Shipping containers could become condos in Detroit
DETROIT - A Detroit-based group hopes to use empty shipping containers to build a $1.8 million, 17-unit condominium project.
The Detroit Free Press reports today that the project would stack empty containers four high, cut in windows and doors, install plumbing, stairways and heating, and ...
Tuesday , May 13, 2008
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Man watching DVD while driving stopped, charged by provincial police
WINDSOR, Ont. - A man from Windsor, Ont., has learned the hard way that drivers should not be watching movies while dealing with highway traffic.
Especially while speeding. Provincial police in Essex County stopped a minivan travelling on Highway 401 at 141 kilometres an hour just after mi...
Tuesday , May 13, 2008
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Parishioners in Cape Cod town subdue thief trying to make off with collection
BARNSTABLE, Mass. - When it comes to their money, parishioners at church in Cape Cod, Mass., just weren’t willing to turn the other cheek.
Police say a thief found that out the hard way last Sunday when he tried to make off with the collection box at Hyannis Foursquare Portuguese Church.
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Tuesday , May 13, 2008
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Church in Georgia tempts prospective worshippers with $500 gasoline raffle
SNELLVILLE, Ga. - Praise the Lord and pass the petrol.
The First Baptist Church in Snellville, Ga., is fuelling its membership drive with a sign in front of its sprawling campus proclaiming "Free Gasoline."
There’s a catch, of course.
The offer is a not a giveaway.
Instead, each time ne...
Tuesday , May 13, 2008
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