Fire Ladders Catching on: Local Builders Offering Items, Which Provide Escape From 2nd Story.
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By Sanford Nax, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 27--David Duley compares the fire escape ladders his company makes to air bags in a car: you hope you never use them, but it's nice to know they are there.   Some home builders are coming to the same conclusion.
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helps a man carry his infant son, wrapped in plastic to shield him from the rain November 30, as they use an improvised ladder to cross a fallen concrete bridge in eastern Philippine town of General Nakar.
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The sales numbers are encouraging as this outdoors retailer expands.
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After decades of constructing hermetically sealed buildings, developers are incorporating a new amenity into their designs: windows that open.
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By The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Sep. 6--In Panama City Beach, it seems buildings are either coming or going. Except some aren't going fast enough.  Aggressive development has led to two types of eyesores.
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Firefighters worked feverishly Saturday to build containment lines around a fast-moving wildfire that would threaten hundreds of residents if it reached a ridge two miles away.
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Four buildings are up and occupied. Three more buildings are under construction. Another is on the drawing board. Three other projects are on a waiting list.
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Some 80 feet below the street, workers are pushing to complete excavations for two new office towers.
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Staying ahead of the Halloween-decorating competition isn't cheap.
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When the housing market was booming, many rushed in to the residential real estate business. Now a growing number of agents are looking for other employment.
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By Gillette, Becky  There is a dilemma about fire protection for high-rise condominiums in unincorporated Harrison County. High-rise structures five stories and taller are coming out of the ground, but Harrison County Fire Services has only a 24-foot ladder.
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Shoppers milling around Downtown Crossing on a recent Saturday might not have noticed the new indoor design and art market, Wears+Wares, tucked in a lobby near the Men's Wearhouse on Summer Street. A couple of balloons marked the entrance to the space, where colorful and eclectic creations, from fashion to furniture, were for sale.
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Officials are promoting a corner of their state as a good place for financial companies to build backup facilities in case of a disaster.
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Another winter, another scare on Oregon's Mt. Hood. As three stranded climbers return safely home, a closer look at the economics of search and rescue.
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Firefighters kept watch on the weather Tuesday as they lined up trucks and other equipment to defend a residential area from a wildfire that had forced the evacuation of 30 homes.
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New services are helping appliance makers and consumers find spare components.
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Someone else is running out of things to close.