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Great Garage Sale biggest yet this Saturday
<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2-->The Great Granville Garage Sale is getting legs.In only its third year, the event Saturday will not only feature residential garage sales throughout town delineated on a village map and under a tent at Opera House Park, it will also feature vendors on the North Main Street block, where the Granville Farmer’s Market will reappear in two weeks.The event, put on by volunteers of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, encourages residents and vendors to sign up to have Read more [...]
Not all Afghan attacks listed
WASHINGTON — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds — or misses — his U.S. or allied target. It also doesn't report the wounding of troops who were attacked alongside those Read more [...]
Property prices: house sales registered in March
It was purchased by Lance Uggla, the Canadian chief executive of a financial
services company.
Other top sales included a detached house in exclusive private estate St
George's Hill in Weybridge, Surrey.
Timur Goriaev, the Russian head of cosmetics firm Kalina, paid £8m for the
six-bedroom house which features an indoor pool, sauna and a bar.
Only three days earlier, another property on the same estate sold to a British
LLP, for £3.5m.
Lucian Cook, director of residential Read more [...]
Nonprofits rally to attract donations for GiveBIG 2012 on May 2
SEATTLE, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
The following is a news release by The Seattle Foundation:
WHAT: Held on Wednesday, May 2, GiveBIG is a one-day (midnight-midnight), online event during which residents of King County can make donations to local nonprofits on
www.seattlefoundation.org/ --and a share Read more [...]
Barry Manilow selling Malibu house
Barry Manilow has put his Malibu house up for sale - again.
The 'Mandy' hitmaker has listed the property several times over the last three years and is this time requesting $6.9 million - just over half the original $12.6 million asking price.
The beachfront 3,546 square-foot property boasts five bedrooms, four bathrooms, panoramic Ocean views and a separate guest house.
The spacious kitchen has limestone floors, while the master bedroom has a fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows lead out to a Read more [...]
PhotoMedex Announces Approval of Dual Listing on Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa. TEL AVIV, Israel, May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
PhotoMedex, Inc. (nasdaqgs:PHMD) today announced that its application
for registration of shares of its common stock for dual listing on the
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (the "TASE") has been accepted and will commence
trading on the TASE on May 3, 2012 under the ticker symbol PHMD.TA. The
Company's Read more [...]
Marco Island Realtors show their listings during national Open House Weekend
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MARCO ISLAND —
You might say that every weekend on Marco Island is “open house weekend.” This past weekend, though, the real estate salespeople made it official, as the National Association of Realtors declared April 28 and 29 “Nationwide Open House Weekend,” urging all member Read more [...]
Rajasthan Fashion Week hosts first pre-event party
At a star studded party at Barka, Garden of Five Senses, in the heart of Delhi, the organizers of Rajasthan Fashion Week formally announced the list of the participating designers, sponsors and models. The first season of the upcoming Rajasthan Fashion Week will kick off from May 24th-26th 2012 in Jaipur at The Marriott.
The organizers, Sharad Patel, Raahul Dhyan and Sourabh Arora announced the scintillating list of established and Gen Next designers who would be showcasing at the very first season Read more [...]
10 most-improved OC home markets
What parts of Oarnge County are soaking up the soaring demand and tight inventory that created — by one measure — the hottest housing market since 2005?
For example: Orange County homes take 59 fewer days to sell at the current buying pace vs. a year ago.
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