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Cities allocate new grant money
Forum Publishing GroupLike other cities and local governments nationwide, Tamarac and Lauderhill are seeking ways to get relief for the foreclosure crisis they all face. Many communities receive an annual allocation of federal funds in the form of community development...Tags: Tamarac, Local Authority, Foreclosures, Lauderhill, Real Estate Buyers
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Two worlds collide as lawyer fights for inmate husband
Second of Three Parts
"Well, it's dinnertime at the amazing Miss Weird's Place," Pamela Griffin wrote her husband, Robert, one night in 1986, sitting alone at her kitchen table with leftovers. "Tonight we have the famous incredible squash concoction --...Tags: Temple City, Curiosities, Defense, Halloween, Injuries
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Big-box stores cash in on trees
The Associated PressAs Christmas traditions go, this one's big. Every year, the Proeber family traipses through the fields of central Illinois searching for the perfect Christmas tree before breaking out the saw, tying their selection to the roof of their car and hauling it...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Home Depot Incorporated, Lowe's Companies Incorporated, Holidays, Sales
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Brazil's president asks God to halt rains that have killed 116, proposes aid for survivors
Associated Press WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil's president asked God to halt the devastating rains that have killed at least 116 people in a southern state and offered new plans on Monday to help tens of thousands of people rebuild ruined homes and businesses....Tags: Natural Disasters, Government, Floods, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters
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Bernanke: lower rates are "feasible" but have limited economic benefit
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that further interest-rate cuts are "certainly feasible," but he warned there are limits to how much such action would revive an economy likely to stay weak well into next year. The Fed'...Tags: Business, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Consumers
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Before and After
Special to The Morning CallTo Vince Smith, the building next door to his business, Biery's Port Bodyworks, on Front Street in Catasauqua looked like a graying corpse. In January, when he and his wife, Chris, finally started restoring it, ''and its color returned, it's as if we...Tags: Renovation, Lehigh County, Computer Hardware, Building Material, Charity
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Voice of the People
Unfair bailouts This is in response to "Unfair request" (Voice of the People, Nov. 23), by letter writer Jerry Schneider. I have to say my husband and I agree 100 percent with his comments. We, too, made sure we purchased a house we could afford in...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Oswego, Defense, Vehicles, Northbrook
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Buying, selling and assisting
Buying, selling and assisting Some local governments have specific plans for using federal aid to buy bank-owned properties, then rehab and sell or rent them: Plantation anticipates buying 12 properties, selling nine of them and possibly renting the...Tags: Sales, Tamarac, Local Authority, Rentals, Coral Springs
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South Florida cities and counties get federal grants to take over foreclosed homes
South Florida Sun-SentinelLocal governments across South Florida are gearing up to flip properties, become landlords or dole out grants — all to combat the foreclosure crisis. Cities such as Plantation, Margate and West Palm Beach each anticipate buying a dozen or more...Tags: Pompano Beach, Tamarac, Local Authority, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Boca Raton
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House tours fill holiday weekends
Special to The Baltimore SunIn 1940, Bower Reeves built a dairy barn in rural Forest Hill that he and his son, John Reeves, used for decades. After they stopped using the barn, it sat dormant for 10 years. Then in 1998, John Reeves and his wife, Pat, who were in the market for a...Tags: Diseases, Health Organizations, House and Home, Havre de Grace, John Reeves
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HOT SHOTS
At midmorning, sunlight streams through three sets of windows, creating an elongated pane pattern on the floor of a Reisterstown house.
"This is nice, because you have this floor, you have nice shadows on the wood," says photographer Craig Westerman,...Tags: Ellicott City, Facebook, Ron Howard, Marketing, Real Estate Agents
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Make sure you understand all of fiancee's obligations
My fiancee has her name on three separate mortgages for two different commercial buildings with her ex-husband. According to the divorce decree, her ex-husband has until August 2009 to refinance the mortgages. He wants to do an assumption, which will not...Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Rentals, Foreclosures
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