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		<title>LI Crane Operator Charged with Bribing an Inspector</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the bosses at Long Island‘s Nu-Way Crane Service of Copiague has been charged with paying a New York City inspector more than $10,000 to falsify inspection reports and licenses, according to the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office.
Michael Sackaris, 48, of St. James, is the chief of Nu-Way Crane Service, according to authorities.  Sackaris and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Group Slams Insurer&#8217;s Stance on Hurricane Ike Storm Surge Damage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Texas consumer group is decrying the Texas Windstorm Association&#8217;s recent announcement that it won&#8217;t pay for storm  surge damage from Hurricane Ike. Because storm surge is caused by the winds that accompany a hurricane, the group Texas Watch says that such damage should be attributed to wind.
The total cost from Hurricane Ike is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Construction Crane Rules Provoke Industry Anger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City has implemented new construction crane regulations aimed at preventing the types of crane collapse accidents that have killed nine people so far this year.  But the city&#8217;s construction contractors aren&#8217;t happy, and say the new regulations &#8211; which are effective immediately &#8211; will result in temporary layoffs of construction workers.
The new rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firms Cited in Fatal New York City Crane Collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal agency investigating March&#8217;s fatal New York City crane collapse that killed 7 people has issued citations to three construction companies.  In doing so, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the companies a total of $313,500.
The New York City crane collapse occurred on the east side of midtown Manhattan the afternoon of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatal New York Crane Collapses Result in Tougher Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governor of New York has signed a new law that increases both criminal and civil penalties for inspectors of construction cranes who falsify their reports.  The new law also sets stiffer punishments for anyone who tries to bribe crane inspectors or otherwise tries to interfere with their work.
The new crane safety bill was passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dems Push for Tougher Rules Following Crane Collapse Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six people have died in  crane collapses this week alone, prompting lawmakers in Congress to push for tougher rules for construction crane work. On Tuesday, nine Senate Democrats sent a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, urging the adoption of tougher standards.
On Thursday, an elderly man was killed in Oklahoma City when the boom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Crane Collapse Sparks Calls for Tougher Federal Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3340</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials from New York City testifying before a Congressional committee yesterday urged the federal government to enact tougher safety standards for tower construction cranes.  The testimony came in the wake of two separate crane collapses in Manhattan that killed a total of 9 people.  While the New York officials said the city was enacting its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Crane Collapse Investigation Yields Arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend&#8217;s New York City crane collapse that killed 7 people has resulted in the arrest of a city inspector.  The inspector  allegedly lied about checking on the crane in the weeks before it collapsed and decimated a Manhattan block.
The New York City crane collapse occurred on the east side of midtown Manhattan last Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nylon Slings Eyed in New York City Crane Collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York City crane collapse, which left seven people dead and destroyed much of two city blocks, may have been caused by the failure of nylon slings.  According to The New York Times, photographs supplied by a person who visited the scene of the New York City crane collapse shortly after the accident show [...]]]></description>
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