W.W. Grainger Inc.'s (GWW) daily sales jumped 14% from a year earlier in April, as higher volume and prices helped the company continue its growth streak.

The supplier of industrial goods ranging from lighting to janitorial products has seen its results improve of late as global economic activity continues to rebound. Last month it reported its first-quarter earnings rose 59% on higher sales and margins. The company may be considered a bellwether of the U.S. economy because of the breadth of its offering

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‘At this time of the year we see a noticeable rise in the number of admissions related to accidental swallowing of household cleaners. Luckily in most cases the swift response of parents means that the consequences are not fatal. But the outcomes are still serious and cause great distress to the child and to their parents.

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LINCOLNTON - A woman who cleans homes for a living has been charged with stealing jewelry from the homes she'd been hired to clean.

Vickie Gail Jackson, 57, of Fran Avenue in Lincolnton was charged with felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

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A student has been arrested after another threat of a school shooting put Concord Junior High School on edge.

The student who was arrested is now in the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center. The Superintendent of Concord Community Schools updated parents with an automated phone call at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.

According to our reporting partners at the Elkhart Truth, another shooting threat was found in a bathroom Monday afternoon at the Junior High.

Captain Jim Bradberry said that janitors found the note threatening a school shooting to take place this morning.

Bradberry said the school had alerted parents through automated phone calls and that police were preparing to take preventive actions similar to last Friday's shooting threat.

Bradberry said police are investigating whether the two threats are connected.

Last Friday, extra police were brought in to the school as a precaution.

A 16-year-old girl was also arrested last Friday for making a bomb threat at Concord High School.

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Broward taxpayers overpaid almost $1 million to clean the airport over the 2008-09 budget years, and the county still pays more than other Florida airport authorities for janitorial work, the county auditor says.

The new audit raises an alarm about a $63 million cleaning contract the county has with Sunshine Cleaning Systems Inc. Its 280 workers wash windows, clean toilets, vacuum carpets, and clean parking garages and sidewalks at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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A 1.46m-tall Bronx woman claims a New York City job counsellor got her fired from her gig as a Parks Department janitor in Queens because he thought she was too short to do the job.

Sandra Petersen, 51, claims she never had a problem at work until she asked counsellor Louis Marchi about switching her assignment, the New York Post said.

"I could do the job," Ms Petersen told the Post. "The managers really liked me and know I worked hard."

R&R Janitorial Painting and Building Services of the District won a $3.1 million contract

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PORTSMOUTH — A hotel maintenance worker was transported by ambulance to the hospital Thursday after inadvertently mixing cleaning chemicals which, when combined, created a chlorine vapor.

The accident occurred at 10:12 a.m. at the Motel 6 on Gosling Road, said Assistant Fire Chief Steve Achilles. The call was initially reported as a hazardous materials incident which created medical problems for the hotel worker, he said.

Firefighters found the worker on the first floor where he was experiencing “non life threatening respiratory irritation,” said Achilles. An odor of chlorine was detected by firefighters wearing protective clothing who checked for toxicity and ventilated the area, he said.

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May 5, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago public high school has started a unique partnership with a local chain of grocery stores. It is giving students with disabilities onsite job training and independent living skills.

This is an ideal solution for students who need to prepare for life after high school.

At Southside Occupational Academy, the Jewel Lab was just installed in one of their classrooms.

"We have five classes going through with about 10 students in each class, so right now we have 50 students," said Joshua Long.

Long is the school's principal. They have 200 students, from ages 16 to 22, with developmental disabilities.

"At our school we provide beginning vocational training and then we bring them into a setting like this, they can get hands-on training," Long said. "And during their final year of school they actually go out to a Jewel grocery store and they get a work-study placement with assistance of one of our teachers.

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