Washington might be a small town, but sometimes it feels downright tiny. Take, for instance, the new neighbors — on diametrically opposite sides of the political spectrum — who nevertheless found themselves in cozy quarters in the same office building on 15th Street NW. The Natural Resources Defense Council–the greeny environmental group– had been ensconced on the third floor of the building for a few months when a new tenant arrived. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity had moved into a suite only a floor above the green group’s space. Read full article > >

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Enviros, clean-coal advocates make strange bedfellows

An office of the Snowdon Mountain Railway is damaged by a fire which began in grass underneath the building’s stilts.

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Blaze at Snowdon railway office

Information is available to homeowners who are wondering if the building going up next door is going to become a window-darkening neighbor.

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Is That a Bulldozer I Hear?

… well, kind of. The Environmental Protection Agency is shuttering three staff-only entrances at its Washington headquarters starting this weekend as part of a “budget-driven decision to reduce expenses” for building security, according to an e-mail sent to agency staffers in recent days. The change is se likely to disrupt the daily routines of thousands of employees who use the doors to get in and out of the building, according to an EPA tipster who alerted the Federal Eye of the changes. Read full article > >

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EPA is shutting its doors …

Some residents of the Villa Charlotte Bronte in the Bronx who were exiled during Tropical Storm Irene are being told they cannot move back until they prove the building rests on solid ground.

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At Bronx Building, Tropical Storm Irene’s Effects Linger

CAIRO — Israel sought U.S. protection for its embassy here early Saturday, hours after thousands of Egyptian protesters besieged the building, with several managing to gain entry and fling Hebrew-language documents from a balcony. Protesters knocked down a 12-foot concrete wall that had been built last week to protect the embassy, which is near the top floor of a 21-story residential building in the upscale Dokki neighborhood. At least two protesters scaled the front of the building to pull down the Israeli flag, hanging from the 20th floor. It was the second time in recent weeks that demonstrators had removed the flag. Read full article > >

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Israel asks U.S. to help protect embassy in Cairo after protesters attack building

Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, with the city’s mayor saying it must not be forgotten.

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Germany marks 50 years since Wall

BAGHDAD — In an attack that local officials said they had been warned about, insurgents briefly took control of a government building in Iraq’s central Diyala province on Tuesday in a multi-stage raid that has added to doubts about the readiness of the country’s security forces. The assault on the provincial council headquarters in Baqubah, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, included a car bombing and attacks carried out by men armed with assault weapons and suicide bombers who detonated explosives-laden belts inside the building, security officials said. Read full article > >

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Insurgent attack in Iraq leaves 9 dead

For decades, musicians have used a dank basement on the Lower East Side as a rehearsal studio. Now, the building has been cited for violations, and they are being evicted.

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The Last Jam Session

The blaze followed a protest outside the building by thousands of police officers demanding higher wages and the resignation of the newly installed interior minister.

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As Cairo Police Protest, Fire Engulfs Ministry Building

A tragic five-alarm Brooklyn fire last week was caused by a voodoo sex act gone awry, according to new evidence from New York law-enforcement officials. One of the building’s residents, a woman, allegedly hired a voodoo priest to bring her good luck;…

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Voodoo Sex Candles Caused NY Fire

New Orleans firefighters responded to a 2 a.m. call Tuesday morning to find an abandoned Ninth Ward Building consumed in a blaze that killed eight people. Survivors, who escaped out a window, say the residents of the building were burning wood in a…

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Eight Killed in New Orleans House Fire

It’s time for the building holiday party. That is, if the seasonal lobby décor hasn’t started a war among the neighbors.

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The Tinseling of the Lobby

Two suicide bombers attacked a U.N. compound in western Afghanistan and several insurgents were now inside the building, local police said on Saturday.

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Afghan Insurgents Attack U.N. Office

Saff and 59 elderly residents of a care home are rescued following a blaze at the building in Inverness.

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Care home residents blaze rescue