Sunday, April 21, 2013
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Versatility takes center stage this spring in region track and field – The Express Times
Variety is the spice of life and this spring, there's been a lot of it in region track and field.Northern Lehigh's Caleb Johnson has spread his talents over a treasure trove of events. The senior, who's headed to Harvard where he'll play football, is listed No. 4 in the region in the 200 meters (22.6) as well as tied for No. 3 in the 400 (51.0), 110 hurdles (15.0) and high jump (6-4). GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name: Kiana Farrar
School: Easton
Area High School
Class: Senior
Events: Sprints
Statistics:
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Boudicca Way listed in travel bible’s 30 top travel secrets
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How secretive databases control Hong Kong’s haunted house market
Hong Kong (CNN) -- It's a well known part of Hong Kong urban lore that an apartment where a violent death took place can often be bought for as much as 10-30 per cent off the market price.
Depending on the type of death -- suicide, natural death or gruesome murder -- the house will become more or less hongza; a Cantonese term that literally translates as "calamity house" but effectively means the house is haunted.
Less well known is that secretive databases that collate hongza addresses are Read more [...]
Realtor Nationwide Open House Weekend features many Tulsa homes
ALTHOUGH DUSTIN AND Brittney Wright are preparing to move to Claremore, they have built up a lot of memories at their 1,600-square-foot home at 1314 S. Sandusky Ave.
"I've got an emotional connection to the house," Dustin said. "I met my wife there, I proposed to her, I had my kid there. I think it's got a lot of personality and it flows well, so I hope people who visit pick up on that."
The Wrights are putting their Tulsa home's personality on display this weekend as part Read more [...]
Goodwill Hunter Who Found Rare Game Is Selling It To Pay Student Loans
The woman who purchased from a Goodwill store one of the rarest collectible video games in the world — valued by some at $US15,000 — says her heart “raced the whole time” as she found it, bought it, and walked out of the store.
“I recognised the game immediately but verified the title online before I purchased it,” the unidentified woman, from Gastonia, N.C., told GameGavel, where she is auctioning her $US7.99 find. Bidding starts at $US12,000. Next month she will graduate Read more [...]
Art on show at historic grade II listed Great Yarmouth building
Exhibition of work by John Kiki in an old merchants house on King Street ahead of a major refurbishment.Great Yarmouth's first contemporary art gallery and studio space.Picture: James Bass
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RG Steel building listed as ‘Sale Pending’
WHEELING - "Sale pending." Webpages that have been home to information about the 13-story vacant commercial office building at 1134 Market Street in Wheeling that has been available for purchase are today identifying its status as having a "sale pending." Most area residents know the tallest building in the heart of the City of Wheeling - the Wheeling Steel Building - has been home to several incarnations of steel companies over the more than 110 years it has been a focal part of the downtown Read more [...]
Supply of homes starts to catch up with sales – USA Today
As prices rise, more sellers are testing the market.A sold sign is posted in front of a home on March 5, 2013 in Phoenix.(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)The supply of newly listed homes for sale is starting to show signs of keeping pace with buyer activity in some of the nation's hottest real estate markets, new data suggest. In 21 of 24 major metropolitan markets tracked by residential brokerage ZipRealty, new listings outnumbered new sales contracts for the 30 days ended March 15. Read more [...]
Sheriff’s deputy retires
BROOKSVILLE - Steve Klapka has retired from the Hernando County Sheriffs Office after 26 years of service, Public Information Officer Denise Moloney said Thursday. His last day on the job was April 8.
Klapka is the District Read more [...]