Ghostboxes linger as shuttered stores haunt towns
Hundreds of shoppers watched as Home Depot cut 2 by 4s for a 102 700 square foot Bismarck center that closed in under three years leaving a large vacant eyesore listed at 10.5 million. Communities seek uses for these derelict boxes amid rising bankruptcies and lost tax revenue, with museums centers hospitals and schools among repurposing ideas.
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Minnesota
Texas
Illinois
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Circuit City
Linens 'N Things
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Tucson adopts first city rainwater harvesting rule for new development
Tucson governors require commercial projects to supply half of landscaping water from harvested rainwater starting next year. The measure spurs similar interest in Arizona towns and echoes nationwide trends as states expand rainwater use to ease reliance on Colorado River supplies and groundwater.
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Arizona
David Pittman
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Ore
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Austin
Texas
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Monorail Crash Kills 7 at Disney World in Orlando
Early Sunday two monorail trains collided in Magic Kingdom, killing one operator and injuring another who was hospitalized. Disney confirmed the operator was 21 year old Austin Wuennenberg and noted this was the monorail system's first fatal crash in 38 years.
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Fla
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Disney
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Reedy Creek
Jones
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Michael Griffin
Austin Wuennenberg
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