"It was just a strange thing that happened," Ocean View Police Chief Kenneth McLaughlin told the News-Journal, "a very, very unfortunate accident." The young carpenter died at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., after being evacuated by helicopter.A nail-gun accident in Mississippi had a happier outcome, reports the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Stone County, Miss., contractor Duncan Hatten was crouching down to nail a 2x4 block onto a column when he lost his balance and fell against the nail gun, which fired two quick nails into his heart. "I just figured I was gonna die," Hatten told local TV station WLOX. "I told my coworker to tell my family that I loved them." But the two framing spikes had narrowly missed major blood vessels, and surgeons were able to remove the nails from Hatten''s heart in a two-hour operation.

"The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other environmental agencies have determined that land spreading of contaminated soil is more acceptable," says Bob Broz, water quality specialist at the University of Missouri."Previously, farmers might have had to have soil from these sites transported to a hazardous waste incinerator. In most cases, they now can dig out petroleum-stained soil and spread it thinly across their fields, where natural biological activity breaks contaminants down," he says.

Gradually the problem became clearer--the only thing talked about around the table was the table. Instead of being a catalyst for conversation, the table was the sole topic of conversation. Somehow it had gone from being the pot for stone soup to the soup itself.The problem became acute when an unknown man fingering a Bowie knife wanted to carve his initials into the just-sanded maple top. The question became one of limits--to what extent is the commons common property? Can someone rip off a hunk of table for firewood? And more importantly, do I reserve the right to direct conversation to things that interest me?

Though light in weight, Airbor magnetic drill has a powerful 1.6-hp air motor and 1,600-lb magnetic holding strength. With its extra rack, stroke length is extended to 10 1/4 in. Annular cutter capacity is up to 2 1/16 in. diam. Geared chuck adapter converts the unit to a standard drill press. The Slugger Air Force pneumatic drill, at 24 lbs, 6 1/4" high, is useful for confined area drilling. The drill''s features include a permanent magnet that turns on or off by air power, a cutter capacity of up to 1 1/16" diameter x 3/4" depth and the ability to use ShortSlugger cutters and frame cutters. These cutters'' geometry allows the operator to drill multi-layered truck frames in a single pass.

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