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...iffy housing market might be cause for alarm, but some garage remodelers see in it a signal for growth. Total housing starts dropped 6% in August, according to the Department of Commerce, and the pace of new-home construction was down 19.8% a year earlier. But, says Loberg, "if people stay put in their smaller homes when interest rates go up, it will be more critical to use the space available to them"--meaning bigger, smarter garages...
...reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...
...Spend more Republican officials estimate that at the end of August, their committees and campaigns had $235 million to spend in the two-month home stretch, a $58 million advantage over Democrats. The R.N.C. plans to lay out more than $60 million on turnout efforts and advertising vs. the more than $14 million set aside by Democratic National Committee (D.N.C.) chairman Howard Dean. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, who has been critical of Dean's approach, complained at a D.N.C. fund-raising luncheon in Washington last week that the G.O.P. "is pouring tens of millions of dollars into races...
...late August, with the Head of State on a down-home vacation, when the calamity struck. The chief executive, apparently blind to the import of the event, continued vigorous outdoor activities as the nation mourned. Nearly a week passed before the person in charge was spurred to take any significant action...
...Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia and volunteer for Allen’s political rival, was the only person of color at an August rally for Allen in southwest Virginia. As is common in political campaigns, Sidarth had been “tracking” Allen around the state all summer, videotaping his appearances in case Allen said something false or inflammatory that Democrat James Webb could use against...