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Woman charged for keying luxury cars
USA Today reported that a San Jose woman is being held on $1million bail after she was arrested for the seventh time for scratching luxury cars including BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lexus models throughout the Silicon Valley. Nancy Chi Ni was found in a mall parking lot on Saturday vandalizing three different vehicles; she was arrested…
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College plans to make facilities more green
On Sept. 20, the College signed a ten-year contract with the Energy Systems Group in order to improve the energy efficiency and performance of 34 campus buildings. Over the next ten years the College will yield net operational savings of $5.6 million.† Savings will be due to a major reduction in the College’s coal, natural…
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Ammonia spill in Orville ruins creek
According to the Daily Record, last Sunday, as Workers performed routine plant maintenance at Smith Dairy Products Co., roughly 200 pounds of ammonia spilled on to the roof of the facility. From there the spill ran into storm sewers which discharged into and contaminated the nearby unnamed creek.†† Over 23 firefighters worked to contain the…
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Florida Pastor to be billed $180,000
Pastor Terry Jones will be expecting a bill from the city of Gainesville, Florida of an estimated $180,000 for security costs surrounding his controversial threat to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to CNN.com.† The police spent over a month working on security plans to ensure the community surrounding…
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Pedestrian bridge collapses in India
A pedestrian bridge under construction in preparation for next month’s Commonwealth Games collapsed in New Delhi on Tuesday, CNN.com reported. Over 24 people were injured, three remain in critical condition.† The bridge was intended to be a pathway from the parking area to the stadium and was due to be completed this week for the…
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Grant awarded for environmental study
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a three-year, $254,000 grant to The College of Wooster to support further development of its new environmental studies program. The grant will provide two years of funding for a full-time faculty position in environmental studies.† It will allow the program to bring visiting scholars to campus each year,…
