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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A courtroom is not where one usually encounters rare movie posters, but that's where New Jersey collector Ralph DeLuca made the score of a lifetime - a 1927 German poster advertising Fritz Lang's sci-fi classic Metropolis. DeLuca, who owns the film memorabilia website RalphDeLuca.com, outbid three formidable competitors in a Dec. 13 auction at the US Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles. He paid $1.2 million to acquire one of only four known...

NEW YORK and GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Review Jury of the 2012 Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation today announced the five winning cities in urban-development initiatives: Kocaeli (Turkey), Lilongwe (Malawi), Seoul (Korea), Vancouver (Canada), Vienna (Austria). Amid the rapidly changing social, economic and environmental context of the 21st century, urban areas worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges in strategically planning for...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NEP Broadcasting is pleased to announce a partnership that will combine NEP Studios' engineering expertise, equipment, and service with the former Metropolis 6,400 square foot studio space in Manhattan. Managed by NEP Studios starting on October 1st, NEP Metropolis will offer the highest level of client services by bringing the full resources of NEP Broadcasting to support day-to-day operations, logistics, engineering, technology and client...

METROPOLIS, Ill., Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) announced ratification of a new three-year agreement, ending a 13-month lockout by Honeywell International at the uranium processing plant in Metropolis, Ill., that is the largest conversion plant in the world to produce nuclear fuel for commercial reactors. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) After a day-long vote yesterday at the union hall, USW Local 7-669 President...

SAN DIEGO, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego ComicCon -- When a comic book collection worth nearly $1 million appears, fans and collectors take notice. That's why Metropolis Collectibles, the world's largest vintage comic dealer, expects big crowds when they unveil their new "Super Soldier" collection at San Diego ComicCon this week. Metropolis Collectibles has wrapped a complete run of Captain America comics from the 1940s--carefully collected over 15 years by one avid fan--into its...

Locked out Metropolis uranium plant cited by OSHA, NRC, and EPA METROPOLIS, Ill., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Honeywell uranium conversion facility where USW workers remain locked out for more than one year has once again been cited for violations by a federal agency. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the plant with 17 "serious" safety violations and a $119,000 fine on June 22. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO)...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks community comments For Honeywell Corp. uranium plant where workers locked out METROPOLIS, Ill., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Town hall meeting will be held by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday, May 23rd, 7:00 pm (CDST) at the Massac County Courthouse, One Superman Square, Metropolis, IL for community comment on the agency's license oversight review of the Honeywell Metropolis plant performance with safety operations,...

MORRISTOWN, N.J., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing ten months of unproductive bargaining sessions, locked-out United Steelworkers (USW) from the nation's only uranium conversion facility at Metropolis, IL., used their proxy shares to gain access to Honeywell International Corp. shareholders meeting yesterday for an accountability session with company executives. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) USW Local 7-669 Pres. Darrell Lillie said, "We...

MORRISTOWN, N.J., April 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After ten months of unproductive bargaining sessions, locked-out United Steelworkers (USW) union workers from the nation's largest uranium conversion facility at Metropolis, IL., are taking their struggle to the shareholders meeting at Honeywell International Corp. headquarters on Monday, Apr. 25 for an accountability session with company executives. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO ) A demonstration is...

Illinois lawmaker questions use of temp workers in toxic uranium processing METROPOLIS, Ill., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A safety report titled, "Communities at Risk?" was released today by USW Local 7-669 leaders highlighting potential hazards by the use of temporary, unskilled workers hired by Honeywell International during a six-month lockout at the nation's largest uranium conversion processing plant. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) "We've...