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A feared mass killer, Irene got victims one by one
Posted by Associated Press: John Curran on September 3rd, 2011
Associated Press: In Ayden, N.C., a man dies in his recliner, riding out Hurricane Irene at home because he didn't want to leave his Chihuahua at home alone.
In Newport News, Va., a falling tree crushes an 11-year-old boy, sparing the mother who tried to protect him.
In Whitemarsh Township, Pa., a supermarket bookkeeper determined to make it to work for her 4:30 a.m. shift drives into floodwaters and drowns trying to walk the final mile.
And in Rutland, Vt., a public-works employee "conscientious to a fault"...
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Ontario “mega-quarry” faces environmental review
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 3rd, 2011
Reuters: Ontario has ordered a full environmental review of a proposed "mega-quarry" backed by one of Boston's best-known hedge funds, a move that may threaten a project that has already raised local opposition.
The project, which would supply crushed limestone for Toronto's booming construction industry, has counted value investor Seth Klarman's Baupost Group as one of its investors.
Highlands Cos, the company behind the quarry, plans to carve out the huge pit on thousands of acres of potato fields...