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  • Public Housing Authorities Receive Funding Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:08PMSix local housing authorities will receive a share of the funds.
  • Haiti still facing housing crisis 18 months after earthquake, says Vancouver resident Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:07PMA year and a half after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the country is still facing a housing crisis, according to a Vancouver resident who recently returned from a trip there.
  • Metro, Coquitlam come to terms Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:33PMIt wasn’t easy but it’s done. Coquitlam council’s battle to bring checks and balances to the region’s new growth strategy ended this week when it agreed to terms that were being disputed in a resolution process with Metro Vancouver.
  • Millions of dollars of unclaimed money, property list for Catawba County residents on state site Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:31PMThe state is holding around $5.5 million in property for people and businesses in Catawba County who haven’t claimed it or doesn’t know it exists.Unclaimed property is typically bank accounts, wages, utility deposits, insurance policy proceeds, stocks, bonds or contents of safe deposit boxes, according to information from the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer.
  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of July 8 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:26PMEast Windsor
  • Third Party Candidate Enters Somers First Selectman Race Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:26PMMember Of Somers United Party Republican and Democratic candidates for first selectman will face a challenger from newly minted party Somers United in November.
  • Thin blue line shows its worth again Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:30AMIt was a nice short holiday for me but it's good to be back among you, my friends and fellow Hongkongers. This time round we will meet up only twice a week, every Tuesday and Thursday.
  • University is 'wasting taxpayers' money' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:29AMThe University of Reading has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money for opting to appeal failed plans to build a mini-town in Shinfield.
  • PHA moves toward settling sexual-harassment complaint against former head Carl R. Greene Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:26AMThe Philadelphia Housing Authority is moving toward settling a fourth sexual-harassment complaint against former Executive Director Carl R. Greene for $500,000 - twice what it was offering a year ago.
  • Zimbabwe: Mending the City's Water Leaks Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:25AMThomas Njini is used to working with burst sewers and water pipes. It is a daily experience for him to respond to calls where he has to shovel human waste to clear blocked sewers. It is a job he continues to do with unenviable dedication in this city of two million people.
  • City Council gives ‘caution light' to proceed with Burlingame II Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:22AMASPEN — Aspen gave city employees working on plans to expand the Burlingame Ranch affordable housing development a green light Monday — well, as Councilman Derek Johnson put it, “a long caution light.”
  • Lynn Classical softball team celebrates season Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:19AMLYNN - The Classical softball team celebrated another successful season with its banquet Monday night at the Lynn Housing Authority. Coach Chris Warren singled out Hannah Byrne, who will play at St. Anselm's College next year, for her standout career with the Rams.
  • A working life: The environmental crime investigator Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:25AMRummaging through bin bags and patrolling back alleys is all in a day's work for Enfield's environmental crime investigator I am in a thread-like alley in the back end of the London borough of Enfield wading through a scurf of beer cans, chicken bones and oozing, unidentifiable things in knotted carrier bags. The stench of excrement is so thick I can almost taste it. Patricia Henry is pointing ...
  • David Paul: Debt Ceiling Battle Offers House Republicans Untold Leverage Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:28PMBoth the President and Senate leaders believe that the fear of default should provide enough motivation to get something done. But so far, the House leadership is not biting.
  • Real estate, building markets struggle through first half of the year (3:15 p.m.) Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:23PMLAS CRUCES - No less an authority than Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has recently admitted that the economic recovery has been frustratingly slow.
  • Eight banks fail European stress tests Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:10PM— Eight of 90 European banks flunked stress tests projecting how they would fare in another recession, and 16 more barely passed — but analysts doubted the results would succeed in restoring confidence in the continent’s shaky financial sector. .
  • Health and Safety Fair scheduled at Fair Oaks Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:47PMThe Danville Housing Authority’s Summer Health and Safefy Fair will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Fair Oaks Housing Complex. The event runs until 2 p.m.
  • Highway projects to open up Rs 42K-cr infra biz Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:36PMNHAI to award 7,994-km highway projects in the current financial year; steel, cement and bitumen companies to benefit most.
  • Labella endorses transfer tax exemption for urban poor Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:16AMThe Cebu City Council’s committee on laws and good government recommended the approval of the proposed ordinance seeking transfer tax exemption to all socialized housing beneficiaries who have paid their obligations to the city government in full.
  • Vision for redevelopment of Delft Square includes hotel, movie theater Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:04AMLYNDEN - Three years after a fire gutted Delft Square - leaving behind the burned remains of the 42,
  • “Obama – the most anti-Israel president in U.S. history”: Israel Today Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:43AM“Hezbollah” in the event of non-refoulement threaten the killers of Rafik Hariri. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri said that the authorities have arrested four members of the Shiite movement “Hezbollah”, accused of killing his father – former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
  • Forex - EUR/USD weekly outlook: July 18 - 22 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:11AMForexpros - Last week saw the euro decline against the U.S. dollar for the second consecutive week, as ongoing fears over sovereign debt contagion in euro zone outweighed concerns over a possible
  • Voters to decide fate of park, motel tax Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:09AMThe future of completing the McComb Sports Complex through proceeds from a 3 percent motel tax in the city lies in the hands of voters, who will decide whether to enact the tax in a referendum on Tuesday.
  • MARKET SNAPSHOT: Market In For Bumpy Ride On Earnings, Debt Woes Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:47AMSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors will have a lot to digest next week with a number of corporate heavyweights lined up to report quarterly earnings. The ongoing U.S. debt ceiling discussions in the nation's capital, Europe's financial woes and a plethora of housing data also may mean the stock market is in for a bumpy ride, according to fund managers and strategists.
