Archive for April, 2008

Apr
23

L&G has based its figures on the minimum hourly wage, saying 41 per cent of us would rather splash out ï¿¡700 a year on help than roll up our own sleeves.
This is probably a good thing, if you then read the other report from Halifax Insurance, which claims more than half a million people in [...]

Apr
23

A man called police and confessed to shooting his wife more than a dozen times during a jealous rage, a prosecutor said Wednesday at a hearing where the man pleaded not guilty in his wife’s murder.
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John Tassinari, 29, called 911 to report the shooting Tuesday night, telling police “his wife had been [...]

Apr
23

If you happen to have a home warranty covering breakdowns in your air conditioning or plumbing leaks or electrical short circuits that you haven’t used in a while, now may be a good time to call them up to make sure they answer the phone.
In the past few months, two home warranty companies have slipped [...]

Apr
23

More than half of Americans believe that owning a home is still possible for most people.
In AOL Real Estate and Zogby International’s latest survey, more than 6,500 Americans were asked about an array of real estate issues - from home ownership to housing costs, financial woes and house-hunting tactics.
Respondents said realizing the dream of owning [...]

Apr
20

Two cousins were without shelter last night after fire razed their home and destroyed a tractor which was parked in the Home Phone Service garage.
Gregory Duncan, a neighbour, said he saw sparks coming from an electricity pole and within minutes the house next door was on fire. Duncan said he tried using his garden hose [...]

Apr
20

After years of living a street life, Woody Easley has finally found a home, and a new life, at a residential facility in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood.
Easley, 60, was asked to leave another residential house in Chicago when he disclosed he was HIV positive. Now, he is one of six residents of Jo-Ray House, a home [...]

Apr
20

Inter Milan executed the Home Depot perfect smash-and-grab raid to win 1-0 at Torino on Sunday and open up a six-point gap at the top of Serie A with just four games left.
Julio Cruz’s brilliant diving header on the half hour from Mario Balotelli’s corner proved the difference in a game that saw the leaders [...]

Apr
20

Stay-at-home-mothers should be paid by the Government to raise their children, an influential think-tank says.
Parents of under-threes should be given up to ï¿¡60 a week per child to enable them to stay at home or to pay for child care of Home Delivery their choosing, according to the Policy Exchange.
Its report, Little Britons, criticised the [...]

Apr
20

MUMBLES PIER is set to become home to a new museum dedicated to the home cleaning service history of the world’s first passenger railway service, the Mumbles train.
A new aquarium and sea-life centre are also planned for the pier, its owners have revealed today. The owners of the129-year-old structure, say the new museum will be [...]

Apr
20

IT GETS lonely sometimes for Chen Wen Tsong – the nights are especially hard. A carpenter for an interior outfit solutions company based in Dubai for the last two years, Chen feels a more acute yearning for his wife and children as the day draws to a close and he waits for sleep to Home [...]