Take the chill off the cost of home heating this winter by using pellet-fueled heat to warm your house. As fuel costs soar, homeowners in-the-know are switching to a pellet-fueled heater to cut their home heating costs, in some cases, over 50%.
Unlike homeowners bound to the rising costs of natural gas, propane, and heating oil [...]
Steve Frazier, a spokesman for the FBI’s Little Rock field office, said Wednesday that the alleged theft affected Twin City Bank, a chain with 17 locations throughout central Arkansas. However, Frazier declined to offer any specifics about the supposed theft, saying any information would be passed along to U.S. Attorney Jane Duke.
“The FBI will be [...]
Governors from across New England, warning that some families may have to choose between food or warmth this winter, called for a sharp boost in federal home heating aid.
The governors, meeting in Boston on Wednesday, said they are sending letters to President Bush, the presidential candidates, U.S. House and Senate leaders and their congressional delegations [...]
A wind stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said.
Firefighters were also struggling against a sudden drop in humidity and a 10-degree spike in temperature as a heat wave forecast to linger until the weekend grips much of the state.
Fire crews [...]
Britney Spears is house-hunting - preferably for something greener, quieter and with a bigger backyard, according to court documents.
The papers show that Britney is seeking a house with a larger backyard that is closer to parks and recreation areas for her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James.
Her father, James, requested the sale in mid-June, and [...]
FBI agents have found needles, syringes, six empty vials of deadly puffer fish toxin and a book about poisoning people in the home of a man who allegedly posed as a doctor to get the legal substance.
Agents arrested Bachner on Monday as he took delivery of a package of the deadly fish toxin at a [...]
When she explains why she decided to run for Congress, Darcy Burner says the birth of her son, Henry, five years ago changed her life.
Her husband, Mike, grabbed a fire extinguisher and attacked the spreading flames. But within minutes, the house was engulfed, and Mike Burner joined his wife and son outside as they watched [...]
A fire has destroyed the childhood home of Madonna, gutting the suburban Detroit, MI house in what authorities called ‘suspicious’ circumstances.
Arson experts from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Arson Unit and the Rochester Hills Fire Department are carrying out an investigation into the blaze. They were alerted by a passer-by who saw flames shooting out of [...]
Home buyers who believe a seller has lied to them cannot sue for fraud to recover damages, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday.
The decision is bad news for home owners and sellers and makes Wisconsin the only state in the country barring civil fraud cases in real estate transactions, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley said. [...]
Anthony Tesvich, a former highly paid Home Depot flooring buyer, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Atlanta to four crimes, including tax evasion and fraud.
He was the mastermind behind a kickback scheme that netted him millions of dollars and filled the pockets of several former Home Depot colleagues with hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]