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Recycling fees may rise as demand, prices drop (Seattle Times)
The price of recyclables has dropped, which could mean higher fees for recycling pickup in much of Washington state as recyclers face a gap between the cost to collect the material and what it now sells for.
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Ship cargo volume slumping at West Coast ports (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cargo volume at West Coast ports, after years of being dominant in U.S. maritime trade, is slumping, clearly the result of the worsening global economic crisis but also because Gulf Coast and East Coast ports are gaining favor, shipping industry executives...
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Recyclers take a kicking in meltdown (The Chronicle-Journal)
A few days ago, Lakehead Scrap Metal‘s general manager watched a Ford Aerostar van come across the yard‘s scale. The former owner walked away with a $46 cheque.
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'Underwear bandit' gets 7 years in prison (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
A 28-year-old Hartford man, known locally as the underwear bandit for shedding most of his clothes and riding away on a bicycle with hundreds of dollars stuffed in his briefs after robbing a convenience store, was sentenced today to seven years in prison.
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Maersk is moving back to Seattle from Tacoma (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Welcome back, Maersk Line.
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Man falls to his death from downtown building (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Milwaukee police are investigating the death of a man who fell from a 20-story building downtown this morning.
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On the road (Daily Herald)
You say your Saturdays are all about cleaning up half-chomped potato poopies and cheese curls after college football and don't even ask about Sunday's slate of pro games?
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Business Decreases At Port Of Houston (KPRC Local 2 Houston)
HOUSTON -- A ship's cargo means cash to the ship's clerk. Earlier this year, Bill Williams saw two to three ships a week coming into his docks along the Port of Houston. Now that's what he sees a month.
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People got the power (Metro Times Detroit)
The plan was quite simple: Name the top 50 (or in this case, two more for extra measure) people who gave — or are giving — shape to the current Detroit music scene.
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Retailers turn to supply chain tools to boost revenues (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Some of the UKs largest firms are embarking on supply chain innovations to help cut costs amid fears over plummeting consumer spending.
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