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In down economy, owning a vacation home may be more business than pleasure	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ... Business - United States - Travel and Tourism - Lodging - Caribbean
Lenders won't have to run a second full credit check before closing on mortgage	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, it turns out that your mortgage lender will not have to pull a second full credit report on you hours before closing on your home purchase or refinancing. Credit score - Business - Financial Services - Mortgage - United States
The living is easy in Northeast Washington's Brookland neighborhood	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
Just a few miles northeast of the bustling center of downtown, the District has a neighborhood where the buzz of lawnmowers is more common than siren wails, Victorian homes perch on sprawling lawns, and children sell lemonade and oatmeal cookies. Washington DC - United States - Northeast Washington D.C. - Brookland - Neighborhoods
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Mortgage rates again fall to record lows	8/20/2010 10:00 PM
Mortgage rates fell this week to the latest in a series of record lows amid concerns about the state of the U.S. economy, according to a survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Mortgages - United States - Business - Financial Services - Mortgage loan
Where We Live: Savage, in Maryland's Howard County	8/20/2010 10:00 PM
Shoppers browse in Savage's antique shops. Neighbors gather by the community hall for summer-evening concerts. Children play in local recreation leagues. It all seems so peaceful. Howard County Maryland - Maryland - United States - Howard - Counties
Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bethesda now belongs to architect's grandson	8/20/2010 10:00 PM
It was just the kind of building site that Frank Lloyd Wright loved to tackle: The steep piece of land in a heavily treed corner of Bethesda was generally thought to be unbuildable. The driveway, a nearly straight drop from the wooded road above, was daunting. In addition, the only flat area was ... franklloydwright - Arts - Architecture - Building Types - Photography
Parents gifted them a house. Can they save on taxes by giving it back?	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
Q: My parents "gifted" their house to us more than five years ago to avoid having the home sold to pay for Medicaid expenses. Now they are 87 and need to move. They may buy a smaller house. My four siblings and I own the home, but the home is occupied and used by my parents. Since we inherited th... Education - Gifted education - K through 12 - Special Needs - Organizations
Organize association owners to hold board accountable	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
Q: Is there a time by which a condominium board of directors must reply and set a date for a special meeting? A number of us unit owners are concerned about the lack of disclosure of serious financial conditions and possible bylaw infractions by the board. Our bylaws require that the board call a... Associations - Organization - Board of directors - United States - Non-profit organization
Ask the Builder: Packing for a move is an art unto itself	8/27/2010 10:00 PM
DEAR TIM: I'm moving from one house to another and am overwhelmed. There seems to be so much to pack and I'm not sure how to proceed. I've received several bids from moving companies, and the cost for them to pack my possessions took my breath away. I've studied the "u-pack" moving options, but I... Programming - Languages - C++Builder - C++ - Business

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Murdoch Reporters' Phone Hacking Was Endemic, Victimized Hundreds	9/2/2010 4:30 PM
A phone-hacking scheme involving British royals and reporters working for one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers went far beyond what was previously disclosed and prosecuted. The British Prime Minister's current media adviser is accused of having encouraged the hacking.
Win Your Fantasy Football League	9/2/2010 4:00 PM
If it's September, it's football season — which also means it's time for millions of fantasy football drafts around the world to commence. Maximize your in-season points while dealing with the setbacks that are bound to occur by following our guide.
Video Artist Transforms YouTube's TOS Into a Paranoid Nightmare	9/2/2010 3:59 PM
The video site's ever-evolving terms of service drive an observer mad in this arty clip by Carlo Zanni. No charge for the 1984 references.
Apple TV's Meager Offerings Are Due to Business, Not Tech	9/2/2010 3:00 PM
This week’s big Apple announcement featured one big disappointment: Apple TV’s relative lack of, well, TV. Out of all of the hundreds of channels available on cable and satellite, only ABC and Fox agreed to offer their programs for rent on Apple TV. The fact that Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder in, and on the board of, Disney — owner of ABC — perfectly illustrates this digital divide.
Clustered Networks Spread Behavior Change Faster	9/2/2010 2:45 PM
Unlike infectious disease and information, behavior change spreads faster through online networks that have many close connections instead of many distant ties. Redundancy is key, as people are more likely to engage in a behavior if they see many others doing it. "There has been a lot of theory about the difference between information and behavior spreading," said economic sociologist Damon Centola of MIT and author of the study published Sept. 3 in Science. "We've assumed that they are the same, but you can imagine that behavior is not really like that, that you need to be convinced."
Exotic New Mars Images From Orbiting Telephoto Studio	9/2/2010 2:13 PM
A new batch of sharp Martian close-ups from NASA's HiRISE camera were released, and we've gathered some of the best in the gallery.
Exoplanet Shows Gas Giants Start as Dusty Behemoths	9/2/2010 2:00 PM
The atmosphere of a young exoplanet didn't fit any of our existing models for what gas giants should look like. But when astronomers added huge dust clouds, it was a perfect fit, perhaps revealing a larger truth about gas giants.
Earth's Magnetic Field Flipped Superfast	9/2/2010 1:30 PM
Magnetic minerals in 15-million-year-old rocks appear to preserve a moment when the magnetic north pole was rapidly on its way to becoming the south pole, and vice versa.
Mobile Devices Need Custom Maps	9/2/2010 1:29 PM
Development Seed is engineering tools to create custom maps that work in a wider variety of situations such as natural disasters and in the developing world.
Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution	9/2/2010 1:00 PM
A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution's existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just short-term diversions in life's preordained course, or send life careening down wholly new paths.

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