Dallas Preparing To Auction Off Old Fire Stations, Libraries

ROBERT WILONSKY, Dallas Morning News
Sat, 06/02/2012 - 7:26am

Dallas preparing to auction off old fire stations, libraries

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Rare nickel coin auctioned for $3m
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At least 2 killed, as many as 30 hurt in bus crash outside Dallas
At least two people were killed and as many as 30 injured Thursday when a bus carrying people to a casino overturned on a highway outside Dallas, authorities said.The crash happened in the Dallas suburb of Irving. Authorities closed the highway and a nearby tollbooth. More
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Guy finds rare 1865 baseball card worth upwards of $500K in a photo album bought in an antique store for less than $100
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