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house stories: 13 news summaries
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Police Find 4 More Bodies
at Rapist's Home

Anthony Sowell has been charged with 5 counts of murder so far

Nov 3, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Police found four more bodies today at the home of a convicted rapist in Cleveland, bringing the total to 10. Authorities also charged Anthony Sowell with five counts of aggravated murder, sources tell the Plain Dealer . Crews will spend the night digging up Sowell's yard in search of more... More »

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murder • Ohio • rape • house • victim • Anthony Sowell

(Newser) - The house of financially challenged actor Stephen Baldwin is going up for auction later this month, the Lower Hudson Journal News reports. The I'm a Celebrity—Get Me Out of Here! star paid $515,000 for the New York state property 12 years ago, but he and wife Kennya... More »

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reality TV • foreclosure • auction • Stephen Baldwin • house • home • I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!

 Celebs Headed 
 for Foreclosure 

Jacko, Canseco, Ed McMahon fight for roofs over their heads

Jun 8, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even the famous aren't immune to foreclosure, as these celebrities, listed in Forbes, prove:
  • Xzibit: A pimped ride hasn’t been enough to pay the bills on his $536,000 Woodland Hills, Calif., home.
  • Jose Canseco: The ex-ballplayer, who penned a book on big-league steroids, stands to lose
... More »

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entertainment • housing market • foreclosure • housing • Jose Canseco • Evander Holyfield • house • Michael Jackson • home • mansion • Ed McMahon • Victoria Gotti • Xzibit

 Going Up? 
 9.4M Balloons 
 Should Do It 

But different sources give widely varied estimates

Jun 5, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pixar stuck 20,622 balloons on a house to achieve liftoff in its animated Up, which wouldn't come close to doing the trick in real life, writes Nina Shen Rastogi on Slate's Explainer blog. If the old Carl character were using typical party balloons, he'd need somewhere around 9.4... More »

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film • Pixar • Disney • physics • house • balloon • helium balloons

 Aussie Dad Wrestles 
 'Roo Invader 

Creature burst in to bedroom before underwear-clad man got it out

Mar 9, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waking up can be a bear, but for one Aussie family it was an 88-pound kangaroo crashing through their bedroom window and hopping around on a bloody rampage until the skivvies-clad dad wrestled it out of the house, the Canberra Times reports. “My initial thought when I was half... More »

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Australia • family • house • kangaroo • invasion

 House at Heart of 
 Knox Trial Ransacked 

Intruders leave knives, candles in home British student was murdered

Feb 18, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Intruders broke into the house in Italy where Meredith Kercher was murdered last year, the Telegraph reports. Their motivation is unclear—they ransacked the house and left candles and four kitchen knives in various rooms, but left the room where the British exchange student was murdered untouched. Police, who discovered... More »

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Italy • murder • house • Britain • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • intruder

Germans Slash Energy Use With 'Passive' Houses

Recycling heat lets green home stay warm without a furnace

Dec 27, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - A revolutionary house design from Germany keeps inhabitants warm in winter with about as much energy as it takes to run a hairdryer, the New York Times reports. The "passive house" is sealed with ultrathick insulation. A central ventilation system exchanges warm air from inside with cold air from... More »

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energy • architecture • house • renewable energy • insulation



 Capone's 
 Home to Hit 
 the Market 

Owner may ask $450K for 6-bedroom split-level on Chicago's South Side

Dec 26, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Capone’s Chicago home is expected to hit the market this spring, asking price $450,000, reports the Tribune. This piece of gangster history comes with a pretty clean record: Capone used the red-brick house, registered in his mother’s and wife’s names, as a safe haven. “... More »

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Chicago • housing market • house • gangsters • Al Capone

 You Could 
 Own This Home! 
 ... for $1.75 on eBay 

Chicago community-college student plans to sell condemned Mich. house

Oct 2, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - What can $1.75 buy these days? A home in Saginaw, Mich., apparently. A college student surfing for PlayStations on eBay was the eighth and highest bidder on the condemned house, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Joanne Smith doesn’t plan on making the 300-mile move from Chicago; after paying an... More »

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Chicago • eBay • foreclosure • house • Saginaw, Mich.

Opinion

What's So Great About Home Ownership?

US policy is stacked against renters—
for no good reason

Jun 23, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Owning a home lies at the heart of the American Dream,” George W. Bush once said, and US policy certainly seems to agree with him. Mortgage interest is tax deductible, and government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae provide cheap financing for home buyers. Why is that, asks Paul... More »

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mortgage • rent • house • homeownership

Where to Find Housing Bargains

Where to look to make sure your next home is a solid asset—and where not to

Sep 26, 07 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking into account current affordability, projected growth, and employment opportunities, BusinessWeek pick the best and worst prospects for bargains in the US housing market. The best, in alphabetical order:
  1. Austin-Round Rock, Texas
  2. Baton Rouge, La.
  3. Birmingham-Hoover, Ala.
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real estate • housing market • list • house • home prices

Katrina Tax Breaks Pay for Luxury Condos

Incentives for rebuilding are buying $1M units in Tuscaloosa, 200 miles from coast

Aug 13, 07 9:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investors are using federal tax breaks designed to stimulate rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina to buy luxury condos being built near the University of Alabama’s football stadium, 200 miles from the coast, the AP reports. The Tuscaloosa developments, where units go for up to $1 million, are flourishing while much... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • taxes • Louisiana • homes • natural disaster • Tuscaloosa • University of Alabama • GO Zone • rebuild • house • condominium

Washed-Out Brits May Be Stuck in Trailers for Months

Thousands of homes and businesses are still drying out

Aug 10, 07 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Victims of the record flooding in England may have to live in mobile homes for months while their property is repaired. Tens of thousands of residences and businesses were badly damaged by floods over the past 2 months, which caused at least $6 billion in damage, Bloomberg reports. And meteorologists... More »

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climate change • England • homes • flood • repair • house • mobile home

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