Beijing Olympics broadcasting center evacuated - MSN MoneyCentral

BEIJING (AP) - Broadcast officials say the massive building housing television facilities for next month's Beijing Olympics has been evacuated due to an apparent gas leak. John Barton, the director of sport for the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ...

Ohio governor declares emergency from wind damage - Washington Post

Resize JUNCTION CITY, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has declared a state of emergency in the county hit by a storm with winds of up to 110 mph. The storm in Perry County in east-central Ohio damaged buildings and uprooted trees and power lines ...

Limited building in floodways wins council approval - Houston Chronicle

City Council agreed Wednesday to allow construction on vacant land in Houston floodways under certain conditions, relaxing rules it enacted two years ago that prompted fierce protests from affected property owners. The revised rules will help ...

Massive flooding feared as Hurricane Dolly hits Texas - Los Angeles Times

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS -- Hurricane Dolly hammered the southern tip of Texas on Wednesday, lashing buildings with violent winds, triggering tornado warnings and fueling fears of massive flooding and failed levees along the Rio Grande. The first Atlantic ...

Starter's to open in Detroit's new Studio One Apartments - Detroit News

DETROIT -- Starter's Bar and Grill will open its third location inside Studio One Apartments in Midtown next year. Starter's Bar and Grill, which serves American cuisine, will be the first restaurant to occupy the new apartment building's first floor ...

Downtown structures could be demolished in favor of bigger buildings - Star News Online

The carrera black glass, chipped and cracked in places, still glittered in the morning sunlight. "It was a visual expression of the country's exuberance in the 1920s, '30s and '40s," said George Edwards, executive director of the Historic Wilmington ...

Scientists send clear message: save Bletchley Park - Times Online

Bletchley Park, the codebreaking centre that helped to win the Second World War and launch the modern computer, is in danger of irreparable decay unless the Government steps in to save it, some of the country’s leading computer scientists caution ...