House cleaning
CHESTER - With demolition of the former Chester City Hall slated to begin in about two weeks, workers from Juszczak Construction began cleaning out the building Wednesday.

Milwaukee jail inmates can earn credits cleaning up blood, vomit, other bodily fluids
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work ? cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily fluids at the House of Correction and Criminal Justice Facility.

Inmates earn time off cleaning up human waste, bodily fluids
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. is giving inmates one hour off their sentence for every hour they work cleaning up the blood, urine, feces, saliva, vomit and other bodily fluids that dirties the House of Correction and the Criminal Justice Facility, which includes the jail.

Cleaning crews, soldiers ready Thailand's main airport after protesters leave
BANGKOK, Thailand - Hundreds of Thai army troops looked for bombs and weapons as cleaning crews buffed and mopped the floors, part of an around-the-clock effort to reopen Thailand's international airport after a weeklong shutdown.

Bid to develop self-cleaning window
Butterfly wings could be used to develop new self-cleaning windows, scientists said. French researchers have developed a technique for replicating the microscopic surface of the insects' wings, which repel water and dirt.

Butterfly wings hold secret to self-cleaning windows
BUTTERFLY wings are being used to develop self-cleaning windows, scientists have said.

Reader asks for tips on properly cleaning her miniblinds
Dear Heloise: What is the best and easiest way to clean miniblinds? - Debra Johnson, via e-mail ...

Cleaning product fights C diff bug
A new cleaning product has been developed which could "significantly reduce" the rates of the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile, researchers said.

ADB lends $500 mln to clean up dirtiest river
The Asian Development Bank on Friday approved a $500 million loan for cleaning up Indonesia's Citarum River, calling it the world's dirtiest. The Manila-based lender said the Citarum basin supports a population of 28 million people, delivers 20 percent of...

ORC urges contractor to pay for cleaning cars
The contractor responsible for a cloud of cement dust that damaged cars on the Dunedin waterfront is to be fined $1000, ordered to pay costs, and should consider paying for professional cleaning as a "goodwill gesture", the Otago Regional Council says.

Top 10 Gifts That Bring Health and Holiday Cheer
A tooth cleaning for Christmas? Don't laugh. In a tight economy, giving the gift of health isn't just practical, it can be a life-saver.

800 jobs go at crisis-hit cleaning and photo firm
ONE of Scotland's best known dry cleaning and photo processing firms has gone into administration with the loss of 817 jobs. The Glasgow-based Bowie Castlebank Group operated the Klick photo shops and dry cleaner William Munro, both familiar high street names.

Photo and cleaning firm cuts jobs
Dry cleaning and photo firm Bowie Castlebank Group goes into administration with the loss of 817 jobs.

Photo and cleaning firm cuts jobs
Scottish dry cleaning and photo processing firm Bowie Castlebank Group goes into administration with the loss of 817 jobs.

ADB lends $500 mln to clean up dirtiest river
The Asian Development Bank on Friday approved a $500 million loan for cleaning up Indonesia's Citarum River, calling it the world's dirtiest.

Cleaning up creeks
LIVE CHAABAN and Malcolm McGowan are the picture of youth activism. The pair spends their weekends pulling pounds of trash out of Sonoma's many waterways.

Cleaning out the closet is an extra-large task
Facing the scale after not just one, but two, thanks-gorging meals was daunting. But stepping on it and finding out I'd gained a few pounds wasn't the toughest task on my recent suck-it-up-and-do-it list.

Bullets, needles in bank-robbery suspect's room
Columbus police found ammunition, drug paraphernalia and a gun-cleaning kit in a North Side hotel room where a bank robbery suspect was staying before he shot himself to death Wednesday while running from officers.

Ask Amy
DEAR AMY: We own a vacation home that we occasionally rent out. It's not a rental machine, but we do try to screen tenants and rent it a few times a month to help with the mortgage. We rent it for $165 a night plus a cleaning a fee ? three-night minimum. The expenses run $1,000 a month.

Winston-Salem dry cleaners robbed
WINSTON-SALEM - Police are looking for two men who robbed a Winston-Salem dry cleaning business Thursday evening. At 6:51 p.m., police said two men entered the $1.50 Cleaners at 134 Beau View Court with a handgun and demanded money from a clerk. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and fled on foot. The suspects are believed to be in their late teens and ...