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Neighbors, firefighters saved 3 infants trapped in Riviera fire

RIVIERA BEACH Quick action by neighbors and firefighters — and a little luck — saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene shows neighbors struggling to pound through the doors and flames coming through the roof. “There’s a new-born baby in there! Somebody locked the doors! Somebody get that baby out of there,” a woman screams in the video. A one-month-old girl was still inside, residents told firefi...

New medical certification now available for high school students

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the medical assistant is a key component in today's medical workplace. In Baton Rouge, Glen Oaks High School is the medical magnet school for students in East Baton Rouge Parish . And the Louisiana Workforce Commission is really good news for all high school students with hopes of a job in medicine. In a big announcement, Louisiana Workforce said "The Medical Assistant certification is now recognized in Louisiana as an advanced statewide credential , creating new opportunities for high school graduates to enter high-wage careers and helping meet the state's current and future workforce demands ." The Commission said it included the credential on the Louisiana State Industry - Based Focus List , giving it headline status. The U.S. Department of Labor describes this job as " Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in offices of physicians, hospitals and other healthcar...

Plans for this huge skyscraper to transform part of Manchester city centre will go before councillors today

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Plans for more than 750 flats - including a 40-storey skyscraper - in a huge new redevelopment around Angel Meadows will go before councillors today (Thursday). The proposals, intended to kick off more than 10,000 new homes stretching out towards Collyhurst, have been met with opposition from more than 50 residents and the local parks group amid fears it will cast the historic space into shade. Read More Plans by developers Far East Consortium (FEC) would see four separate blocks of apartments built around the fringes of the park, the tallest 40-storey tower at its corner with Gould Street. As part of the proposals FEC has offered to pay for improvements to the park, but Friends of Angel Meadow have formally objected to the proposal. Read More It says the plans would ‘cast the park in shadow’, not provide enough parking and will be higher than previously outlined by the council’s planning strategy for the area. FEC have also offered to pay £100,000 to help refurbish the historic...

The Plaza Is for Sale, but a Part-Owner Has Other Ideas

“We are not selling our stake and are comfortable with our rights relating to any sale by others,” said Sarmad Zok, chief executive of the prince’s company, Kingdom Hotel Investments . “We are proud to have partnered with Ashkenazy to reinstate the glory of this unique asset.” The partners have a plan for an extensive modernization program to better compete with other five-star hotels in Manhattan and to reopen areas of the hotel that have been bogged down in renovations. The Plaza’s famous Oak Room and the wood- paneled Oak Room Bar have been closed for the past six years. Whether Mr. Roy and Sahara truly intend to sell or are merely trying to bolster the price, they appear to be pressing forward. “We’ ll solicit bids ,” said Jeffrey Davis, an international director of JLL, who is overseeing the bidding for Sahara. “It’s the most iconic real estate asset in the world. It’ ll garner international attention .” Mr. Davis declined to comment on whether Kingdom Hotel Investments has ...

• Silver Creek Apartments • Mesa • Arizona •

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Students, parents complain after bugs, mold found inside Tempe apartment complex - Story

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Image Gallery 7 PHOTOS Photo Courtesy: Glen Kumamoto TEMPE, Ariz. (KSAZ) - As students move into dorms and apartments in Tempe, prior to the start of classes at Arizona State University , some say the apartments they decided to rent is in poor condition. Some apartments reportedly had no furniture, when they were supposed to be furnished. Some had leaky faucets, and some even had mold. Some say many of the apartments are unlivable. "I think it's a 'bait and switch'," said Glen Kumamoto, parent of a student. "It's not fair to the students." "I'm pretty pissed about it," said Krystal Scott, who is also a parent of a student. Pictures taken inside some of the apartment units show cockroaches on the floor, mold on the ceiling, and conditions some describe as unlivable. "There's no doors on any of the rooms, so the bathrooms don't have any doors," said Kumamoto. "The sinks are broken, so you can't use the sink...

Racist Irvine Apartment Flyer Is a Fake

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A racist flyer that made waves on social media today after a resident of an Irvine, Ca. apartment building found it hanging in an elevator is fraudulent, according to a spokesman for property company Equity Residential . “This flyer is a fake. It wasn’t produced by us. It wasn’t posted by us. I don’t know where it came from,” Equity representative Marty McKenna said over the phone this morning. The flyer—a notice about noise complaints in Irvine’s Toscana apartment complex—included a bolded section directed specifically at African-American residents. It read: We also would like to remind our African-American residents to keep conversation volume down and reduce music levels between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Multiple complaints have been made regarding this issue. The notice attracted attention after Toscana Apartments tenant and Instagram user @teyent_theequeenb posted a photo and video to her page. “This is what it means to be black in Irvine,” she says in the video. “Blatant ra...