Local Focus: Clark County for May 25

Source: Springfield News-Sun

HANDOUT A man was taken by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital and a woman was transported by emergency squad to an unspecified area hospital after they were trapped in a van for more than 40 minutes in a cras ...
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Reviving a Hollywood Icon

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Lauren A. E. Schuker Los Angeles In the 1989 action movie "Lethal Weapon 2," Mel Gibson's character hitches a striking Hollywood Hills home to his pickup truck with cables and accelerates, dragging the home down the hill. It's a fantasy occasio ...
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First Solar, Big Green Zero turn on solar at Taliesin West

Source: Business Journal of Phoenix

Patrick O'Grady reports on technology, solar energy, utilities, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, sustainability, telecommunications, the Arizona Corporation Commission and other related topics. The 250-kilowatt solar system, announced in February, was ...
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Resale of the week:Outdoors comes inside in Falls Church home

Source: Washington Times

The Craftsman-style home at 3214 Juniper Lane in Falls Church’s Ravenwood community is on the market for $1,199,900. The home, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs, was built in 1951. The tree-lined lanes of Falls Church burs ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar and Big Green Zero Energize Solar Power System at Taliesin West

Source: iStockAnalyst

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kilowattAC solar photovoltaic (PV) power system donated by First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) which will help power the historic Taliesin West campus. The comm ...
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Start your engines--it's dirve-in season

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Memorial Day means different things to different people--a tribute to our military dead, the start of the Indy 500, the end of the Chicago Cubs' playoff hopes--but for me it means the arrival of blockbuster movies at America's 4 ...
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Watch | Moby on Weird L.A Architecture

Source: Selectism

Moby has a blog on weird architecture in L.A. If you’re not a fan of his music don’t dismiss this one straight off, it’s an interesting read from someone who’s clearly passionate/geeky about architecture, the stranger the better. In ...
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Northeast Valley cranks up summer sounds

Source: AZ Central.com

Your air-conditioning bill runs higher in the Arizona summer, but outdoor entertainment is cheaper -- and there is plenty being offered. The last weekend in May and throughout the summer, the Northeast Valley hosts free conc ...
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Baku, Azerbaijan: Dubai of the Caucasus

Source: The Telegraph

Baku's regeneration has been flamboyant. The city has thrown up more glitz and glass than the opening credits of Dallas. Pricey restaurants and showy "VIP" (pronounced "Veep") clubs have opened, the gaudy trappings of a ci ...
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