Republic Windows & Doors to shut down
Republic Windows & Doors will shut its doors Friday, causing approximately 300 workers to lose their jobs at the North Side manufacturer.

Slammed by slowdown, Republic Windows shutting down
(Crain's) - Republic Windows & Doors LLC is shutting down Friday, citing the housing market slump and an inability to secure financing to help it weather the economic downturn. More than 230 workers will lose their jobs. The Chicago-based vinyl window manufacturer had ?no choice but to shut ...

Window closes on Republic
Republic Windows & Doors, once an emblem of corporate expansion on Goose Island, said it must shut down Friday because of inability to get financing. It said more than 200 jobs will be eliminated. Amy Zimmerman, vice president of sales and marketing at Republic, said the shutdown was forced by Bank of America Corp., which withdrew a credit line because of the manufacturer's declining sales. The ...

Secrets to lasting gingerbread memories
Unless you have a culinary degree, an incredibly steady hand and a few months to spare, you probably won't be able to recreate those breathtaking gingerbread houses that dazzle from bakeshop windows. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you will be on your way to a merrier Christmas. But that doesn't mean you should give up on your gingerbread dreams.

BARGAIN - Vauxhall astra MUST GO - OFFER OF THE ROOF BARS
Vauxhall Astra Comfort, year 2002, 44000 m, Manual, 5 doors, hatchback, Engine Size 1,598 cc, Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS), Driver Airbag, Immobiliser, Passenger Airbag, Rear seat belts, Safety Belt Pretensioners,AM/FM Stereo, CD Player, Steering wheel controls, Air Conditioning, Power-assisted Steering (PAS), Power Locks, Power Windows, Tilt Steering Wheel.

Anti-poverty activists target home of government employee
Community services say they are stepping up security after protesters surrounded the house of a government employee yesterday at dawn. Halifax Coalition Against Poverty members banged on doors and windows and held a mock funeral on the lawn of Lynn Brogan, a community services regional administrator. HCAP says the closing of the Pendleton Place homeless shelter will lead to deaths and ...

'Ask and you shall receive'
Fifteen minutes after Joan Spears sent up a prayer for help repairing her home one day last summer, the answer walked into her yard.

Welcome home: Old West End opens doors during its annual Tours de Noel
Behind the walk-through wreath that frames their Parkwood Avenue doorway, Gary Sears and Bill Thien have assembled more than a dozen Christmas trees to adorn their century-old home for the holidays. The collection of trees has grown in the 16 years since the Tudor first became their home, and they start decorating the trees in October to complement their accumulated antique lamps, glass, and ...

How To Make A Concept Car In 11 Easy Steps [How To Make A Concept Car]
Concept cars, once used by designers to hint at the distant future, are now predominately used by carmakers to preview cars already designed. In order to "disguise" the final model and generate more...

Club Cooee Releases Slick 3D Messenger In Private Beta (Grab An Invite)
German startup Club Cooee has launched its 3D instant messaging service in private beta, and it doesn't disappoint. The service is a hybrid between traditional instant messengers like AIM and 3D social networks like Second Life, allowing users to converse in chat bubbles while using their 3D avatars to express emotions, and can also share photos and links visually. TechCrunch readers can ...

Lake Wales may miss deadline for grant
Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:44 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 8:28 a.m. LAKE WALES - The city of Lake Wales might miss out on applying for a grant to install new doors and windows to the 1940 Cafeteria Building, which is part of the Hardman Recreation Complex.

For Sale: Relics of a Black Past
Somewhere inside a dark storage room in western Loudoun County are remnants of the county's black history. The Round Hill warehouse contains windows, light fixtures, slabs of chalkboard and other items from Loudoun's first modern elementary school for black students.

Mt. Lebanon police remind residents to lock cars, even in driveways
Mt. Lebanon police have some words of advice for residents: Make sure you lock your car doors even if your vehicle is parked in the driveway.

Police Blotter
A burglar was spotted breaking into Looney?s Smokehouse on Bancroft Way on the evening of Nov. 27. Shortly before 8 p.m., a passerby spotted a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt, baggy black pants and sneakers climbing through one of the restaurant?s windows.

?A Grande Christmas? in Boca Grande
Shop windows twinkled with starry holiday lights, luminaries flickered along the walkways and Christmas carols lingered in the night air as downtown Boca Grande was transformed into a storybook Christmas village for the annual Christmas Walk Saturday night.

Residents urged to protect themselves from crimes of opportunity, lock doors
Sanibel Police Chief Bill Tomlinson is reminding residents to pay special attention to their personal security in the wake of two burglaries last week committed within days of each other.

Doors of Weston: Book reflects Weston's colorful history
A door to a root cellar in the middle of a stone wall. An original plaster cast of a West Point bronze door. An Asian archway in the middle of the woods.

Germantown's historic homes open for holidays
The village of Germantown will open six sets of doors to the community for its holiday homes tour.

Hip Hotels Continue to Open Even as Economy Sours
Several new hip hotels are set to open their doors soon. First up, the Cooper Square Hotel where rooms will start at $325 a night...

A New Coming of Age
Leopold Café has a row of wide arched doors that open to the busiest tourist street in Mumbai. There are a cluster of clubs around the corner; outside you can buy 10 different T-shirts that feature elephants or camels or many-armed gods.