NEWSTRACKER: Ex-Fugitive to go on trial in sealy murder
What's new: Afrim Tairi, the accused mastermind of a 1995 Teaneck home invasion in which the heir to the Sealy Mattress Co. was killed, is scheduled to go to trial on a murder charge next month.
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Fire reported at Rittenhouse Square hotel
A one-alarm fire at the Rittenhouse hotel and condominium building last night drew heavy response before it was declared under control. Fire officials said the blaze began in a seventh-floor unit at 210 W. Rittenhouse Square about 8:30 p.m. One official at the scene said it started in a mattress.
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Return on T-bills drops to absolute zero
Investors are so nervous, they're willing to accept the same return from government debt that they'd get from stuffing the money in a mattress — zero.
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Pontiac mobile home fire started in mattress
PONTIAC — A suspicious blaze that badly damaged a mobile home Thursday morning in Pontiac started as a mattress fire, a fire lieutenant said Friday.
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