City planning shift to third-party inspectors
The elimination of Lancaster City's plumbing, electrical and commercial building inspectors sounds like a good idea, acknowledges city plumber Robert Moser."It all looks good on paper," Moser admits, yet, he believes the cost-cutting move will lead to shoddy work being done by unlicensed plumbers th...

Plumbers Union Pressured To Raise Rates
A local union meets while speculation swirls that their national organization could end up costing Volkswagen millions of dollars and send them looking out...

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BRONX' RESURGENCE
Home to a development deluge and prepped for more, the Bronx is booming. Ongoing: a spate of affordable housing projects, Yankee Stadium, the Croton Water Filtration Plant, The BankNote complex and a borough-wide parks overhaul. On the way...

Long-time Blue Ash councilman dies
Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash City Council for 32 years. Mr. MacNab died Oct. 25 of a heart attack at Bethesda North Hospital. He was 82.

Fulton: Work on 8 new libraries will be done simultaneously
The Fulton County library building program stands to pump $275 million into a local economy sorely in need.

Cruise clubs: You can be captain or crew
If you're like Groucho Marx, who famously said, "I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member," you might try joining a...

Chattanooga: Labor board nears end of VW site wage probe
A National Labor Relations Board official says it is nearing the end of a probe into a labor contract dispute in which contractors claim union groups are trying to drive up wages on the Volkswagen project.

A drain on plumbers: Friday is busiest day of year for their services | By Pamela Dickman Loveland Reporter-Herald
The day after Thanksgiving means leftovers ? turkey, potatoes, gravy, deviled eggs ? to treat the tummy. For plumbers, those treats mean clogged drains and one of the busiest weekends of the year, according to several local plumbers.

Plumbers profit from overstuffed disposals / Thanksgiving Day clogs, cooks' impatience fatten workers' wallets
OGDEN -- Plumbers dream of potato peels, turkey fat, rice and especially pasta for Thanksgiving because those culinary delights make their phones ring the next day.

Salaries in the UAE unlikely to decrease for certain jobs
03 December 2008 While the world is gripped by a gloom and doom scenario and there have been some layoffs in the real estate sector in the UAE, a number of experts still believe that the country remains the employer of choice.

Plumbers root for Thanksgiving clogs
Black Friday has another meaning for plumbers -- it's their busiest of the year after the food-heavy get-togethers stop up disposals and pipes.

The Cowboys are harbingers of doom
I fell asleep last night and had a dream. It wasn't a Martin Luther King Jr. dream, and it wasn't a nightmare. It was somewhere in between.

Jobs Gone
A quarter of Tucson's construction work has evaporated--but some experts say we may be heading for a turnaround

Del Webb to pay $27.2 million in faulty plumbing lawsuit
The developer of the Sun Cities in the Las Vegas Valley has reached a tentative settlement in a class action lawsuit over faulty plumbing.

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The Putnam County Legislature is expecting a full house when it votes tonight on a revised child-safety-zone bill to limit where convicted sex offenders can live and work in the county.

Day After Thanksgiving Busy For Plumbers in Kennewick
Plumbers get a lot of calls for clogged sinks and sewers. Plumbers say you don't want to be putting your chunky left overs down the garbage disposal, because it could get backed up.

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Like most people my age, I get most of my news online. I begin the day by checking The New York Times, The Washington Post , and several local papers and blogs.

Demand For Plumbers Up After Thanksgiving Holiday
The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Apparently homeowners are also in need of assistance.

Building Blocks for Bronx? resurgence
Home to a development deluge and prepped for more, the Bronx is booming.

Black Friday for Plumbers Too
North Texas plumbers say the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is among their busiest.