As the first case of Ebola hit New York in late October, the city turned to one man to clean up the contaminated waste: Sal Pane. Pane and his company seemed like the perfect candidates. They had nearly 20 years of experience dealing with hazardous situations. The only problem: Pane wasn't who he claimed to be, reports CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair.

"We are the most highly-trained company out there that's done this," Pane said on Al Jazeera America. "We've done everything from Anthrax, from MRSA, to Ebola."

On TV and on the radio, Pane was a pro at promoting his company.

"For 20-plus years, I mean we have cleaned up some of the most remarkable situations that this country has seen," Pane said on "The Tony Conley Morning Show" radio program.

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COLUMBIA undefined  This past summer, J's Cleaning Solution in Columbia was certified as a minority- and woman-owned business by the Missouri Office of Equal Opportunity. Owner Jessica Cason began the certification process in 2012, shortly after starting the janitorial services company.

The certification is intended to help her win state contracts. But after two years of dealing with bad information and misleading officials, the certification has not helped her get any state contracts, she said, because J's Cleaning has always been outbid by larger companies.

Twenty years after Missouri set its first goals for contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses, the state's contracting program continues to be affected by "discrimination on a basis of race and gender,"

More at source: Columbian

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” A group of low-wage contract workers walked off the job at the Capitol and other federal buildings and landmarks on Thursday to press for higher pay.

“It’s hard to give my son a better life on $11.85 an hour,” said Tony Brawner, 43, who works at the Capitol Visitor Center.

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama raised the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10 an hour on all new government contracts beginning on Jan. 1. Congress so far has blocked Obama’s efforts to raise the current $7.25 an-hour minimum wage to that level for all workers nationwide. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have acted on their own to raise the minimum wage.

Contract workers include those who serve food and provide janitorial services in federal buildings and museums. Protest organizers said about 400 workers participated in Thursday’s one-day walkout.

Demonstrators at the Capitol called for a “living wage” of at least $15 an hour and pressed for better working 

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You might want to request a bigger safe the next time you travel.

A secretly-taped video showing what appears to be a hotel cleaner rifling through a guest’s belonging is making Internet rounds.

YouTube user Vince Stravix uploaded a video he claims was taken on Nov. 5 at a “brand-named” American hotel. He set up the hidden camera attached to his computer to secretly record what happened in his hotel room while he stepped out.

In the video, a woman is seen entering a hotel room with cleaning cart in tow and begins collecting towels and tidying up the bathroom. But soon the cleaner can be seen looking through the guest’s suitcase, playing with a tablet device and even trying to access the very laptop used to film the room.

The woman does not appear to take any belongings. 

Since Vince Stravix uploaded the videoon YouTue, it's been viewed over 1.2 million times and garnered hundreds of comments. Many angry posts point the finger at the hotel for lack of security, while others say they see a “curious” woman but overall aren’t that bothered.

More at source: Fox News

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Firefighters on Wednesday afternoon rescued two window washers who became suspended 69 stories above the street while working at the newly completed 1 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

The workers, who were harnessed to the scaffolding of the window-washing equipment, were uninjured, according to the authorities.

Shortly before 2 p.m., firefighters could be seen cutting a hole through a window near the platform and then assembling inside, where they pulled the workers to safety.

More at source: NY Times

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New York is a monumental, awe-inspiring city. Much of its gritty cinematographic character comes from her heavy makeup, layers upon layers of pollution deposited for decades in every nook and crack. Trevor Little's photo of two guys powerwashing a building clearly shows this beautiful old whore's true skin.

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Peter Normand’s question for Curious City begins with an unusual email he received on July 13. The email was from his alderman, the 49th Ward’s Joe Moore.

The message referenced William Lewis, a 28-year-old photographer who had just moved to Chicago. Just one day earlier, Lewis had been killed by stray gang gunfire on the 1300 block of W. Devon Ave.

“I happened to be on Devon only a block from the shooting and heard the gunfire,” read Ald. Moore’s email to constituents. “I looked up to see the assailant, who appeared to be a teenager, continue to fire his weapon at a group of fleeing youths. It is something I will never forget.”

What Moore wrote next saddened our question-asker and piqued a morbid curiosity:

“Later that evening on our way to a neighborhood block party, my wife and I drove past the scene of the shooting and noticed that bloodstains remained on the sidewalk. We went to a nearby store to purchase some water, bleach and a brush to clean the sidewalk. By the time we returned, Milton, a resident of the building adjacent to the sidewalk, had already undertaken the grim task. We helped him finish the job.”

Peter Normand, a 36-year-old architect and resident of the 1900 block of W. Morse, was moved enough to ask Curious City:

Who cleans up the blood on sidewalks and playgrounds after shootings?

More at source: WBEZ

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LYONS, Ill. (FOX 32 News) -

An elementary school in suburban Chicago closed for cleaning Thursday after nearly a third of the students were out sick the day before.

Students at Robinson Elementary in Lyons got sick from what health officials say is most likely the Norovirus. With so many kids out, Lyons Superintendent Mary Jo Vladika said she'd rather be safe than sorry.

Health is the number one priority for her students. That's why she had the school closed, cleaned and sanitized for a fresh start Friday.

“I thought I was going to miss something really important,” student Lebonnie Garcia said.

Elvia Garcia's daughter is a third grader at Robinson Elemnetary and she was just one of the 80 students out sick Wednesday.

“It was Tuesday night around midnight she started throwing up. She threw up a couple of times," Garcia said.

More at source: Fox News

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To improve chemical safety and provide more streamlined access to information on chemicals, EPA has built and is populating a new database. This new database, named ChemView, greatly improves access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals including those on EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredient List.

ChemView is part of EPA's commitment to strengthen its chemicals management programs by improving access to and the usefulness of chemical information. The goal is for people to easily get information they need to make safe chemical choices. It can help businesses, individuals and others make more informed decisions about the chemicals they use.

While the current version of ChemView contains a substantial amount of information, when fully populated, ChemView will contain data for thousands of chemicals regulated under TSCA. In the months ahead, EPA will be continually adding chemicals, data, assessments, functionality, and links to source documents.

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