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Nine Things I Learned From Buying My First House
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are all very technical and a good home inspector is as much a teacher as he is there to find any major problems. In hindsight, I wished we had done more ...

After years of caring for her aging in-laws, a woman wants more from her marriage.

Blacks talk twice as much as whites on their cell phones, and women talk and text more than men, according to an analysis of wireless bills by the Nielsen Co.

Police in Millinocket, Maine, are puzzled as to why the town's late police chief had a realistic looking fake bomb in his home.

Levi Johnston, the father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, has filed papers to run for office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, next year.

A 2-foot-long alligator has been spotted under a car in New York City.

A 3-foot alligator, sporting a collar around its neck, has been found aimlessly strolling a Massachusetts city. Firefighter Scott Hurst spotted the out-of-place tan reptile Sunday as it quietly crossed a street in Brockton, 25 miles south of Boston.

Canadian Regulator To Order Bombardier Q400 Fix
Wall Street Journal
AU) on the weekend temporarily grounded five of its 21 Q400 turboprops after conducting inspections related to recent Bombardier service bulletins that were ...

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They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy's popular beaches.

Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter - for now.

A copper casting of the tip of the Statue of Liberty's nose is among a collection of iconic items that will be auctioned off next month in New York City.

Coal ash controversy: It's all about the money
Creative Loafing (blog)
By now, you're probably aware that Charlotte is one of a few cities the US Environmental Protection Agency chose to host a series of hearings on their ...

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A Texas teenager who broke curfew is headed for a reluctant adventure in baby-sitting.

Authorities say a woman has been charged for allegedly letting a 12-year-old child drive her and her family from Nichols to Iowa City.

A North Carolina collectibles dealer is hawking a toilet ripped from reclusive author J.D. Salinger's former home.

Police appeal - Can you help find missing grandma?
Nafferton Today
Inspector Charlotte Bloxham, of the Selby Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "It is now almost 24 hours since Mary was last seen. Her family are naturally very ...

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The camels know the drill by heart.

The misuse of one little vowel frustrates a lot of Nevadans who get irritated by the mispronunciation of the state's name - using an "ah" instead of "a."

A pig wrestling competition at a county fair in northern Montana has been canceled after the porkers eluded fair officials trying to round them up for the event.

Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968.