U.S. retail giant Home Depot said Chief Executive Officer Frank Blake agreed to skip his $1.2 million bonus for 2008 in light of the deep recession.The home repair retailer has laid off thousands of workers and closed underperforming stores since the recession began, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.Top executives have also seen perks vanish, such as long-term life insurance, use …
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Pat Moyer is head of Monroe Career & Technical Institute, which teaches about 1,000 local students each year how to get ready for high-skill, high-wage trades, from auto repair to welding.
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LEWISVILLE — Police are investigating the death of a University of North Texas football player who was scheduled to graduate in the spring. The body of defensive back/linebacker Germaine Lance Dawson, 21, who played four years for the Mean Green, was found in a white SUV near a Lewisville auto repair business. Dawson, who suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, had been missing since …
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LEWISVILLE (AP) — Police in this Dallas suburb were investigating the death of a University of North Texas football player who was scheduled to graduate in the spring. The body of defensive back/linebacker Germaine Lance Dawson, 21, who played four years for the Mean Green, was found in a white SUV near a Lewisville auto repair business. Dawson, who suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, …
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - One person is dead and two injured in a shooting at an auto repair shop in West Philadelphia. Police say the gunfire broke out just before 10:30 a.m. Friday at Larry’s Auto Repairs.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One person is dead and two injured in a shooting at an auto repair shop in West Philadelphia.
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The city of Mentor won’t do windows. But low- to moderate-income homeowners might be eligible for a number of other home repairs on the city’s dime through its Community Development Block Grant Single Family Housing Rehabilitation Program.
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Something drew Samuel Williams and his friend from their auto repair work to the front yard Wednesday night, where a gunman shot them both, killing Williams on his front steps.
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The spring season motivates many Arkansans to tackle necessary home improvement projects that can’t be done during the cold of the winter or the heat of the summer. Accordingly, spring is also an ideal time for consumers to get cheated on home repairs.
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