On a field where running backs will soon tear up sod for Stetson University’s new football team, heavy equipment is churning this week as construction begins on a new athletic complex. INSIDE: Animation showing artist’s rendition of facility

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The fact that St. Mary Cathedral had decided months ago that two century-old homes on Columbia Street hill, near 13th Street, would come down to make way for a school playground didn’t make it any easier Tuesday to watch heavy equipment in action.

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A wide range of classroom and web-based training courses for contractors are available through the Empire Training Institute (ETI), Empire’s Product Management Group and CaterpillarUniversity.com – all of which can impact a contractor’s bottom line.Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) December 16, 2011 Contractors looking for ways to increase their company’s growth and profitability should consider education and …

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Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and were cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a Fort Worth-area apartment, police said Sunday.

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Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday.

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Journal Photo by Chris Jackson Crews use heavy equipment Tuesday to demolish the front dormer of the old John Street School in Martinsburg. The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, owner of the property, is having the building razed.

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4 men, 3 women had just opened Christmas gifts when police say one of them opened fire; Police responded to open-ended 911 call

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WATERLOO, Iowa — Orange Elementary celebrated plans to build a new school Thursday with songs, cheers and a pile of dirt in the gym.

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Police say it appears victims had just celebrated Christmas before being fatally shot in suburban apartment

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The Hamami family seeks to construct a business group for generations to come–and get its key-market leadership back.

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