"September 11th Advocates" are "the Jersey Girls", the victim's family members whose lobbying efforts are the reason there was even the 9/11 Commission 441 days after the attacks. 70% of the Family Steering...
opinion by Erik Larson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 148 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
Two people were been taken to a Denver hospital this morning after a structure fire at the Denver Housing Authority Building located 1955 Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver. A resident and firefighter were...
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A tremor from an Iranian earthquake could be felt in Dubai today, however it was still small enough that not everyone in the country felt it."UAE authorities are now said to be contacting the US Geological Survey...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 321 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Soon they'll be watching us on the streets of Chicago:"CHICAGO (AP) — A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park. Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new video surveillance system that...
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"Rem Koolhaas has some photographs to show me. Not glossy shots of some earth-shattering new building he has created but small snaps of street life in the age-old courtyards of Beijing. Known as "hutongs", these are tight webs of hotchpotch homes and alleys gathered around...
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It's not even finished yet, but the company constructing a massive skyscraper in Dubai say it's already become the tallest in the world (surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101, at 1,667 feet). When finished, the Burj...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2425 views | 11 recommendations | 2 comments
Fire at a downtown high-rise in Houston, Tx. Developing story: "Houston firefighters responded to the blaze at the 12-floor Binz building at 1001 Texas St. shortly after 9:20 a.m.Click here to find out more!The first units to respond found smoke inside the building, ordered...
Here's the scenario: you're a Washington state bureaucrat, and you want to warn folks that an important bridge needs upgrading to prevent an earthquake catastrophe.The Traditional Approach: make a boring...
Another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences -- good intentions one awry"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old...
created by nukegingrich | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1244 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The ''table'' -- basically, a platform later encased in concrete to construct each floor -- was being assembled next to a line of palm trees across from a high-rise under construction at 364 SE First Ave.
The table ''for some unknown reason'' collapsed just after 8 a.m.,...
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“Want to own a house in Bomaby but can't afford one? Never mind. Make an illegal hut and just hope the government will rehabilitate you”
Buying a house is a dream everyone has and for a lot of people it...
created by Picturejockey | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 364 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
We have been following this story since it broke a few hours ago. We continue to have footage coming in from Manhattan. No doubt this will be a story you will see on the evening news, nightly news, and...
created by clorenz1 | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 789 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"It sounds like a vignette from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Only this time the birds lose. Every night during the spring and fall migration season scores of birds fly into Toronto, but, blinded by city lights,...
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