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  • Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late

    Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...

  • High-end lake homes are now hot property

    In Cass, St. Louis, Otter Tail and Aitkin counties -- the most active lake home markets in the state -- the average price has increased 3 to 5 percent since last spring, according to Trulia, a national real estate research and listings firm. But it's the high-end vacation home that is seeing the biggest increase in ...

  • Property owners feeling the squeeze from taxing bodies

    FREEPORT — The Rock City Fire Protection District took advantage of low interest rates to give taxpayers a break this year. ';We owed about $500,000 on a new firehouse that we built several years ago,'; said Fritz Kuhlmeier, president of Citizens State Bank in Lena and a trustee for the fire district. ';We refinanced it last year and our principal and interest payments ...

  • French soldier stabbed in busy shopping area

    View Photo Associated Press/Remy de la Mauviniere - Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, ...

  • Hangover stars before they were famous

    Before they were big and famous comedy franchise stars, the cast of "The Hangover" series sported weird dye jobs, took lesser-known drunken film roles, and sweated it out on open mic nights. Captions by Bryan ...


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The War of the Roses [DVD]

The War of the Roses [DVD]

The War of the Roses is narrated by Gavin D'Amato (Danny DeVito), a high-price lawyer who tells the story to a prospective client who wishes to begin divorce proceedings. Gavin's fee is $450 an hour, but he offers to tell this particular story off the clock. And, as he puts it, when someone who makes $450 an hour offers to tell a story for free, you better listen. The story Gavin tells is o ... ...

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  • Indias Essar secures 3 contracts in Abu Dhabi

    Indian EPC contractor Essar Projects (EPL) has secured three new orders totalling $80m in Abu Dhabi, Gulf Today has reported. EPL has been selected by Takreer for engineering, procurement, construction works, commissioning and start-up for a Spent Caustic Treatment Plant at Abu Dhabi Refinery. Samsung Engineering also awarded a contract to EPL for Civil Works for the Carbon Black & Delayed ...

  • Train collision triggers collapse of overpass

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Two freight trains that collided at a rail intersection, collapsing an overpass in Missouri May 25, 2013, are pictured in this photo courtesy of KFVS12. Mike Mohundro of KFVS12/Handout ...

  • Where you know these stars from

    The halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce have been filled with a lot of familiar faces lately. Here are more than a dozen "Mad Men" guest stars we recognize from previous roles in TV and movies. -- Dave Nemetz, Yahoo! ...

  • The ultimate guide to tipping

    What you think about tipping probably depends on your viewpoint on the world - whether you've worked in a service job that only paid well if you received tips, whether you have a lot of money, whether you don't. You may tip out of due diligence, but get no pleasure or pain from it. You may loathe the very concept of paying extra for a service and never tip. Or you may feel good about ...

  • Make magic from leftover condiments

    peanut butter or a little bit of mustard can be transformed into something delicious, so don't throw it away; use it up! Here's how to make your pantry items good to the last drop with these leftover condiment ...

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