An Associated Press article this week notes that the city of Newark, NJ, staring into a budget abyss, sold 16 city buildings to developers and investors, including the Newark Symphony Hall and police and fire headquarters.

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The opening ceremony of the World Police and Fire Games in Northern Ireland will be held at the Kings Hall in Belfast.

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The two firefighters, Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones, were killed when their fire engine fell down a mountainside at the weekend.

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He told the inquest at Lambeth Town Hall he was working near London Bridge on the day of the fire and found out about the blaze when his wife rang him just before 16.30 BST.

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The hall was lucky to escape destruction by both the 1834 fire and World War II bombing with its vast stained glass arched window dominating one end still intact (c).

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To be sure, all fire codes must be vigorously enforced, and club and concert hall operators must be held to the highest standards.

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But his City Hall opponents claim he will damage the capital's emergency services, closing 12 fire stations and 65 police stations.

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It now wants to repair the stonework, and hopes to recover pieces which may have been rescued when parts of the hall were damaged by fire in 1822.

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