ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

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SAN ANTONIO – When the temperatures dropped this weekend, San Antonians bundled up. And it appears many likely remembered to do the same for their pipes. Philip Little, plumbing service manager of ...

When I was in college — more years ago than I would like to admit — I served as a resident assistant in my university's residence halls. Each floor had a vacuum students could use to clean their rooms ...

If there are mistakes on your credit report, a credit repair company can challenge incorrect negative information listed with the three major credit bureaus. According to Consumer Reports, more than a ...

You have 30 days from taking ownership of a product (this could be the date of purchase or the date it was delivered to you - whichever is later) to claim a refund if it is faulty After this time you ...

As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances we are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ...