Plumbers find gun hidden in police station
A gun has been found in a ceiling at the Victoria Police crime department building in Melbourne, prompting an urgent internal investigation.

Bad Plumbing
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (10:33 a.m.) Three of 19 Sun City MacDonald Ranch and Anthem homeowners share their concerns after opting out of a class-action suit against Kitec plumbing manufacturer IPEX and numerous plumbers and builders.

Mind Your Own Gay Business
Bars, clubs, saunas, restaurants, salons, bookshops, boutiques, counsellors, accountants, plumbers! From rent to roofing: the list is endless, the choice yours.

Gun hidden in police HQ
Investigation after weapon found in St Kilda Rd office ceiling.

City planning shift to third-party inspectors
The elimination of Lancaster City's plumbing, electrical and commercial building inspectors sounds like a good idea, acknowledges city plumber Robert Moser."It all looks good on paper," Moser admits, yet, he believes the cost-cutting move will lead to shoddy work being done by unlicensed plumbers th...

15 charged with taking Monroe County funds
Following a six-month investigation, Monroe County has filed criminal and civil charges against one of its own and 14 other accomplices for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from county funds.

Alexis Petridis examines the Clubland dance pop phenomeon
Christine looks about 15. She is wearing a pair of vertiginously heeled ankle boots that make her both tall and a little wobbly and which form the basis of a pretty remarkable ensemble. She is also wearing fluorescent tights, a clashing fluorescent tutu, a T-shirt that she appears to have accessorised by snapping a glowstick in two and splashing its luminous contents over herself, a pair of ...

My view: It's time to stop butting heads over the Fort
When I first heard about the effort to put a hotel down the Fort, an immediate image that came to my mind. It was that short film clip (we've all seen it) of the two long-horned rams standing back on their hind legs, winding up, thrusting forward, hitting each other's head and creating such concussion that neither combatant can do anything but let things go for a moment until they gather their ...

Friday, December 05, 2008
MEADVILLE -- The cost of receiving services, performing work and paying some fines could be going up in the city under a series of proposals set for further review.

Skilled trade classes needed
[Michael Fuentes started learning to weld at the age of 12 and won awards for his skill at contests in high school.

MSU weighs project labor agreement for $49.8M Brody work
EAST LANSING - Chris Fisher calls it discrimination.

Snow slows Memorial Hospital construction
Despite snow, hospital const­ruction was still a go Thursday. Although snow blanketed Craig, crews working on the new Memorial Hospital site still were on the job, working under Robins & Morton Group LLC, the hospital?s general contractor.

In other action
The following is a rundown of action taken by the Terrebonne Parish Council at its regular meeting Wednesday. All council members attended, except Teri Cavalier who was in Baton Rouge to watch her daughter be inducted into the National Hispanic Honor Society. All decisions were unanimous, unless otherwise noted.

Consumers are protected by DORA
KUSA - It is often only after problems arise that consumers think to check whether their doctor, therapist, plumber, hunting guide, hair stylist or other professional is qualified to do business in Colorado.

Plumbers Union Pressured To Raise Rates
A local union meets while speculation swirls that their national organization could end up costing Volkswagen millions of dollars and send them looking out...

Jamie McCourt should be thanked for raising some valid questions
She didn't handle it the smoothest way possible, but her wondering if athletes should get so much money is a good start to a difficult discussion. If stirring the pot was what she was after, Jamie McCourt put in quite a performance as she spoke in a stream-of-consciousness way about the balance between her team's player payroll and the money it doles to the community for charity.

Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash Council
Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash City Council for 32 years.

Students to rally against MSU project labor agreement
EAST LANSING - A group of Michigan State University students is organizing a 3 p.m. "Rally for Responsible Spending" today outside the university's Hannah Administration Building.

Men on a mission
The Columbia City United Methodist Church is offering free labor to get those minor household repair projects done for families in need.

Building Blocks for Bronx? resurgence
Home to a development deluge and prepped for more, the Bronx is booming.