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Waste Management workers help woman find 5 rings in trash

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 11:41am

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- An Attleboro, Mass., woman is praising the city's trash collection company after its workers helped her dig through mountains of stinking garbage to find five valuable rings she inadvertently threw away, including her engagement and wedding bands.

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This photo taken March 12, 2012 shows the apartment complex in Honolulu where a resident found six tiny fingers in a trash bin behind the complex. The fingers, which Gina Rose Vendegna found last month, are likely from a girl who's 2 1/2 to 4 years old, Honolulu police said. (AP Photo/The Star-Advertiser, Bruce Asato)

Small child's fingers found in trash bin

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 10:14am

HONOLULU  -- For Gina Rose Vendegna, the horror of finding six tiny fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu apartment complex didn't sink in until a day after she turned the plastic bag over to Honolulu police.

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Garrett Rawlings pedals a bicycle-powered generator to power a laptop computer at a booth during the third annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University on Wednesday. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

WSU speaker to area residents: A zero-waste community is possible, so get on it

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 10:11pm

OGDEN — A zero-waste community is possible, but it’s going to take hard work.

So says Eric Lombardi, the keynote speaker at Weber State University’s third annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit, scheduled for Wednesday and today in the Shepherd Student Union.

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Later trash pickup preferred by some

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 12:21am

FARR WEST — Trash pickup is happening too early for some residents, Councilman Lee Dickemore said recently.

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Parents face abuse charges for 'deplorable' home

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 3:29pm

SOUTH SALT LAKE -- A Utah couple charged with child abuse lived amid rotting food, dirty diapers and garbage, police said.

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