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...waste and storage solutions. Under president Anne Lauvergeon, the firm has been an aggressive player everywhere from China to Britain and a formidable rival to American companies General Electric and Westinghouse even on American turf. However, news of nuclear incidents anywhere on the planet - particularly in Areva's own backyard - tends to squelch the appeal of nuclear power, record oil prices...
...pregnant woman's body was found in the backyard of Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, captured in April after fleeing to Mexico. He has denied killing...
...Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Slaymaker family - Tom, 35, Kara, 37, Samantha, 16, and Andrew, 10 - are living in a neighboring community in a mobile home provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The trailer is better than the Slaymakers' previous shelter - a tent in a friend's backyard where the family camped for three weeks after the Cedar River swamped 1,300 city blocks in early June, prompting 25,000 residents to evacuate. Better, but still not home. "I'm worn out," says Tom Slaymaker. "I have no idea how long we're staying...
Thanks go to Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr., a chemical company magnate from Camden, N.J., who invented the drive-in three-quarters of a century ago. He spent hours in his backyard mapping out plans, figuring out which parking arrangements would offer the best views, what do in case of rain, and where exactly to place the radios. His test-runs involved a home projector fixed to the hood of his car. "My dad was a very inventive type of guy," says Hollinghead's son, Richard Hollingshead III. On June 6, 1933, the elder Hollingshead opened his first theater in nearby...
...goofy, poodle-looking dog," she says. "He looked like something Dr. Seuss would have designed." Bonaparte was her "road dog," traveling with her on tour and when he died she went into deep grief. In his honor, she built Bonaparte's Retreat, a rescue and foster operation in her backyard, designed with input from Friedman, and she embarked on a campaign to support pet adoption...