Hot property: Quick purchase for new Clipper

L.A. Clipper Chris Paul may be quick down the court, but he moves pretty fast when it comes to buying multimillion-dollar real estate too./pp The All-Star bought and closed on the Bel-Air home of singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne for $8.495 million just a month after coming to Los Angeles./pp The Mediterranean-style house, sitting on more than half an acre in a gated community, came on the market in May at $9.5 million and had been reduced to $8,999,999./pp The 12,184-square-foot Read more [...]

Senior Bowl live blog: No Broncos listed in the North starting lineup

By Chadd Cripe ccripe@idahostatesman.com © 2012 Idaho Statesman MOBILE, Ala. — I’ll be posting comments and highlights from the Senior Bowl throughout today’s game, which begins at 2 p.m. MT on NFL Network. Pregame — None of the five Broncos are in the North starting lineup. Doug Martin is listed as the No. 3 punt returner but isn’t listed as a kickoff returner, which is strange considering he took a kickoff for 100 yards in his last game and was never a punt returner in college. Read more [...]

Travels with Charlie: Diving deeper into properties available for sale at …

Reading Eagle PressReading Eagle Internet ServicesReading Eagle Company Direct Marketing/Mail [+] Enlarge.   -  While thumbing through one of those real estate magazines on Long Beach Island, N.J., recently, I couldn't help but wonder if every single home in the upscale Loveladies community is for sale. Named after Thomas Lovelady, an early settler of the area, Loveladies is an unincorporated, 2-mile long thin strip of Long Beach Township between Harvey Cedars and Barnegat Light boroughs. Read more [...]

Black History Month events

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 15-->Music, lectures, food and theatrical performances. These are just some of the activities planned around the regiona this month as Central Jersey residents, educators and private organizations get ready to mark February as Black History Month,The following list was compiled from items submitted to the Courier News and Home News Tribune. If your event is not listed, please e-mail the information to bwadlow@njpressmedia.com or awyatt@njpressmedia.com for future Read more [...]

Jeff Teague Injury: Hawks Guard Listed As Day-To-Day With Ankle Injury

Read More: Jannero Pargo (G - ATL), Kirk Hinrich (G - ATL), Jeff Teague (G - ATL), Larry Drew (A - ATL), Greg Monroe (C - DET), Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague is listed as day-to-day with an injured ankle that he suffered during the third quarter of Atlanta's 107-101 overtime win over the Pistons on Friday night. Teague took part in practice on Saturday but will likely be a game-time decision for the game against the Hornets on Sunday. Read more [...]

How the Chinese are building exact replicas of an Austrian village… and why …

By Simon Parry In Hallstatt, ChinaLast updated at 12:41 AM on 29th January 2012 We are on a dirt track snaking its way uphill through rice paddies and groves of yellow bamboo. Behind us, spread out across a vast, smoggy plain, are the homes of tens of millions of dirt-poor migrant workers who struggle to earn a living in some of the most polluted cities on the planet: Huizhou, Dongguang, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the clustered sweatshops of southern China. Yet there in front of us, as we turn Read more [...]

Owner of historic watermill turns to eBay in bid to sell landmark property

THE owner of a historic water mill has taken to eBay to sell his treasured landmark to pay off bank debts. Mike Kilgannon has spent more than £700,000 renovating Rossett water mill in the past 40 years but is reluctantly having to sell the Grade II listed tourist attraction to pay off his mortgage debts. The 68-year-old, who lives in the 16th century mill with his partner Sian, has spent the last 12 months unsuccessfully trying to sell the three-storey property, which comes with a two-storey Read more [...]