Tarrant County Courthouse clock tower to undergo $5 million makeover

May 10th, 2010

A county official hopes to put the project up for bid within months and start in August.

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Tube tomes: Here are some good books to go with your favorite TV shows

May 10th, 2010

Are you a “Lost”-aholic? Hooked on “Survivor” or “Top Chef”? Hopelessly entangled in “Big Love”? So darned addicted to “Deadwood” that you find yourself hovering over the mailbox in hopes that the little red envelope with the next DVD will materialize?

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Man shocked by lightning indoors

May 9th, 2010

HANOVER - A man was shocked by lightning during Saturday’s storms while holding a landline phone and a cellphone inside the building of his auto repair shop.

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Lucky strike: Man survives lightning bolt

May 9th, 2010

A man working at a Hanover auto repair shop yesterday got the shock of a lifetime when a bolt of lightning went…

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Miss. Coast Woman Seeks $2M From AG For Fraud Case

May 8th, 2010

Juliet Cruthirds Bolling is suing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for $2 million, claiming she was falsely charged with home repair in 2007.

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Coast woman sues AG for $2M

May 8th, 2010

A Long Beach woman is suing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for $2 million, claiming she was falsely charged with home repair fraud in 2007.

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Cash for Caulkers home repair bill

May 8th, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeowners could collect thousands of dollars in Cash for Caulkers rebates for renovating their homes with better insulation and energy-saving windows and doors under a new economic stimulus bill the House passed Thursday.

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and #8216;Caulkers’ bill allows home-repair rebates

May 8th, 2010

WASHINGTON #8212; Homeowners could collect thousands of dollars in #8220;Cash for Caulkers #8221; rebates for renovating their homes with better insulation and energy-saving windows and doors under a new economic stimulus bill the House passed Thursday.

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Volunteer opportunities: Help needed for Ike home repair

May 8th, 2010

Skilled volunteers are wanted in a Conroe-based home repair program helping Montgomery County residents impacted by Hurricane Ike.

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Auto repair shop destroyed by fire

May 8th, 2010

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A Grand Rapids auto repair shop is a total loss after it was gutted by fire Friday afternoon. Crews were called out to the building in the 1600 block of College Avenue.

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