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In Cape Coral, hope for drywall fix comes in a fog
The News-Press
1:10 AM — A Charlotte County-based company called AbissoCleanse is the latest to say it has the ...

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Do not seal off front door to save heat
Chicago Daily Herald
When I sell my house, the buyer will probably hire a home inspector to check it. Should I go around with him as he inspects the house? ...

Note to would-be bank robbers: when robbing a bank, be sure to put on your mask. Police said a robbery suspect had a dust mask around his neck but didn't pull it over his face when he walked into an HSBC branch Wednesday afternoon in the town of Eden, 15 miles south of Buffalo.

A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world - avoiding the media because, her manager said, she didn't want the attention.

Move over Martha Washington. Martha Stewart and Michelle Obama are getting space in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington for the first time.

A rare World War II dive bomber was lifted 90 feet from the bottom of a San Diego reservoir Friday and hoisted to dry land for the first time in 65 years.

Dallas Morning News
Experts say electrical panels may be a fire waiting to happen
Dallas Morning News
"They're everywhere," said Bob Charvoz, chief home inspector for the American Association of Professional Inspectors in Plano. ...
Experts say electrical panels in Dallas-area homes may be a fire waiting to happenDallas Morning News

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New Audio Webinar - Home Inspection Marketing Success with Jeremy Martin
PR.com (press release)
Ken Compton, founder of Home Inspection Marketing Center, recently interviewed Jeremy Martin, a successful home inspector. That interview is now available ...

Experts say electrical panels in Dallas-area homes may be a fire waiting to happen
Denton Record Chronicle
"They're everywhere," said Bob Charvoz, chief home inspector for the American Association of Professional Inspectors in Plano. ...

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North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S.

GreenStreet upgrades modest urban houses
Arizona Republic
Today, she loves the 1358-square-foot home's programmable thermostat, the dual-flush toilets, even the attic insulation that wowed her home inspector. ...

Cops: Drunk Teen Slams Hummer Into Elk Grove Home
CBS 13
They believe a home inspector will condemn the home later today and that it could be months before the family can move back in. Police say the Hummer was ...

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Police who uncovered two marijuana fields near the U.S.-Canada border had to tread carefully: 13 black bears were wandering around the crops.

If he doesn't win the Wisconsin governor's race, Republican candidate Mark Neumann may have a future in holding beer steins.

A crocodile that picked the winner of the soccer World Cup has predicted Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be re-elected.

Charlotte Observer
N.C. attorney general probes roof company
Charlotte Observer
American Shingle & Siding sent workers to neighborhoods across the Charlotte area with a shiny promise: a new roof at no cost to you. ...

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Leif Sand, Marilyn Sand
Marshall Independent
They settled on Island Park where Leif worked as a carpenter and a building inspector. Marilyn was a homemaker and active in scouting. ...

The moon may be shrinking.

Divers worked through the day Thursday to extract a rare World War II dive bomber from the bottom of a reservoir but were unable to finish removing thick silt and mud from the plane to enable it to be lifted out of the water.

No Coulwood strip club, property manager says
Carolina Weekly
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer B. Reece received information about someone running a dance hall at the location on Aug. 6 and went to investigate, ...