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...Home resale rates rose 5.1% in February to an annual rate of 4.72 million, according to the National Association of Realtors. In the same breath, the organization said 45% of the activity was foreclosures or short sales. Because of the huge discount that most buyers get when they buy homes in foreclosure, the average price of a house fell 15.5% to $165,400. (See pictures of Philip Johnson's glass house...
...downs all weekend,” co-captain Bailey Vertovez added. “We came out [on Sunday] knowing we wanted to get into the championship game and once we got there, we knew we wanted to take it all. Coming out and winning today was huge...
...came out in the seventh and Melissa Schellberg hit a shot to score a run,” Vertovez said. “She started our rally in the seventh inning and we ended up winning there which was huge...
...impact the power plants will have on endangered species such as the San Joaquin kit fox. He is also concerned about the effect on dwindling water supplies as well as the more intangible treasures of the area: the unimpeded views, the stark silence, the rustic natural beauty, the huge wilderness area called the Carrizo Plain National Monument just down the valley - that is, just about everything that led him to buy the property 10 years ago. (Read a story on mapping the best solar-energy sites...
...powerful banking sector with experience of taking in floods of cash, "Norway doesn't have that financial infrastructure. And there's no bond market to speak of." That means that while "it's a nice currency to be invested in, from a practical perspective, of someone who has a huge pot of money and wants a safe haven, they just couldn't put it all in Norway," according to Thomas. "The economy's not set up to be a safe haven." Perhaps it's back to stashing cash under the mattress...