GASTONIAundefinedFire fighters in Gastonia say a chimney fire is a good reminder to take precautions before using fireplaces or wood stoves.

The fire spread from a fireplace into a wall in a home on Davis Park Road early Wednesday morning.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters say homeowners should have their chimneys and heating systems inspected annually, clear the area around hearths of debris and decorations, and keep glass doors on hearths open while burning fires to keep creosote from building up in chimneys.

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SALT LAKE CITY undefined Beautiful fall colors mean changing temperatures and the looming arrival of winter. Get a head start on the shifting seasons by readying your home for less sunlight and more time spent indoors.

Clean light fixtures

Shorter days mean more time spent indoors and lights being on longer. Now is the time to change any burned-out light bulbs and clean the light fixtures. Most light fixtures can be cleaned with a little soapy water. If time is limited, then just dusting your fixtures can help brighten a room. Don’t forget to clean the outside lights; you’ll want to be aware of any future patches of ice.

Clean Carpets: While you enjoyed spending time outside this summer, it’s likely you brought some of the great outdoors inside, where it got embedded in the carpet. Have the carpets cleaned in preparation for all the time you are about to spend inside. If money is an issue, consider cleaning only the room you use most. Or give the place a good vacuuming, completely moving furniture aside to go over the entire room.

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The Hoover Police Department is investigating the death of a contracted janitor at the Marriott Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa.

 “We did receive a 9-1-1 call at 5:19 this morning," Hoover police captain Gregg Rector told Alabama's 13. "An employee at Ross Bridge Renaissance resort found an individual lying in the floor -- obviously deceased.”

The murder victim was on the floor in a downstairs corridor. The area is an employee-only area connecting the kitchen to the loading dock.

“The victim is a contract worker who works for a janitorial service that does cleaning for the hotel." The dead man, according to police, worked for a contract janitorial service, HSS Hospitality Staffing Solutions based in Atlanta.

The victim was not alone last night .Rector says the man was part of a crew that showed up for work last night about 10:30 or 11 p.m. 

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Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu shot from Sharon Bonadies at the conclusion of a news conference Thursday. (J. David Ake/The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON – It’s time for flu vaccine again and while it’s important for the whole family, this year health officials have some different advice for different ages: Certain kids should opt for the ouchless nasal spray. Seniors, expect to get a new kind of pneumonia shot along with that flu jab.

And too many young and middle-age adults are skipping the vaccine, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – even though there are more options than ever.

“The best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get a flu vaccination,” said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on Thursday, before rolling up his sleeve to get his own flu shot.

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The owner of a Miami janitorial service was arrested Thursday for allegedly cheating on his workers' compensation insurance under cleaning contracts for Miami-Dade County government buildings.

Pedro M. Diaz, the owner and president of Best Janitorial & Supplies Inc., was accused of underreporting his payroll to avoid paying $34,000 in workers' compensation insurance plus $19,000 in administrative fees he would have owed his payroll processing contractor. In addition, many of Best's payroll checks bounced.

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Fithy buildings. Principals overseeing cleaning or hiring extra help out of pocket. Teachers scrambling to clean classrooms in time for the first days of school. Reports of missing, broken and misplaced equipment. Mouse poop.

That’s what many Chicago Public School principals say resulted after CPS privatized janitorial services in the schools to the tune of $340 million, and neither CPS nor Aramark have fixed the problems even after being informed of the situation.

UPDATE:
CPS to lay off 476 custodians

Some 226 principals (CPS operates 516 schools) responded to a survey taken by AAPPLE, a new activist group under the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association. The Aramark contract is the first issue the group is tackling, calling now on the Board of Education to rescind its $240 million contract with Aramark if the facilities giant can’t maintain “ordinary tidiness” standards known in the industry as APPA Level 2.

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A woman who died after falling from a ladder while cleaning the gutters on her bungalow had to wait 35 minutes for an ambulance, an inquest heard.

Celia Farrell, 65, died at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, on August 4 last year, two days after sustaining severe head injuries when she fell backwards off a ladder at her home at The Mayne, Clonee in Co Meath.

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard that Mrs Farrell had been due to celebrate her wedding anniversary that evening with her husband Noel Farrell.

He told the inquest that they had gone to 10am Mass that morning and afterwards he was cutting the grass while his wife started to clean the gutters on the bungalow.

He said he had asked her to wait because he wasn’t happy with the ladder she was using and they were in “no hurry”. However, when he went to help her at around 1.45pm, he found her lying on the ground with the ladder beside her.

He called for help from their next door neighbour Ann Finn, who is a nurse, and for an ambulance but had to ring again because it was taking so long to get there. Ms Finn said that when she arrived she put Mrs Farrell into the recovery position.

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