Elevators

5 Workers Fired After Deadly Elevator Accident

AP | By JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.01.2012

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NEW YORK -- Five elevator mechanics who were on duty when an advertising executive was crushed to death were fired Wednesday, two days after city inve...

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Chicago Man Gets Stuck In Elevator Twice In One Day

Posted 02.07.2012

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Going down? Firefighters rescued a man from a trapped elevator early Monday morning -- only to see him get stuck in a second elevator just moments ...

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Cleveland Park Fails To Stop Metro's Elevator Repair Effort

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Cleveland Park, the tony Upper Northwest neighborhood with the nation's capital most vibrant online neighborhood message board, has lost...

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Girls Narrowly Escape Being Crushed By Elevator

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.18.2011

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Lunch at Classen School of Advanced Studies went from curiosity to life-threatening when three female students became trapped underneath an elevator, ...

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What Goes Up Must Come Down: Escalator and Elevator Etiquette

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 10.02.2011

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Lisa Mirza Grotts

Anyone who visits department stores, shopping malls or lives in a metropolitan city encounters the ups and downs of elevators and escalators in office buildings, subways, and the like. Refresh yourself with these rules of common courtesy.

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New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 6

David Serchuk | Posted 06.05.2011

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David Serchuk

The first sign that this wasn't going to be yet another typical apartment hunt was that the elevator closed behind us and spoke. "Going up!" a femme-botty voice chirped cheerfully.

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Out and About This Summer

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Mirza Grotts

When stepping out this summer, whether for business or pleasure, observing the rules of good behavior will always make your day or evening go more smoothly.

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Rabbinical Elevator Ruling Reignites Debate Over Lifts

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Spain: Police Rescue Woman Caught In Elevator For 8 Days

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADRID — Police say they rescued a woman who was trapped for eight days in an elevator in her house in northeastern Spain. Police said Friday t...

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5 Telltale Dreams About Adulthood

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

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Delia Lloyd

Not only are my dreams hopelessly plot-driven and transparent, they are also recurrent. There are four or five dreams that I must have at least once a month, and every time, I wake up bathed in sweat.

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