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Photo Release -- Energy Focus, Inc. Wins $1 Million Ohio Development Grant to Support the Development of Low Cost ...Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMSOLON, Ohio -- Energy Focus, Inc. , a leader in providing energy efficient lighting solutions, announced that its research and development team has been selected to receive a $1 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Sensors Program to develop an ultra-low cost light sensor to complement IntelliTube, Energy Focus' LED based fluorescent replacement technology.

City accepts parks planWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:06AMAfter about 14 months of work and public input from 368 residents, Grove City has a comprehensive plan for its parks and recreation department.

Amusement park officials say new oversight law unneededMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:11PMThe death of a disabled Army veteran Friday after he was thrown from a roller coaster in New York has prompted a Massachusetts congressman to renew a push for greater federal oversight of amusement park rides. But local amusement park and industry officials said federal regulation would be redundant.

Probe continues into vet’s N.Y. coaster death - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army TimesMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:40AMBUFFALO, N.Y. — An investigation is continuing into the death of an Iraq war veteran and double amputee who fell from a 208-foot-tall roller coaster in upstate New York.

Army double amputee falls to death from 208-foot-tall roller coasterMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:32AMA 208-foot (63-metre)-tall roller coaster in upstate New York remained closed Sunday amid questions about the falling death of an Iraq war veteran who lost both his legs to a roadside bomb and the decision to allow him on the ride.

Probe continues after vet falls from NY coasterMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:16AMBUFFALO, N.Y. -- An investigation is continuing into the death of an Iraq war veteran and double amputee who fell from a 208-foot-tall roller coaster in upstate New York.Sgt. James Thomas Hackemer, who had lost both his legs to a roadside bomb, was e ...

Questions swirl after vet falls from N.Y. coasterMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:27AMBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A 208-foot-tall roller coaster in upstate New York remained closed Sunday amid questions about the falling death of an Iraq war veteran who lost both his legs to a roadside bomb and the decision to allow him on the ride.

Iraq vet's death on NY roller coaster probedMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:23AMSgt. James Thomas Hackemer lost legs in Iraq blast; Questions raised over whether he should have been allowed on ride

Questions after war vet dies in roller coaster fallMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:46AMA 63-metre-tall roller coaster in upstate New York remains closed amid questions about the falling death of an Iraq war veteran who lost both his legs to a roadside bomb and the decision to allow him on the ride.