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Southwest homeowner battles city over sinkhole

2015-05-01 17:50:47| PortlandOnline

Kelsey O'Halloran in the Portland Tribune, May 1, 2015

Proxy Advisors Side With Activist Funds in Their Battles Against DuPont

2015-04-29 19:57:31| Chemicals - Topix.net

Nelson Peltz 's Trian Partners and Rehan Jaffer 's H Partners Management have each received important backing in their respective proxy fights from influential proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service . In Trian's case, the advisory firm this week urged shareholders to vote for two of Trian's director nominees for the board of E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co , including Peltz himself, while withholding their votes for Trian's other two nominees and the nominees put forward by DuPont.

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Obama battles 'superbugs' with national plan

2015-03-27 22:55:03| Biotech - Topix.net

Two million illnesses. 23,000 deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that's the human toll from antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" each year in the United States.

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Alexandria man battles 'excessive' train-horn noise

2015-03-21 06:04:24| Railroads - Topix.net

Alexandria man battles 'excessive' train-horn noise An Alexandria man is battling against "excessive" train-horn noise in Martin Park subdivision. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/03/20/alexandria-man-battles-excessive-train-horn-noise/25114175/ Ron Kiehl, shown standing near the Cotton Gin Road railroad crossing in Alexandria, would like to see the crossing declared a "quiet zone" where trains would not blow their horns.

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