Brave new lean green world

Caffey Place, near the square in Hernando, received a Hernando Main Street design award for new construction in a historic district.
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Set to build homes, without generators

Art Thomason The Arizona Republic Dec. 26, 2007 12:00 AM A Mesa builder and Salt River Project are working to short-circuit noisy, fume-spewing, cough-inducing generators on home construction sites.

Montana avoids mess of subprime mortgages

Missoula builder Joe Stanford doesn't need fancy statistics or color-coded foreclosure maps to tell him America's subprime mortgage crisis has arrived here.
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Simple makeovers can light up your fireplace

Designers often say a fireplace is the focal point of a room. But if yours leaves you cold, take heart.
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Sarkozy Seeking More Qaddafis in Quest to Win Business for Airbus, Areva

During a visit this month to Paris, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, a one-time international pariah, thumbed his nose at his French hosts, accusing them of violating women's rights and treating African ...more