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Storm Paid-For Hotel Rooms Sit Vacant in New York City

Scores of hotel rooms paid for with public money for people displaced by Superstorm Sandy have been vacant for weeks. The Wall Street Journal says it reviewed documents that 120 rooms at the Milford Plaza Hotel in midtown-Manhattan haven’t been …

Fire at Century-Old Ohio Hotel Ruled Arson

Investigators say a fire that destroyed an old, vacant hotel in northwestern Ohio was the result of arson. The blaze happened Sunday afternoon in Paulding, about 65 miles southwest of Toledo. No injuries were reported. The state fire marshal’s office …

Fire Crews Respond to 6 Suspicious Michigan Fires

The Detroit Fire Department says it responded to six suspicious fires at vacant homes on the city’s north side. Arson Unit Lt. Dennis Richardson told the Detroit Free Press that the first of four fires on one street was reported …

Fire Officials Suspect Arson in Nevada Thanksgiving Fire

Las Vegas, Nev., fire officials say arson may be behind an early Thanksgiving morning fire that caused $20,000 in damages to a vacant house. Firefighters responded just after midnight to the blaze in the 4900 block of Glory Lane, near …

Investigators Believe Providence, R.I. Fire was Arson

A fire at a vacant Providence duplex is being investigated as a probable arson. Deputy Assistant Chief Paul Thomas tells the Providence Journal that it appears some neighborhood children got into the building and started the fire, which was reported …