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Nov. 16, 2009
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WARSAW, Poland, April 24 (UPI) -- Poland will ban smoking in indoor public places and in passenger cars if children are in them, Polish Radio said.

Canadian building permits fall in month

OTTOWA, Ontario, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The value of Canadian building permits issued in November dropped 11.8 percent from the previous month, the government said Friday.

Canadian building permits fall in August

OTTAWA, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Canadian housing permits issued in August fell 13.5 percent in value in August to $5.6 billion, Statistics Canada reported Monday.

Canadian building permits fall in June

OTTAWA, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The value of Canadian building permits fell 5.3 percent overall in June to $6.3 billion from a month earlier, the Statistics Canada agency reported Thursday.

Canadian building permits up in May

OTTAWA, July 7 (UPI) -- The value of Canadian building permits increased 1.1. percent to $6.6 billion in May, the second consecutive monthly increase, Statistics Canada said Monday.

Canadian building permits jump in April

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Canadian building permits dip in March

OTTAWA, May 6 (UPI) -- The total value of building permits in Canada dropped 4.5 percent in March to $5.6 billion, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.

Anti-smokers target apartment buildings

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Banning smoking in multiunit residential buildings is seen as one of the final frontiers for health advocacy groups in the United States.

Energy savings from airtight buildings

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by making buildings more airtight.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler