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South Florida home construction gained momentum in the first quarter as builders raced to keep up with increasing demand. Palm Beach County posted 511 housing starts in the January-through-March period, up 37 percent from a year earlier, according to the...

South Florida home construction gained momentum in the first quarter as builders raced to keep up with increasing demand. Palm Beach County posted 511 housing starts in the January-through-March period, a 38 percent increase from a year earlier,...

Jamila Ward and Lionel Jennings had been house hunting on and off for two years when their agent pointed the couple in a new direction: a formerly condemned property in a revitalized area of Baltimore. Some city neighborhoods, just years ago marked by...

Nissan and Ford led a strong month for the auto industry, with sales up 23.2% at Nissan and 17.9% at Ford thanks to big gains among both carmakers' strongest sellers. Nissan Altima sales gained 35.4% while Ford Escape sales spiked......

A regional and public workshop in Colchester will address the fiscal value of land use results and impacts of Colchester's study on Monday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Colchester Town Hall - Room 1. This event is sponsored by the Town of Colchester's...

With interest rates near record lows, older savers are finding it harder to stomach bank CDs or Treasury bonds. But Belvidere, Ill., retiree Miles Fryar would be having fewer sleepless nights if he had parked his cash in those traditional investment...

A Maryland couple have donated a dream house to raise funds for the high school they attended and loved. Mark and Donna Gaver of Middletown, Maryland credit the discipline and team work they experienced through high school sport to their success of...

A Maryland couple has donated a $475,000 house to raise funds for the high school they attended and loved. Mark and Donna Gaver of Middletown, Md., credit the discipline and teamwork they experienced through high school sports to their success of today....

Wiggin and Dana successfully defended the Town of Madison, Connecticut in a lawsuit related to the town's system of charging for, and use of the revenues from, building permit fees. The lawsuit grew out of a 2004 increase in building permit fees...

Dear Gov. Perry, So, yeah, Illinois is certainly not perfect! With our fiscal problems and aggressive taxes, I will admit, it can be a difficult state to do business in. But what Illinois has in common with Texas and the 48 other states of this great...

Situated in the city's Bolton Hill neighborhood is a relatively new development of brick townhouses solidly placed among the late Victorian and early-20th-century structures that once housed the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Woodrow Wilson and, more...

After facing several years of stiff competition from recent college graduates and other displaced workers, teenagers are expected to find more summer job openings as retailers expand hiring, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc....