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House explosion kills 2 in suburban Chicago - Chicago Tribune
FRANKFORT, Ill. - An elderly couple are dead and at least eight homes damaged or destroyed after a house explosion rocked a suburban Chicago neighborhood. Mayor Jim Holland says he knows of no other injuries from the Saturday morning blast. Holland ...

Some Homes Remain Flooded In Manchester - WMUR.com
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A Manchester neighborhood was still feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna on Monday as residents cleaned up from flooding. Crosbie Street flooded Saturday night when 3 inches of rain fell in about 90 minutes, causing ...

Police: Copper thieves target vacant homes - 14 WFIE
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Police in Collinsville are warning homeowners that thieves seeking all things copper to sell for scrap have taken to pillaging vacant houses. Police say four homes have been burglarized in the Metro East city over the past ...

CommonBond Communities Teams up With GE and Minnesota Waste Wise to ... - MSN MoneyCentral
High-end commercial and residential developers increasingly promote their LEED building certifications to demonstrate a commitment to energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. However, such benefits have rarely been available to affordable ...

With Renters on the Rise, Wisconsin Residents Face Increasing Risk for ... - MSN MoneyCentral
With foreclosures rising and more homeowners becoming renters, Allstate survey points to need for better home protection, home inventory check lists and education BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. , Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As the number of Wisconsin ...

Home builder shares jump on Fannie, Freddie rescue - Guardian Unlimited
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. home builders leaped at the market open on Monday, a day after the government took over mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to stabilize the housing market. The builders' index ...

TV ratings: Murray wins US Open semi-final - and 1m viewers for Sky - Guardian Unlimited
Andy Murray's US Open semi-final win over Rafael Nadal was watched by more than 1 million viewers, briefly making Sky Sports 1 the third most popular TV channel in multichannel homes on Sunday, September 7.

Georgia, Russia in Hague court over conflict - CNBC
THE HAGUE - Georgia accused Russia of committing human rights violations against ethnic Georgians in the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in hearings before the U.N's highest court on Monday. "Georgia is appearing before the ...

Your home: When it's wise to downsize - CNN Money
(Money Magazine) -- Last year Rick and Suzanne Pepin moved from the four-bedroom 3,400-square-foot house in Minneapolis where they lived with their three (now grown) kids to a luxury condo that's a third smaller and offers only a Murphy bed for ...

KCP&L seeks power rate hikes in Kansas, Missouri - Reuters
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Great Plains Energy Inc's (GXP.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) KCP&L unit filed requests with utility regulators in Missouri and Kansas to boost base power rates by about $257 million to cover environmental ...