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  • Homeowners Draw a Line in the Sand Over Dunes

    Developer John McDonough, in front of dunes in Ocean Beach. Many coastal New Jersey residents are resisting a $1 billion state plan to shield shore-front towns from storms with towering dunes and a mix of protective measures. As some cite fears the sand-replenishment projects would drag down their property values, about 1,800 landowners have declined to sign agreements to allow construction ...

  • More fake property-tax relief

    Yet Cuomo’s done little about them. In March 2011, his much heralded Mandate Redesign Team report was mostly silent on the most damaging mandates. Former two-term Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy called it a "disappointment" that "represents a major missed opportunity for real reform."For instance, it had nothing to say on the onerous Triborough Amendment, which ...

  • Proposal gives Walker administration more power to sell state property

    Madison - Gov. Scott Walker's administration would gain broad authority to sell state property - including prisons, highways, heating plants and university dormitories - under a plan legislators will take up Tuesday. Proceeds would be used to chip away at the state's $8 billion debt, but the state entities that formerly owned the properties might not see any benefit from the sales. ...

  • Tornadoes rumble through Plains Midwest

    Shawnee, Oklahoma , east of Oklahoma City. Police in Shawnee could not immediately be reached to confirm the report. Officials of the National Weather Service in Oklahoma issued a series of increasingly urgent warnings in the late afternoon and evening, including an alert on Twitter about a tornado striking Pink, a town on the edge of Oklahoma City. "Large tornado west of Pink!" ...

  • Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 20

    Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. --------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0002 GMT--------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1667.47 1.03% 17.000 USD/JPY 102.77 -0.15% -0.150 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9559 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD 1347.24 -0.84% -11.460 US CRUDE 95.85 -0.18% -0.170 DOW JONES 15354.40 0.80% 121.18 ...


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American Pie [DVD]

American Pie [DVD]

With the resurgence in teen comedies in the late 1990s (Can't Hardly Wait, She's All That, Never Been Kissed), it was only a matter of time before someone broke from the pseudo-John Hughes mold and took the Porky's route by making an unabashedly R-rated, sex-obsessed teen comedy. Well, if anyone had been waiting, the wait ended with the arrival of American Pie, ... ...

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  • Hong Kong shares may start week higher China property in focus

    HONG KONG | Sun May 19, 2013 9:11pm EDT HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start the week higher on Monday, with China property counters in focus after data over the weekend showed housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years. Average new home prices rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier - the sharpest since April 2011 - after a 3.6 ...

  • Player ejected for insulting his own fans

    In the 59th minute of Zenit St. Petersburg's final home match of the season, 31-year-old Russian international Roman Shirokov was brought on to boos and jeers. In the first minute of injury time, Shirokov put away the final goal in Zenit's 3-1 win against Volga Nizhny and he celebrated by giving fans behind the goal an "up yours" gesture as payback for his reception half an ...

  • Why the Benghazi issue wont go away

    Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Republicans and Democrats began condemning each other's response to Benghazi within hours of the first shots fired. The issue has flared and dimmed ever since, revived by new testimony, reports or documents like ...

  • Diesel cars What you need to know

    700-HP Electric Honda S2000 Built By High Schooler: Video It's an exciting time for diesel fans in the U.S, with automakers finally waking up to that section of the market that longs for great highway MPG and lots of torque. Most people already know the benefits of modern diesels, but there are a few general things that people may have missed.Here are six important things you should ...

  • Argument apparently over ATV use turns deadly for Owsley County property owner

    BOONEVILLE - An Owsley County man died Saturday and a second man was shot after the two allegedly got into an argument involving an all-terrain vehicle. Kentucky State Police were called at 8:14 p.m. Saturday to Seales Road in Owsley County by Andy Smith, 25, who had been shot. When they arrived at a home on Seales Road, they found Abner Gabbard, 71, dead, apparently from a gunshot wound. ...

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