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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: Transportation, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Vehicles, Newspaper and Magazine
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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, Real Estate Buyers, Lauderhill, Local Authority
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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, Disasters, Avalanches and Landslides, Meteorological Disasters, Foreign Aid
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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: Crimes, Trials, Woody Allen, Prosecution, Local Authority
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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: Coral Springs, Condos and Houses, Foreclosures, Real Estate Buyers, Sales
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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: Boynton Beach, Condos and Houses, Foreclosures, Coconut Creek, Lauderhill
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budget basics
The Dallas Morning NewsCosts for almost everything — food, health care, housing — are on the rise. If you're like most Americans, you've already found ways to cut your household budget. But here are some additional things — some common, some not so —...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Employers, Budgets and Budgeting, Credit and Debt
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A quarter-century marriage to a man behind bars
First of Three Parts
The summer after her first year of law school, Pamela Dowden dug a red calico sundress out of her closet and left her apartment in Sacramento. It was a hot, shadeless morning. She drove her orange Datsun pickup out of town as...Tags: Crimes, Marriage, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Mafia, Sociology
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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: Breast Cancer, Holiday Vacations, House and Home, Religious Festivals, Diseases
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Lifetime, no see
Neither man had a clue what to expect that morning last March as they stood toe-to-toe, 42 stories above the city.
The men were guarded yet friendly, as they sized each other up, trying to decide whether to shake hands or hug. After all, they were...Tags: John Marshall, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Google Inc., Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Skyline
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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: Dining and Drinking, Norman Rockwell, Chevy Chase, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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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: Computer Hardware, Renovation, Catasauqua, Building Material, Charity
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