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Dale’s Building Services, Keshena, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Feb. 2 to reduce a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $1,000 and a $750 ladders citation to zero. The company was issued the citations Jan. 6 during a residential remodeling ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Glen and Louann Hocking could have avoided a flooded house and a series of lawsuits if they had just grabbed a shovel and dug a trench, said engineer Lawrence Schmit. The Hockings are suing their neighbors and ...

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Minnesota to get $52 million from in federal stimulus money for weatherization Minneapolis (AP) — Federal stimulus money will be funneled to weatherization work on thousands of Minnesota homes. Congressman Jim Oberstar said Tuesday the state Department of Commerce will ...

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John Miller AP Writer Meridian, Idaho — Developer Frank Varriale thought his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now. Instead, about the only things standing on his land ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Federal rules designed to prevent another mortgage and banking collapse are stifling the residential market’s attempts to recover from the recession, according to Wisconsin banker and real estate groups. The Home Valuation Code of Conduct rules, which ...

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Arthur H. Rotstein Tucson, AZ — Long dependent on well water and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to bolster its ...

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Shanghai (AP) — A nearly finished 13-story apartment building in Shanghai toppled over because piles of dirt were excavated to build an underground parking garage, according to initial investigation results, experts said Friday. “When we arrived on the scene, we ...

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Norby Construction Inc., Wisconsin Dells, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Feb. 4 to reduce a $600 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation to $200. The company was issued the citation on Jan. 22 during a carpentry job in Middleton. SGO Roofing and ...

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Katie Nelson AP Writer Hartford, CT — A federal judge has struck down a Connecticut law that requires people calling themselves interior designers to get licenses or face fines and possible prison time. Tuesday’s ruling came after the Institute for ...

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Harry S. Weber AP Business Writer Atlanta (AP) — Federal prosecutors in North Carolina filed criminal fraud conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA on Wednesday, but they agreed to dismiss the case if the company complies with an agreement accepting ...

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