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NC Gov. Perdue signs beefed up consumer protection |
09-10-09 |
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| RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina consumers soon will have new protections from foreclosures and intimidating debt collection practices.
Gov. Beverly Perdue on Wednesday signed into law a ... |
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Craigslist and eBay become interior design muses |
09-09-09 |
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| After hours of scouring through the cheap and the ugly on Craigslist, interior designer MaryBeth Wilson found gold: two French-carved chairs with matching ottomans for $750.
All they needed was a ... |
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Mixing old and new is a great design strategy |
09-09-09 |
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| You probably didn't realize, when you put an ornate old picture frame next to the sleek Pottery Barn sofa in your living room, that you had your finger on the pulse of America's design culture.
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Question remains: What will rise at ground zero? |
09-08-09 |
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| NEW YORK (AP) — The five skyscrapers were all supposed to rise by early next decade to replace the ravaged World Trade Center, with the city's tallest towers set in a spiral evoking the Statu... |
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Federal Reserve imposes restrictions on 2 banks |
09-08-09 |
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| OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Reserve has imposed restrictions on two correspondent banks in Nebraska and Missouri owned by Midwest Independent Bancshares Inc. of Jefferson City, Mo. because... |
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Meltdown 101: Home heating costs this winter |
09-08-09 |
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| Heating costs this winter figure to be cheaper for much of the country than they were a year ago, thanks to a glut of natural gas and fuel oil and a recession that's pushing down demand.
Does this... |
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Some flower bulbs are downright unsavory to pests |
09-08-09 |
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| One of the best defenses against bulb-eating animals is mixing the bitter with the sweet: harsh-tasting alliums and daffodils, for example, intermingled with beds of predator-magnet tulips.
Here i... |
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Keep home cool with energy efficient strategies |
08-31-09 |
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| Find yourself sweating inside your house during the long, hot days of summer? Are high utility costs enough to make you perspire on their own?
Strategies such as eliminating air leakage, upgrading... |
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Owner of ex-Kmart pitches it as home for City Hall |
08-31-09 |
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| ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a former Kmart building thinks it would be a dandy location for a new city hall, library and police station.
City officials in Alamosa, Colo., have express... |
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Attorneys general form mortgage fraud task force |
08-24-09 |
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| OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Ten state attorneys general and four federal agencies have announced the formation of a task force to combat mortgage fraud.
According to a statement issued by Washingt... |
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