Local shops announce closings, layoffs
More than 166 workers at the Hunter Douglas plant in Renton will lose their jobs in 60 days, and a flooring company, iFloor, plans to close stores in Seattle and Bellevue. And after 56 years, Washburn Piano in Bellevue is going out of business.

Warriors begin basketball season
The Ruidoso Warriors began the 2008-09 basketball Tuesday on brand new flooring but even that couldn't prevent them from suffering a loss to the Tularosa Wildcats, 59-49.

Al Aqili Furnishings launches new-to-market retail concept
Al Aqili Furnishings (AAF) - the region's leading flooring specialist and interior solutions giant - is set to continue on its current path of extraordinary growth following the launch of its innovative new retail concept, Decoworld.

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Business owner arrested on drug charges
A Louisville business owner is under investigation after police make a huge bust near an elementary school. The bust happened Wednesday night at Conner's Flooring on Klondike Lane near Klondike Elementary School.

More Layoffs at Spring City Huber Plant
A company manager confirms that J.M. Huber Products in Spring City, Tenn. has laid off 54 people. The plant is known as Huber Engineered Woods' Whites Creek mill . It opened in 1997. The mill manufactures specialty building products such as AdvanTech® flooring, sheathing and rim board; Webstock for I-beams; and PerformMAX TM paper overlay products.

iFloor files Chapter 11, cuts most of staff
Online retailer iFloor, which also operates about 35 stores nationwide, has filed for bankruptcy protection and eliminated approximately 90 out of 150 employees.

Nissan to debut first commercial vehicle for U.S.
Nissan will introduce its first U.S. commercial vehicle in 2010, company officials said upon unveiling a concept work van Thursday at the automaker's Technical Center North America. The NV2500 Concept stretches the imagination of mobile work space but also shows Nissan's intent to move its bigger rigs into the United States and Canada to compete against Detroit's Big Three.

Free Money for College
As the biggest high school graduating class ever gets ready to head to college in the midst of an economic slump, the scramble for breaks on tuition -- not to mention room and board, books and airfare to get home -- is on.

Agency repairs homes for those in need
Like many homeowners, Ricardo Zendejas did most of the upkeep on his house. But after three eye surgeries for a detached retina that left the 71-year-old former Kelly AFB airplane painter unable to see, home repair became all but impossible.

Rethinking the commode
Dianne Aldrich carefully planned a home office and studio in back of her Monona home. The walls are built of cedar wood from sustainable forests in the state of Oregon and the flooring is reclaimed wood from the Madison Civic Center. The foundation is built on posts to protect the roots of tall oak trees on the property and skylights will augment electric lighting. All that is missing is the ...

Nissan unveils concept work van
FARMINGTON HILLS -- Nissan Motors Co. will introduce its first U.S. commercial vehicle in 2010, company officials said upon unveiling a concept work van Thursday at the automaker's Technical Center North America.

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Push is on to clear backlog of foreclosure cases in Lee County
More than 800 foreclosure properties are on their way to the auction block after Lee Circuit Judge John Carlin on Thursday held a daylong marathon of...

Starck-Designed Restaurant Lights Up L.A.
Star designer Philippe Starck adds pizzazz to paparazzi hotspot The Bazaar in Los Angeles.

Putting Wrigley Field on ice
Not many people would be encouraged by a frigid day like Thursday, when temperatures hovered in the 20s. But Dan Craig was at Wrigley Field, eyeing the skies and hoping more of the same is ahead.

Lodge gets a major make-over
The popular, historic cabins at Lake Murray State Park should be even more attractive to park visitors once a major remodeling project is completed.

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A symbol of reconciliation
Preservation of church into arts center reaches out to Mechanicville community MECHANICVILLE ? Potential buyers dried up. Not even an eBay listing generated interest in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, with its failing roof, buckling floors and large limestones falling 50 feet from its Gothic tower.Then, five years after being closed, a somewhat controversial figure around town saw new life for ...

Posted: 04-12-2008 , 07:26 GMT
Liverpool Football Club Captain Steven Gerrard MBE joined forces with ?Team Azizi? last night (2 December) at a VIP launch event for the Dubai-based developer Azizi Investments at London?s Dorchester Hotel.