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Three Killed in Scaffolding Collapse
Three men working to install a water main beneath a bridge fell into the Arkansas River when the scaffolding they were on collapsed Wednesday morning. Two of the men have not been located and are presumed drowned...

Construction Worker Hurt in Lincoln Center Fall
A New York City construction worker was injured in a fall from scaffolding at the Lincoln Center last night.  He was wearing a safety harness at the time of the construction accident...

San Diego Construction Accident Kills 16
Sixteen people were injured ? three critically ? when wooden scaffolding covering a Downtown San Diego pedestrian walkway collapsed along a housing construction site Aug. 28, according to this 10News report...

Social networking at work
PC World suggests that firms are getting blind-sided by social networking: Still thinking about building a social-networking site for your employees? Sure they haven't started without you? Check Facebook, you might get a surprise...

SCAFFOLD COLLAPSES, KILLING ONE BROTHER, AND LEAVING A SECOND BROTHER STRUGGLING FOR HIS LIFE
According to the New York Times, two brothers, Edgar and Alcides Moreno fell from the 47th floor of Solow Tower, a Manhattan building, after their scaffold collapsed beneath them. The two brothers, Edgar and Alcides Moreno, who worked as window washers together, fell from a swing scaffold, a built-in feature of the Solow Tower that is intended to let workers move the platform so window washers can reach any point on the facade...

Construction Accident Involving Bucket Injures Workers, Bystanders
According to a NY Times report, people received minor injuries after a bucket that was being lifted by a crane fell, breaking glass windows as it toppled along side of the building...

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.