Advocate depute Alison Di Rollo said Rooney's extensive list of previous convictions included wilful fire raising, theft and housebreaking, but he was also convicted of a sexual offence at the High Court in 2004.
The court later heard from witness Francis Fagan, 39, of Glasgow, who was charged in March 2009 with wilful fire-raising in connection with the fire at Kingspoint.
Recorded cases of vandalism, including fire-raising and malicious mischief, fell by 12% to 82, 020.
Big tax increases are not a sure-fire way of raising revenue in a country where taxes are routinely avoided.
It was just far simpler just to log on straightaway and fire off an email raising the issue with the council directly.
The dry weather is raising worries about fire as dry conditions fueled recent grassland blazes in rural Nebraska and other parts of the Midwest.
On that occasion, oxygen was pumped into the vessel to supplement the crew's air supply but all it did was fuel the flames of a fire which had already started, raising the temperature on board to 1, 000 degrees Celsius.
In another incident, a mob set fire to a British military vehicle, raising questions in Britain about whether its troops should stay.
"The primary objective of adding 75, 000 firefighters is raising the staffing level of fire departments throughout the country to four firefighters per unit, " Buckman testified before the committee.
In Iraq, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened on Tuesday to end a cease-fire he imposed on his militia last August, raising the prospect of further violence.
Yet that study has come under fire from other economists, who argue that comparing different states over time shows that raising the minimum wage hurts job growth.
Only Mrs Bachmann and Mrs Palin have the fund-raising prowess to make a strong run, but they are probably still too fire-breathing to prevail.
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