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One person died and at least two others were injured after falling from chairlifts during the past week, in one of the busiest times of the year for skiing.

A Brooklyn mother, 44, died in upstate New York Sunday when she fell 25 feet. Her death was later ruled accidental.

Tyler Russell, 10, fell nearly 20 feet from a lift in Oregon last Saturday while trying to adjust his snowboard.

I said, Im going to put my foot behind my snowboard, and then I went forward too much, said Russell, who wasnt seriously injured.

A 5-year-old was hospitalized in New York Tuesday after slipping under his chairs safety bar and falling 18 feet.

In truth, youre more likely to die riding an elevator than a ski lift, with 15 deaths reported in the past four decades, and no fatalities from a chairlift malfunction since 1993, according to the National Ski Areas Association, which represents ski area owners and operators.

But Mike Russo, the risk and safety manager at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, said skiers need to know the risks of riding on a chairlift, and take safety seriously.

If you think you are going to drop something like a pole or a glove, he said, its best just to let that item drop and then somebody can go back around and pick it up for you.

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Dennis ballooned to 56 pounds after staying with his owner's relative, who fed him 'human food' and treats The over-fed canine had to undergo surgery to remove his excess skin after losing the weight

By Charlie Lankston For Daily Mail Online

Published: 15:05 EST, 2 January 2015 | Updated: 15:44 EST, 2 January 2015

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An obese dachshund has managed to lose a whopping 43 pounds after spending a year on a strictly-controlled diet plan.

Dennis, whose weight peaked at an unbelievable 56 pounds just over a year ago, also had to undergo surgery in order to remove all of the excess skin left behind after he dropped the weight.

The canine companion first starting piling on the pounds after being left in the care of his owner's uncle, who fed him a dangerous combination of human food and fatty dog treats.

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CITY Bowls Club says a deal it signed with construction company Probuild is a "win-win" for everyone involved.

The club has agreed to house the work sheds of the company that is redeveloping Grand Central and Gardentown. A number of Probuild's work sheds are housed across from the club, but, in February, they will be moved onto the club's smaller bowling green.

At a special general meeting of City Bowls Club in December, members agreed to Probuild's proposal to move the sheds onto the little-used playing surface.

In return, Probuild has promised to fully refurbish the green after the two-year period and will also install lights for the club's main green.

The installation of the lights will allow members to play bowls at night for the first time.

The small green's refurbished surface is likely to be synthetic.

The deal has been approved by Toowoomba Regional Council, which is the club's landlord.

City Bowls Club spokesman Graham Healy said it was a "win-win" situation for everyone.

"There's been some minor inconvenience from construction, but the relationship between ourselves and Probuild has been fantastic.

"A lot of the construction workers have actually joined the club and are utilising the facilities of a little licensed club right next to their worksite.

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Houston Police Chief sheds light on racial profiling
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Firefighters worked throughout the night to protect several properties south of Toodyay from a bushfire that claimed one home and several sheds.

The fire tore through 150ha of bush with fire crews working desperately to control the fast-moving blaze.

It was reported about 1.40pm as temperatures across the State soared above 40C yesterday.

By 2.30pm, residents in an area bounded by Salt Valley Road, Challeon Lane, Panorama View, Hoddy Well Road and Sandplain Road were told it was too late to leave and they needed to defend their homes.

Five helitacs and water bombers assisted 150 firefighters throughout the afternoon.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said one home had been destroyed and the owner informed last night.

At least three sheds and a free-standing garage were also lost.

The fire, believed to have been accidental though the cause remained unknown, was downgraded from a bushfire emergency to a watch and act at 7.30pm.

With roads around the bushfire closed, more than a dozen residents gathered at a makeshift evacuation centre in the Toodyay town hall.

It was deja vu for Twilight Brae residents Bruce and Linda Sharman. The blaze came almost five years since another big fire ripped through the area on December 29, 2009.

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The CD player is going the way of the tape deck in Hyundai Vehicles. The Korean automaker announced today that its new infotainment unit will eschew the compact disk reader, choosing instead to embrace smartphone connectivity. The system will be optimized for use with Apple CarPlay as well as Android Auto, software that carries some apps from your mobile OS of choice over to the cars center console.

The Display Audio system will be centered around a seven-inch touch screen that Hyundai wishes to make the head unit for all its cars, even the entry-level volume cars. As affordable car buyers are often younger, Hyundai aims to provide what they want most in their car all the latest smartphone-enabled technologies at a lower price, said Cason Grover, senior group manager, cross-carline planning of Hyundai Motor America.

Those smartphone technologies include text messaging via voice commands, accessing navigation via a phone connection, and making calls, naturally.

With Apple CarPlay, drivers will be able to use Siri eyes-free mode, giving them the ability to use a compatible vehicles steering-wheel-mounted voice command button and call up driving directions, compose texts, and access any notifications they may have received. Android Auto will offer the use of many apps like TextMe and WhatsApp to do something similar.

If drivers happen to be sans smartphone, the Hyundai Display Audio system will still have basic HD radio station access as well as SiriusXM satellite radio, but youll be missing out on the Blue Link connectivity that lets Hyundai owners monitor overall car health and access certain functions via a downloadable app.

Related:Hyundai Blue Link review

Hyundai will be demonstrating all the available functions on its new Display Audio system next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Hedge funds made larger adjustments to their bets on U.S. interest rates than other financial firms during the U.S. Treasury markets unusual moves on Oct. 15, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Tuesday.

The Feds quarterly poll of senior credit officers at major securities dealers offered new insight into trading activity during the sudden plunge in Treasury yields that day. The dive raised questions among regulators and traders about whether new regulations or the rising role of electronic-trading technology are making the market more prone to large swings.

Hedge funds, including macro funds that invest based on broad economic trends, made relatively large adjustments in their bets on moves in U.S. interest rates between 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on that Wednesday in October, the Fed survey of 22 dealers found.

For most other client types, dealers indicated that there was little or no change in net positioning, the Fed said. The survey was conducted during the second half of November.

The Managed Funds Association, a hedge-fund industry group, had no immediate comment.

The survey helps explain why market supervisors at the Fed and the U.S. Treasury have paid special attention to the role of speedy trading firms and hedge funds that day. Computer-driven, superfast trading has also been a focus since the speed of the market move and the volume of trading that took place were consistent with that activity. The Fed survey didnt mention high-frequency traders, but several market participants have pointed to their role in the Oct. 15 moves.

Investors that day were fleeing for the safety of government debt due to concerns about global growth, geopolitical events such as unrest in the Middle East and the Ebola scare. But market participants said the move on Oct. 15 was larger than what would have been expected based on the confluence of events leading up to it alone, suggesting other factors amplified the action that day.

The Fed survey also found that on Oct. 15 and in the following days, some dealers increased the amount of collateral, or margin, that dealers required to backstop financial contracts that referenced short-term U.S. Treasury rates. Nearly one-fifth of dealers increased margin requirements for clients such as mutual funds and pension plans during that time, the survey said.

That suggests dealers were adjusting to the more volatile trading by demanding clients post more collateral. The survey didnt specify how the margin requirements on Oct. 15 and the following days compared to previous or subsequent time periods.

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Joe Maila sheds more light on the blood alcohol tests backlog
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