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Dubai names tallest building after bailout patron

Jan. 4, 2010
Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper today, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi -- the oil-rich sheikdom which came to its rescue during the financial meltdown.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- No one was injured in Calgary, Alberta, when two sections of a mirrored panel came loose and plummeted 18 stories to the street below, a Canadian official says.

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TORONTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Seventeen people visiting Toronto's landmark CN Tower spent four hours being buffeted by high winds in a glass elevator that stalled 1,000 feet up.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- No serious injuries were reported when a school bus was hit by a steel beam dropped from a crane at a Wachovia tower construction site in Charlotte, N.C.

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WINDBER, Pa., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Police in southeastern Pennsylvania say they think ambitious scrap-metal thieves are behind the recent disappearance of a radio transmission tower.

Skyscraper falling glass injures three

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Falling glass has injured three people, continuing a history of safety problems during construction of a New York skyscraper.

Tower loses height record, seeks another

TORONTO, April 9 (UPI) -- Toronto's CN Tower has lost its status as world's tallest structure, but is bidding to become the highest glass-bottomed elevator ride.

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ONTARIO, Calif., April 1 (UPI) -- A California firm says it is testing part of the glass exterior that will be used on the Freedom Tower to be erected in New York City.

Tower of London may go on threatened list

LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A United Nations' World Heritage Committee is considering placing the historic Tower of London on its list of endangered World Heritage Sites. The major threat to the British fortress built in the year 1078 by William the Conqueror is the number of high-r

Customs to be tenant in Freedom Tower

NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- Federal agencies have agreed to rent one-quarter of the space in the Freedom Tower, the building planned to replace the World Trade Center in New York.

Sears Tower ratchets up security

CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- People who work or visit the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, will have to pass through airport-type security, including X-ray scanners and metal det
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa