Construction begins on new Defence headquarters (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has launched the start of construction of a new Defence headquarters near Bungendore in the ACT, five years after it was first pledged by the Federal Government. more.
Lear to add 124 jobs at Mendon plant (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
Lear Corp. plans to invest $3 million in new machinery at its automotive-components plant in Mendon and add 124 new jobs beginning next fall. The company needs the new equipment to make injection-molded interior trim for General Motors Corp. pickup trucks and DaimlerChrysler minivans. more.
NATION IN BRIEF (Washington Post)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. — Ten days after the Amish schoolhouse shootings, a demolition crew using heavy equipment tore down the bloodstained building Thursday and obliterated nearly all traces of the place where five girls were killed. more.
Voters will decide fate of proposed casino resort for Lake Charles
KPLC TV - The company has said the project would generate more than two-thousand resort jobs and two-thousand construction jobs. Pinnacle wants to donate part of the present Harrah’s site to the city for use as a park. The project requires a parish-wide vote . more.
Cetacean skeleton on the mend
Kodiak Daily Mirror - Studebaker and organizers decided to dig a 40-foot long trench about 10 feet deep with the help of a large backhoe provided by Pasagshak resident Mike Anderson. The whale was buried, and it was not until four years later that it would be dug up . more.
Caterpillar Loses Legs
Street.Com - The construction-equipment giant posted third-quarter earnings that missed and cut its outlook for the year, citing higher costs and a weakening housing market. The company also issued a weak 2007 guidance, saying it expects a “pause” in U.S . more.
