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...plane hit - between the first and second stories of the Echelon building in northwest Austin, about 10 miles from downtown - one eyewitness on the ground told a local television station that there was "giant fireball about 50 feet wide." The Echelon is part of a four-building complex of office buildings set in small office park near the intersection of two busy Austin highways. The exterior of the buildings are flat, black glass that just before the crash reflected clear, blue winter skies. "It sure was hauling. It was a really speedy dive," Jerry Cullin, a pilot, told KXAN...
...roadside bomb that exploded near a girls' school in northwest Pakistan killed at least eight people, including three children and three U.S. soldiers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, accusing the soldiers of working for the controversial U.S. security firm Xe (formerly known as Blackwater). Though the U.S. embassy said the American soldiers were in the region to attend the opening of the school and conduct training at the invitation of the Pakistani military, their presence has heightened concerns among Pakistanis of increasing American involvement in the volatile country...
Surprisingly, Board Plus can be used in a variety of locations outside of Lamont and the Science Center. With locations close to the Northwest Labs, the Graduate School of Design, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Divinity School, HUDS has got you covered when you're short on cash...
...opposition fail to mount a presence? Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi had announced an appearance at Sadeghiyeh Square, northwest of Azadi Square; CNN.com carried video of what appears to be a Karroubi supporter showing a scene of apparent protests before a hand or pair of hands attempts to cover the lens of the camera. Some reports allege that the Basij suppressed the Karroubi rally. Other protesters had planned to gather in Haft-e-Tir Square, northeast of Azadi. In addition, video circulated on opposition sites showing people tearing down government posters or chanting slogans in the subway. State-run television also...
...Northwest, the contraction in commercial construction came late, says Eric Franklin, spokesperson for the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. "We're at the bottom now." Across a membership of 26,000 in 42 locals in five states unemployment ranges from 21% to 35%. One bright spot: a few big public projects on the horizon, including a floating bridge that will connect Seattle to its suburbs. "It's a mess," says Erlich in New England. "The private sector is dead. We're at the point where we are considering investing money from our pension fund in construction projects. We either...