Daley condo at 900 N. Michigan listed for $2.75M

The developer-owned, luxury condominium unit on North Michigan Avenue where former Mayor Richard M. Daley moved shortly after leaving office -- and inhabited until last June -- has been listed for $2.725 million. Daley, 70, moved into the three-bedroom unit in the Bloomingdale's building, at 900 N. Michigan Ave., with his wife, Maggie, shortly after he retired as Read more [...]

Upcoming Phoenix Area Performances and Events (Issue #41) – About

In this issue: Kingston Trio, celebrate Elvis, Sushi 101, John Stewart Tribute Band, low flutes and a quarter auction. This column includes announcements of seminars, workshops, community events, fundraisers and other programs for which there is an admission charge, a donation expected or you are otherwise expected to spend money, such as shopping events. Advance registration is required at some these events, so you might see them listed here weeks before they are scheduled to occur. If you Read more [...]

David Garrard listed as Dolphins starter, Vontae Davis on depth chart’s second … – Sun

Tailback Daniel Thomas is Reggie Bush's backup. Behind Bush and Thomas are Steve Slaton, former UM standout Lamar Miller and Marcus Thigpen.Thigpen, a former CFL standout, is also listed as the team's top kick returner, with Miller and Slaton as his backups. And Thigpen is Miami's second-team punt returner behind Davone Bess.ObservationsThe Dolphins' offense scored six touchdowns during the team's goal-line drill, taking advantage of the second- and third-team defense. Moore threw three touchdown Read more [...]

Schedule: Iowa City Has Six National Night Out Events Tuesday Night

Six "National Night Out" parties are scheduled in Iowa City tomorrow night throughout the city, with one major party in Wetherby Park, and five other parties at addresses listed below. The events will include live music, free food and beverages, and a variety of kid-friendly events are scheduled, according to an Iowa City Police press release. Herky, the University of Iowa mascot, and McGruff the Crime Dog, will also make their appearances at all of the events. The main event will be held at Read more [...]

Localhits.com, the Internet’s Next Great Geosocial Location Domain Name …

Louisville, KY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/06/2012 -- It was announced today that one of the hottest geosocial domains, localhits.com, is finally being made available for a quick sale. LocalHits.com was originally purchased in 2003 and is now available to the highest offer for website ownership. When ‘local hits’ is searched in Google’s search engine, it takes the number one spot out of over 650 million individual search results. The website is a valuable top level domain and is available for immediate Read more [...]

King-size sale in Queens: Neponsit beach house sells for $5.1 million and …

It’s the most expensive residence in the history of Queens - but it kind of looks like the Brady Bunch house from the street. But the double-width oceanfront house on Beach 146th St. in Neponsit set the record for highest-priced single-family house in the borough of roses, closing Friday for $5.1 million. That tops the previous record of $3.7 million for a waterfront Read more [...]

With 302 events, variety is the spice of life at the Olympics

Tuesday August 7, 2012 JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist LONDON -- With 302 events in 26 sports crammed into two weeks, the Olympic Games can feel like an overdose. Even if you wedged open your eyes with toothpicks, you couldn’t stay awake to watch it all. So why not get out the chain saw and cut the whole thing down to size? Water polo, for instance. Couldn’t that be culled? This, after all, is a sport described so acerbically but accurately by one London newspaper at these games Read more [...]

For sale: An entire suburb that has developers salivating

An entire undeveloped outer-west Melbourne suburb adjacent to Mt Atkinson has been listed for sale. Mt Atkinson is a "dormant shield volcano" – a volcano made up of runny magma that forms a cone that has a flattened dome-like shape – and it together with nearby Mount Cottrell, also a dormant volcano, are the only elevated parts of otherwise flat terrain in the region. The volcano itself sits on private land, rising just 100 metres, with the intended suburb to be developed on the contours Read more [...]