were lined with...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Martin Luther King Jr., Laws, State Budgets, Employees
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Firefighting Chopper Lost Power Before Crash
Associated PressREDDING -- An initial investigation into a deadly helicopter crash that killed nine people in Northern California earlier this month has found that the chopper's main rotor lost power during takeoff. A preliminary crash report released by the National...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Forestry and Timber
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Judge to review satanic bible in child slaying case
A judge will review a satanic bible and an affidavit from a satanic high priest as he determines whether prosecutors can refer to satanism in the trial of a Sioux City man accused of killing his two stepdaughters. Lawrence Harris Sr., 26, is charged...Tags: Assault, Religious Texts, Cults and Sects, Crimes, Murder
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Report on fatal Deutsche Bank fire cites a cut water pipe
anthony.destefano@newsday.comCity fire commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said that if firefighters had known of the dangerous and difficult conditions in the Deutsche Bank building -- including a cut water line -- before they entered it to fight the fire that killed two members of...Tags: Fire Department of New York, Manhattan (New York City), Deutsche Bank AG
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FDNY official: Report says some maydays not heard in deadly Deutsche Bank blaze
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said. A Fire Department of New York report on its response...Tags: Explosions, Fire Department of New York, Manhattan (New York City), Emergency Incidents, Deutsche Bank AG
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Syracuse boy pulled from burning home dies
A 12-year-old boy has died after he was removed from his burning home by Syracuse firefighters who also pulled his mother from the house. Fire officials say Tony Nguyen (win) died Wednesday afternoon, nearly 12 hours after the blaze was reported... -
Safety Fair For Older Adults
The South Windsor Triad (law enforcement, seniors and the community) will host a safety fair for adults 50 and older on Sept. 18. Booths representing local services such as ambulance, fire, human and police services and private business representatives...
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