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5 family members die in Chelsea apartment fire
andrew.strickler@newsday.comFive members of a Chelsea family were trapped behind a wall of flames and acrid smoke in their apartment and killed yesterday, city officials said. Maschay Joa Valdez, 40, his wife, Delkis Balbuena, 34, and three girls, 8, 3 and 15 months, were overtaken...Tags: Emergency Planning, Fires, National Government, Government
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So when is best time to see D.C.?
Question: We're planning to visit Washington, D.C., in 2009. Is there a better time of year to go? Should we rent a car? What are the "must" attractions? Answer: If you visit in late January, you'll see someone's inauguration; expect hotel prices to be...Tags: History, The White House, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Visit D.C. anytime, but use Metro
Q: We're planning to visit Washington, D.C., in 2009. Is there a better time of year to go? Should we rent a car? What are the "must" attractions? — J.M., Santa Clara, Calif. A: The timing depends on what you want to see and do — and how much...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, History, The White House, Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations
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CTA announces new fare card with I-GO
Officials have approved a new Chicago Transit Authority fare card that can also be used for a car rental service. Anyone who registers for the card can use CTA's trains and buses will be eligible for an I-GO membership. Officials approved the deal...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Transportation
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5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children
Associated Press WriterA family of five, including three children as young as 15 months, died in a blaze Saturday that filled their apartment with thick black smoke and kept them from escaping through the front door, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy who survived the...Tags: Fires, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Fire Department of New York, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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NY landlord charged in carbon monoxide deaths
A Long Island landlord has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the carbon monoxide deaths of three tenants, including a 4-year-old girl. Wilson Milord of Dix Hills appeared Wednesday in Suffolk County Court. Milord did not enter a...Tags: Thomas Spota, West Babylon, Prosecution, Dix Hills, Babylon
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Public housing's island
Chicago Tribune reportersFor all the talk of weaving public housing residents into the fabric of the city, the Chicago Housing Authority's ambitious Plan for Transformation includes this inconvenient fact: When the plan is complete, nearly 1 of every 10 of those families will...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Gang Activity, Richard M. Daley, Murder, Bob Whitfield
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Turmoil threatens Big Apple's property markets
AP Business WriterThe fate of one of the strongest property markets in the world hangs in the balance as Wall Street stalwarts crumble and job losses loom over the Big Apple. The days of skyrocketing rents and out-of-sight sales prices on everything real estate from...Tags: Real Estate, Rentals, SoHo, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Financial Services
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Landlord pleads not guilty in W. Babylon tenant deaths
erik.german@newsday.comThe landlord charged with homicide in the deaths of three of his West Babylon tenants pleaded not guilty yesterday in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead. Wilson Milord, 48, of Dix Hills, was arraigned on a 16-count indictment that included three charges...Tags: Babylon, West Babylon, Riverhead (Riverhead, Suffolk, New York), Murder, Court Administration
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The Dunbar in South L.A., once a landmark, has lost its beat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1957, Jimmy Steward graduated from high school in El Dorado, Ark., which had piney woods and pretty promenades left over from an oil boom, but no jobs to speak of. Like many others, he looked west for work, and landed in South Los Angeles, where,...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Jan Perry, Furniture
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A holiday from evictions
Putting families out on the street, especially in tough economic times, is not a fun job. Getting evicted is even less fun. But when someone defaults on a mortgage and the lender forecloses, it often falls to Cook County sheriff's deputies to roust the...Tags: Court Administration, Foreclosures
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Dart, judges meet over eviction reform plans
Chicago Tribune reporterA day after announcing he would no longer evict people from foreclosed homes, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart met Thursday with two county judges who oversee foreclosure proceedings to discuss reforming how evictions are handled. At the hourlong meeting...Tags: Judges, Cook County, Foreclosures
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