Trash is returned to garbageman
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One day after Bengals receiver Chad Johnson took some playful jabs at Patriots defenders, coach Bill Belichick and safety Rodney Harrison delivered a humorous counter punch.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A homeless man who fell asleep in a commercial trash bin was dumped into the back of a garbage truck Friday and compacted - but escaped serious injury, officials said.
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 31--RALEIGH -- Human waste trickles out of a rusting single-wide trailer in Oak Hill Estates, draining to a rivulet that flows past children's toys before disappearing into head-high weeds.
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By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Mar. 8--In an ideal world, every time a new TV set or computer monitor was purchased, an old, junky one would be recycled -- rather than being dumped from Skyline Parkway or tossed into a rural ditch or even forgotten in a basement.
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By Jon Schubin, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 6--In 12 to 18 months, Harvey County could be burning its trash to create electricity.   The Harvey County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday authorized the creation of a formal agreement between Quality Recycling Inc.
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OSLO, Norway - Arild Tofte and Kaare Heggdal know that recycling pays, but they weren't quite prepared for the jackpot that a scrapped cash machine contained.  It was still full of cash. Enough to buy a house and take a luxury vacation.
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AD DEIRAT, West Bank - As the truck unloads, the children pounce on the trash like flies. Some swing aloft on the hydraulic pistons that open the back, then drop onto the mound to grab a piece of metal, a crushed can, a soda bottle, or a smelly T-shirt.
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Boy George, garbage man. The one-time Culture Club singer will do five days of court-ordered community service as an employee of the Department of Sanitation, a spokesman for the city agency confirmed Tuesday.
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By Wayne Risher risher@desotoappealcom  DeSoto County is adding electronics recycling to a menu of refuse disposal services.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 8--For years, Raleigh's leftovers have been dumped on the northern end of the Dorothea Dix hospital campus.   But the city has turned that trash into treasure.
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By Rita Savard, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 23--CHELMSFORD -- Paying high fees for trash removal prompted residents to raise a stink in the past.
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By Tracy Jordan, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 23--Easton received bids from three garbage haulers Friday that signal a potentially significant increase for residential customers, who already pay close to the top trash collection rates in the region.
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By Don Spatz, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 24--After a three-month battle resolved in court, the question of whether to begin citywide trash hauling finally is on the ballot for voters to decide.
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By Jonathan Bor, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--The vacant lot off North Fulton Avenue in Sandtown-Winchester was like many in the city -- a dumping ground for discarded bricks, concrete, paper and wire. A neighborhood junkyard.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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Householders could be charged for the amount of rubbish they throw away, government confirms.
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Comment Dirty, and getting dirtier