  • Forex - GBP/USD weekly outlook: July 18 - 22 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:41AMForex - GBP/USD weekly outlook: July 18 - 22
  • Palestine: Will a declaration of statehood help? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:28AMSome observers believe the Palestinian Authority's leadership may be quietly seeking a way to "climb down the tree".
  • Diyar Al Muharraq Supports Bahrain's Mariculture Efforts Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:18AMIn a step that has further consolidated its reputation as an eco friendly and environmentally responsible organization, DIYAR AL MUHARRAQ, stepped up initiatives to enrich the open water bodies surrounding the project, replenishing it with a large stock of viable fish species.
  • Reassessing nonprofits' free ride Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:03AMThe New York Power Authority's 2,900-acre spread in Lewiston, including its massive Niagara Power Project, is assessed at $1.8 billion. The Canisius College campus is assessed at $69 million.
  • Eastday-Overhaul of affordable housing policy ordered Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:57PMBEIJING - China's housing authority has ordered local governments to check whether policies on affordable housing have been implemented.
  • High Demand For Yakima Habitat Homes Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:56PMHigh demand for low-income housing in Yakima is keeping Habitat For Humanity busy.
  • Turkish Cypriots to help Greek neighbors tackle blackout Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:51PMThe Turkish Cypriot authorities will help their Greek Cypriot neighbors tackle massive electricity shortages caused by an emergency at the island's main power station which was knocked out in an arms blast on Monday, the Greek Cypriot government spokesman said.
  • Demand for Downtown Living Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:08PMSeveral organizations are working hard to make Downtown Shreveport a more bustling area.
  • Tim Hunt: A BART turnaround for Livermore Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:20PMTHE SURPRISE OF the week came Monday when three members of the Livermore City Council voted to adopt an initiative that requires the city to support the BART extension on the Interstate 580 corridor to its terminal station at Greenville Road.
  • Birmingham Housing Authority to help homeless veterans Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:07PMThe Birmingham Housing Authority will get 50 housing vouchers for $239,328 to help get homeless veterans off the street.
  • State funds go east Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:05AMLINCOLN (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of Nebraska's $55 million in economic development dollars flowed to eastern counties in the 2010 fiscal year, prompting some officials in western counties to argue that small cities have a tough time competing for funds that already are shrinking due to budget cuts.
  • Housing authority gets $367,797 grant Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:45AMBrenham Housing Authority has received a $362,797 grant for improvements to its housing units. The grant was among $79,846,448 awarded to 351 public housing authorities in Texas, announced Friday by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan.
  • Tough choices ahead as debt crisis looms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:32AMSocial Security, Medicare, other federal payments: Treasury mulls where to make cuts.
  • Ill. officials take mortgage help to Little Village, Pilsen Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:20AMIllinois and local officials will be available today for residents of the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago to discuss the mortgage crisis.
  • Briefly... CITY/REGION Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:20AMGuilty plea in Iraq scheme A Philadelphia man awaits sentencing after he pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bribery and conspiracy to win contracts with the military for Iraq operations.
  • Con Club demolition plans to be looked at Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:15AMPROPOSALS to knock down the Yeovil Conservative Club in Kingston to make for housing will be discussed by local planners on Monday (July 18).
  • 8 of 90 banks flunk European stress tests aimed at strengthening financial system Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:07AMFRANKFURT - Eight of 90 European banks flunked stress tests projecting how they would fare in another recession, and 16 more barely passed — but analysts doubted the results would succeed in restoring confidence in the continent's shaky financial sector.
  • Senator introduces bill which would "help struggling homeowners" Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:00AMU.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced the Helping Responsible Homeowners Act of 2011, which she said would remove barriers that have prevented millions of homeowners with non-delinquent, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac-backed mortgages from refinancing at historically low interest rates.
  • Bringing a message of love Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:39AML’Observateur LAPLACE – Even in the mid-July heat of a south Louisiana summer, a large group of children and adults gathered outside the offices of the St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority to listen to songs of praise and words of faith.
  • BRIEFCASE: Boulder and Broomfield businesspeople in the news Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:36PMCommunity Food Share recently added a new member to the Board of Directors. Jim Hall, President, FirstBank Boulder, will serve a two-year term and may serve up to six years consecutively.
  • BRIEFCASE: Boulder and Broomfield businesspeople in the news Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:36PMCommunity Food Share recently added a new member to the Board of Directors. Jim Hall, President, FirstBank Boulder, will serve a two-year term and may serve up to six years consecutively.
  • Eight of 90 banks fail stress test Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:04PMEIGHT of 90 banks have failed a stress test when they had a combined shortfall of €2.5 billion to survive another economic setback.
  • Eight of 90 banks fail stress test Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:04PMEIGHT of 90 banks have failed a stress test when they had a combined shortfall of €2.5 billion to survive another economic setback.
  • Ark. to get $19 million in public housing grants Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:57PMLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas will get more than $19 million in grants from the federal government for public housing, as officials acknowledge that housing authorities across the country need much more help. read more
  • Ark. to get $19 million in public housing grants Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:57PMLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas will get more than $19 million in grants from the federal government for public housing, as officials acknowledge that housing authorities across the country need much more help. read more
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to open without a director Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:16PMWith political wrangling holding up the appointment of a leader, the federal government's new agency to protect consumers from financial fraud won't have the authority to regulate mortgage brokers and other firms outside the conventional banking industry. When it opens its doors next week, the federal government's new agency to protect consumers from financial fraud won't be quite the aggressive ...