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Things have changed mightily, although there are still inexplicable gaps in federal regulation. The law, for example, allows gun owners to sell firearms from their personal collection without subjecting the buyer to the kind of criminal background check that a licensed dealer would have to invoke if selling exactly the same gun. This loophole has turned flea markets and gun shows--and the Internet--into Quick Marts for anyone needing an untraceable handgun. Guns remain exempt from consumer-product safety regulations, although those rules apply to toy guns. And penalties for crooked dealers still fail to recognize the societal costs...
...speculative plans of the potential buyer, Frank Fodera, call for an apartment building which would still preserve the "historical" exterior--as its lobby. When those plans were revealed in late January, "Save the Chapel" signs went up in church windows and a bevy of petitions, meetings and lawsuits sprung out of the surrounding community...
...HELPING BUYER BEWARE Home buyers with a government-backed mortgage should no longer be blindsided by costly repairs come Aug. 1. New rules set by the Federal Housing Administration, which will insure 1.3 million new mortgages this year, make appraisers responsible for detecting big defects such as a faulty furnace or a bad roof--and put the sellers on the hook for fixing them. Buyers will still be urged to hire an inspector for a more thorough review of the property...
...Bush had always followed conservative business practices, and since he'd had his network of investors to tap, his debt exposure was less than that of many others. He took a 25% pay cut, and his staff took smaller ones. But soon he realized that unless he found a buyer, it was just a matter of time before Spectrum died...
...Harvard Book Store's head buyer, Carole Horne, says her store has "a handful" of professors who choose them instead of the Coop for textbook orders...