Couple with baby due loses everything in fire
PORTSMOUTH — Lori Cottonham could only watch, eyes filled with tears, as firefighters battled a blaze consuming her daughter Mariah’s apartment Thursday night. She was on the phone with Mariah, struggling with how to tell her pregnant daughter that…
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Disaster assistance announced for storm victims
HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 24 counties in Arkansas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes by severe storms and flooding during the period of December 23 to January 2, it was announced by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.
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Jarislowsky sees housing bubble in Canada
Canada’s investing guru Stephen Jarislowsky said he is “convinced” there’s a bubble in Canada’s housing market, fuelled by government measures that encouraged consumers to take on debt
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Bredesen: Tennessee to lift cap on CoverKids enrollment
NASHVILLE — Tennessee will reopen enrollment in CoverKids, the state’s health program for uninsured children, beginning next month, Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Thursday.
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It Ain’t Over Yet
Earnings season is mostly over, but there are still several important reports that will come in next week.
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Better deal for freedom fighters
Health insurance schemes, prompt medical treatment and rail travel in super-fast trains were some of the decisions taken at the reconstituted committee of freedom fighters that held its first meeting in Goa.
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Job growth may not curb unemployment rate: WHouse
A White House report predicted Thursday the US economy will start producing job growth this year at a rate of 95,000 per month, but that the unemployment rate will remain high.
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Keeping Morale Afloat
Think about what your employees go through these days. If you look at the state’s economic indicators, 70 percent of them owe more on their homes than the properties are worth. A full quarter of them could have spouses or partners who are unemployed or underemployed.
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Alford field namesake passes away
The namesake of Al Alford Field, Home of the McKinney Lions, passed away Feb. 3 at the age of 79. The founder of Alford Insurance Agency in McKinney and a veteran of the Korean War, for which he received the Purple Heart, Alford worked as a college baseball umpire for 37 years.
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Rain can’t dampen marathon organizers’ spirits
CRAIG SHULTZ / For The Valley Chronicle SOGGY SNEAKERS: Competitors run in the Habitat for Humanity marathon at Diamond Valley Lake this weekend. A downpour muddied the path, but didn’t stop the 280 participants.
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