Home includes 1,000ft model railway
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010A semi-detatched home has gone on the market for £105,000 - complete with its very own 1,000ft model railway in the back garden.
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MPs’ summer travel leaves big carbon footprint
Sunday, August 29th, 2010The planes, trains and automobiles MPs used to travel to the nation’s capital this summer for 10 special committee meetings pumped more than 23 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — more than four times the amount an average Canadian produces in a year.
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The Prius gets a purr: Green car is made noisier to protect pedestrians
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Toyota is to begin selling the sound generator for installation in its best-selling Prius car - which runs in near silence on electric power at low speeds.
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Model city Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010A home owner rests after bailing out his house and laying newspapers to soak up excess water from the floor after flooding caused by heavy rain in Singapore. Photo courtesy: AFP.
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Cybersecurity: Learning To Share
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Back in the second week of January, the online behemoth Google Inc. revealed that hackers from China had broken into the American company's computer networks in order to steal information about Chinese dissidents -- a brazen and headline-grabbing cyber-attack that sounded alarm bells in Washington.
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House fire claims life of area man
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Despite heroic rescue efforts by neighbours and firefighters, a 56-year-old Seeleys Bay man died in a weekend house fire on the village's main street. Clifford Smith was alone at 167 Main Street when neighbours reported smoke billowing out of the bungalow at around 4 p.m.
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Man dies in fire
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Despite heroic rescue efforts by neighbours and firefighters, a 56-year-old Seeleys Bay man died in a weekend house fire on the village's main street. Clifford Smith was alone at 167 Main St. when neighbours reported smoke billowing out of the bungalow at around 4 p.m.
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Urbanite
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Things arent looking so sorry for Charlie, at least in his home turf. Troubled U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel may be facing multiple ethics charges in the House, but he still has plenty of support in Harlem, where the 80-year-old political powerbroker has represented the neighborhood for nearly 40 years.
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Safe Driving measure has few conditions for senior motorists
Saturday, June 26th, 2010On the same day that House and Senate negotiators were celebrating their agreement over the Safe Driving Act last week, an 89-year-old woman in Chelmsford struck a 72-year-old pedestrian while pulling out of a parking lot on Fletcher Street, sending the victim onto the hood of her vehicle, then onto the pavement. Chelmsford - Parking lot - Driving - House - United States Senate
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