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Habits bad for the environment
So which of our habits is the worst enemy to the environment? For now, here's a look at some of our most common environmental transgressions, starting with the biggies.
HOME ENERGY
Consumption The average Chicago household uses 5,400 kilowatt hours of...Tags: Nuclear Power, Air Transportation Industry, Newspapers, Energy Saving, Natural Gas
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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: Lawyers, Curiosities, Prosecution, Temple City, Censorship
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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: Foreclosures, Lauderhill, Tamarac, Real Estate Buyers, Local Authority
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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: Lowe's Companies Incorporated, Sales, Chevy Chase, Holidays, Dining and Drinking
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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: Building Material, Lehigh County, Renovation, Catasauqua, Metal and Mineral
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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: Voting, Pension and Welfare, Oswego, Hazel Crest, World War II
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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: Condos and Houses, Foreclosures, Coral Springs, Sales, Tamarac
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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: Condos and Houses, Lauderhill, Property, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Agents
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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: Trips and Vacations, Health Organizations, Havre de Grace, Cancer, House and Home
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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: Facebook, Ron Howard, Reisterstown, Real Estate Agents, Ellicott City
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In living color
Special to The Baltimore SunIn the city neighborhood of Charles Village, dark-brick Victorian rowhouses are embellished with leaded- and stained-glass windows and fancy wood pediments. Wrought-iron fences enclose some front gardens, while others are defined by flowers and hedges....Tags: Fells Point, Land Price, Charles Village, Sony Corp., Furniture
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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: Foreclosures, Condos and Houses, Glencoe, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services
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