Tab for public works managers’ Boston trip: More than $6,500 Trading in asphalt and manhole covers for chowda’ and the Big Dig, almost the entire upper management of the town’s largest department went to Boston this week for a public works conference on the taxpayers’ dime. Read more on Greenwich Time MEXIDATA . INFO Are [...]

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New Release: Pariah: Safehouses Artist: Pariah EP : Safehouses Release Date: October 4 Label: R&S Read more on Pitchfork Thai helicopter crashes in storm with 5 on board BANGKOK (AP): A government helicopter crashed during a rain storm in northern Thailand and all five people aboard, including senior officials from the environment ministry, are believed [...]

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Marketing Maven at SES: Forget Viral, Forget ROI, Forget Fear Community building is the key to successful social media marketing, Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, the former chief marketing officer at Eastman Kodak, told an audience at the SES Conference and Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday. “You want to build hearts and minds, not eyeballs and [...]

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Texas police chase lands on airport runway A police chase through central Dallas, Texas, ended on the runways of Love Field after a man driving a stolen pickup truck crashed through the airport’s gates Thursday afternoon, officials said. Read more on CNN Smoke spurs school evacuation Rich Acres Elementary School’s emergency plans passed a test [...]

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Lucky escape for all but one in Colombia plane crash BOGOTA, Colombia—A Boeing 737 crash-landed Monday on a Colombian resort island during a lightning storm, scattering passengers across the runway as it split in three, but somehow only one passenger died. Read more on Philippine Daily Inquirer Business briefs: Arlington’s L-3 Link wins contract for [...]

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Homeowners balk at easements offer While most have been settled, a few say price is too low. CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/CHRIS FRYER Dwain Maxwell, of Pueblo West, stands next to an easement marker for the Southern Delivery System corridor on the lot next to his home on North Kirkwood Drive on Monday afternoon. Read more on The [...]

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Federal funds to make airport’s flights safer The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is providing $9.2 million for improvement projects that are expected to make flights safer, more efficient and more reliable, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Read more on Clayton News Daily Delhi on high alert for [...]

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