Editorial: Common ground in Orono dispute - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The French Creek neighborhood in Orono is an enclave of million-dollar homes on beautiful, wooded lots a short stroll from Lake Minnetonka. Residents are justifiably proud and protective of their property, and signs posted at the entrances to the

UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp - Times Union
On Sunday the South Korean native's made his second visit to Haiti since the magnitude-7 earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless Thousands of families came from their broken homes in the hills above to be near

Letters: Gambling and hypocrisy; hijacking the Tea - Everything Alabama Blog
If that income were based on property values, the fluctuation would be gone and the people who can afford half-million-dollar homes would shoulder their fair share of the tax burden. Right now, a family of four living in a double-wide is paying the

Oregon's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP); in a - Examiner
Oregon’s 19.6 million dollar award has a 18 month window to be utilized. We are nearing the deadline, with only a handful of the 206 homes NSP’s down payment assistance funds were intended for, being used. Many other states are doing wonderfully

Feds: Wash. investment adviser stole $8 million - Forbes
SEATTLE -- A Kirkland, Wash., investment adviser accused of stealing an estimated $8 million from at least 20 clients - some of whom say she spent their life savings on million-dollar homes, boats, cars and a stockpile of expensive jewelry - was

The million dollar-plus view - Sydney Morning Herald
AS BUYER advocates, my colleagues and I attend 30 to 50 auctions a week and 100 or so open for inspections of properties in inner Melbourne's million-dollar-plus residential divesting back into tax-free land and family homes that are free of