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by Savannah Morning News  

The Savannah Ronald McDonald House just released the following statement:

The Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire has announced it will close the Savannah Ronald McDonald House this Friday after the discovery of mold in several areas.

RMHC is working with a team of experts to remediate the mold however the scope of the work is extensive and precautionary measures are being taken to prevent this situation from reoccurring. It is estimated that this entire process may take up to six weeks.

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by Channler K. Hill | The Daily Cougar

While Spring Break kept most students out-of-town or at home with their families, a form of fungi vacationed at the University's Quadrangle.

During the break, the executive Director of Student Housing and Residential Life Don Yackley received a report about a room with discoloration in the bathroom that appeared to be mildew and mold. Upon notification, housing inspected all rooms in the Quadrangle area.

"We had a few rooms in each building that had some mildew and mold growth. We contracted with a company to have these specific rooms professionally cleaned, painted when necessary and tested," Yackley said.

by David Ingram ~ NewsandInsight.ThomsonReuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. building contractors, lumber yards and homeowners who say they were charged too much money for drywall have launched a frontal assault on the makers of the ubiquitous building material, alleging a conspiracy to illegally fix prices.

A landslide of lawsuits has been filed since December against at least eight manufacturers, such as USG Corp, National Gypsum and Georgia-Pacific.

The makers of drywall - or gypsum board, as it is known in the industry - raised their prices in concert beginning in September 2011 in a way that could only have been coordinated, perhaps during a trade meeting that month at an Idaho resort, the lawsuits allege.