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Tips for finding your contractor
After the hurricane, the real work begins — if there is damage to your property. Assess the damage and write a list to give to your insurance company. Before you hire a contractor: • Find out what your property insurance will cover. At...
Tags: Land Price, Services and Shopping, General Contracting
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Death toll rises to 2 in Oklahoma tornadoes; more storms expected
The death toll from the most recent outbreak of tornadoes in the Midwest climbed to two on Monday morning as parts of four states braced for the possibility of more storms by nightfall. An official at the Oklahoma state medical examiner’s office...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Mary Fallin
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Twisters batter Oklahoma, killing 1, injuring 21, wrecking homes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A series of tornadoes raked a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, destroying homes and a trailer park in Oklahoma, killing one person and injuring at least 21 others, officials said. As night fell, rescuers with flashlights picked through the rubble...Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Mary Fallin
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Two years later: Road to Recovery in Joplin
areynolds@ky3.comJOPLIN, Mo -- This week will mark two years since the deadly tornado hit the town of Joplin. The twister killed 161 people and damaged thousands of homes and business. Two years later and Joplin is still on the road to recovery. A new hospital, schools,...Tags: FEMA, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011), Cunningham Park
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Red Line construction project gets started
Tribune reporterHours into a Red Line construction project that promises to snarl commutes for months, the southbound train steered away from the Dan Ryan Expressway on Sunday morning and instead traveled down the Green Line tracks. As the operator reminded riders...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Sex offenders seek safe haven at mobile home park
LEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked. The slaying was out of character for this community of 80 mobile homes, spread out behind a liquor store and used merchandise shop in...Tags: Sexual Assault, Lynn University, Pinellas County (Florida), Prisons, Punishment
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Sheriff's Office opens Salton City substation
Digital Media News EditorSALTON CITY — Though deputies have started making their new home here for the last year, the ribbon was cut on the new Imperial County Sheriff’s Office substation Friday morning. The new facility, located at 2101 South Marina Drive, Suite 1... -
Hiring subcontractors takes time, know-how
Carpenters used to handle almost every phase of home construction and renovation. That changed with the post-WWII building boom and housing mass production. Since then, building trades have become increasingly specialized. There may be a general...
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New-home trends that can work for your remodel
Builders are back in business, and new-home construction is up in areas across the country. So is remodeling, as plenty of Americans choose to stay put and upgrade their current homes rather than tackle the challenge of buying and moving into something...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Renovation
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Decoration is everything when it comes to French porcelain
What sells at antique shops and shows is determined by customers who might like traditional, modern, eclectic, country, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, Victorian, Western or many other styles. Preferences are influenced by age, location and what a collector...Tags: Cherries, Arts, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Building Material
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CPS documents raise questions about closings
Making the case to close Ericson Academy on the West Side, Chicago Public Schools officials stressed that it would cost $9.6 million to fix the 51-year-old building. What they didn't point out in materials provided to parents was that they planned to...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Energy Saving, Chicago Teachers Union, Students, Environmental Issues
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Costa Mesans weigh in on General Plan
From urging better zoning enforcement to improving housing options for the homeless, those who attended a Wednesday night workshop on updating Costa Mesa's General Plan gave a wide variety of input. The workshop, in the Emergency Operations Center...
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