Monthly Archives: February 2012

Canada January Existing Home Sales (Text)

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According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity retreated in January 2012 from the strong finish reported for December 2011. Highlights: •Home sales were down 4.5% from December to January. •Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity came in 4.0% above levels in January 2011, and stood even with the 5 and 10 year averages for January sales. •The number of newly listed homes edged down 1.4% Read more [...]

Nearly 2 million dead people listed on US electoral rolls

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"These problems waste taxpayer dollars, undermine voter confidence and fuel partisan disputes over the integrity of our elections." Of the approximately 24 million incorrect voter registrations across the country, or 13 percent of the national total, more than 1.8 million of those are for people who are deceased, the study found. Another 2.75 million people are registered in more than one state. About 12 million records contain incorrect addresses, meaning either the voters have Read more [...]

Squatters move into £3m home

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In 2009 a £3 million property owned by his son Jason, which is less than one mile from Clifton Wood House, was occupied by around 40 squatters. A spokesperson for Knight Frank refused to comment on the situation. The group, of mixed nationalities, are legally allowed to live there because squatting is legal if entry to an empty property is not forced and there is no criminal damage. Bristol's Occupy movement set up their camp on College Green in October with up to 60 tents Read more [...]

Drink it all in: Cocktail, beer weeks

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Starting this weekend, there’ll be a whole lot of pouring, tapping, shaking, muddling and sipping going on around the state. Arizona Beer and Cocktail Week events not to miss Arizona Beer Week What: The week-long celebration of craft beer, boasting more than 150 events around the state, features tasting events, beer-pairing dinners, pub crawls, beer seminars, an introduction to home brewing, and meet-and-greets with industry experts. When: Saturday, Feb. 18, through Saturday, Feb. 25. Where: Read more [...]

Sale of Carisbrook poses a million-dollar mystery

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Call it the confusing case of the mystery million. The cash-strapped Otago Rugby Football Union says it received $6 million for the sale of Carisbrook in 2009, and a university academic confirms the sale is listed as $6 million in the union's books. But the Dunedin City Council, which bought the ground, and two former Otago union officials maintain the figure was $7 million. Read more [...]

1.8m dead people remain listed as US voters

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Updated February 15, 2012 11:39:39 More than 1.8 million dead Americans remain listed as active voters, according to a new study which describes the US voter registration system as "plagued with errors and inefficiencies".The research conducted by the non-partisan Pew Centre on the States also revealed one in every eight voter records contains inaccuracies, and at least 51 million eligible voters are not registered to take part in elections.The study Read more [...]

Open house meetings this week in West Seattle and Delridge/White Center on …

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Open house meetings this week in West Seattle and Delridge/White Center on September service change proposals press release: The latest proposals for bus service changes next September reflect community feedback we heard last fall. Now Metro is seeking a second round of input to help shape our final recommendation, which will be submitted to the King County Council later Read more [...]

First Look: RAVN, The Pandora of Event Discovery Apps

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RAVN Events helps you find something fun to do in your area. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired Even 24-hour party people can become creatures of habit. They get complacent. They hit the same clubs, they haunt the same bars, they attend the same art openings. And they also see the very same people at all the same places. Sound like you? You might be the perfect candidate for RAVN, a new iOS app that points users to the latest local events, from hipster fare like the happenings described above to Read more [...]

Estate sale is tops for San Clemente

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A Spanish Colonial style property built in 1927 sold last week for $3.175 million, according to listing agent Bluey Miller of Keller Williams OCC Realty and the Multiple Listing Service. So far, this sale marks the highest-paid home sale in San Clemente for the year. It also ranks the transaction at the seventh-highest priced MLS-listed home sale in the last two years and the eighth-highest in the last three years, according to public records. Read more [...]

Listing of the week: Towers and turrets in Maine

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By Erika Riggs, ZillowZillowNorumbega Castle in Camden, MaineNorumbega Castle, Camden, MaineFor sale: $1,790,000As explorers crisscrossed the oceans in search of The New World, facts of their journeys sometimes mixed with fiction. Some searched for the lost city of Atlantis. Spain's Juan Ponce de Leon went after the Fountain of Youth. France's Jean Allefonsce spoke of Norumbega as a large, rich native city alongside the banks of an enormous river in what is today the state of Maine. Explorers were Read more [...]