Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
PERTH - AUSTRALIAN coal miners made a joint A$4.85 billion (S$5.67 billion) cash bid for a rail-track network in the country's biggest coal state, aiming to prevent it being sold onto the stock market in a wider privatisation. The group of 13 firms headed by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata said its bid for the network was conditional on the Queensland state government dropping its plan to ...
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Miners bid for rail network
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
On the third Saturday and Sunday of each month from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., the Orange County Model Engineers hold public ride days, where anyone can ride on specialized model trains. A ...
Continue here: PHOTOS: Orange County Model Engineers Public Ride Days (OC Weekly)
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Southern California air quality regulators are proposing backstop rules to ensure the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach achieve the diesel emission goals established in their joint Clean Air Action Plan.
More here: MEMBER CENTER: (Journal of Commerce Online)
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
PARIS - SOBER workaday chic and theatrical extravagance battled for the hearts and minds of the fashion glitteratti on Sunday, day five of Paris' marathon fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays. Celine designer Phoebe Philo - a critical darling whose return to fashion after a yearslong hiatus was the event of last season - delivered a collection of sharp, clean-lined work staples for ...
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Practical clothes vs crazy ones (Straits Times)
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
COBHAM (England) - CARLO Ancelotti insists John Terry's crunch talks with Fabio Capello over the England captaincy won't distract him from leading Chelsea against Arsenal on Sunday. Terry was due to face Capello on Friday for the first time since the publication of newspaper allegations that the Chelsea skipper had an affair with the ex-girlfriend of Wayne Bridge, his former team-mate with the ...
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Terry ready for Arsenal (Straits Times)
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
There are a lot of parts to Charles Schuster's life. So many that he doesn't bother to make a list and keep track of them all. There are parts that show his spirit of aviation. And parts that keep cars and trains rolling to new destinations.
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TOY STORY: A toy maker looks to the past for his love of woodworking (Portage Daily Register)
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- The smell of exhaust was in the air as people enjoyed tractor pulls, farming equipment demonstrations and trains on display Saturday afternoon at the Ag-Rail Festival at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District.
More here: Stepping back in time (Sioux City Journal)
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
1st-of-its-kind home in Chicago will produce as much energy as it uses Michael Yannell's ComEd bill is almost surely less than yours. His first-of-its-kind house will produce as much energy as it uses.
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Chicago's greenest home? (Chicago Tribune)
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
It requires "uncommon patriotism" to join the U.S. military during a time of war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told recruits during a graduation ceremony Friday at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center near North Chicago.
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Gates salutes Great Lakes grads (Chicago Tribune)
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Fare changes have muddied an already complex menu of rider options. You might be surprised to learn which option is now the cheapest.
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Are you paying the CTA too much? (Chicago Tribune)
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