Nov 6th, 2008 · The North Carolina power company wants to pay customers for the ability to install solar panels on their roofs and vacant lots. Duke would own and operate the solar panels, and the electricity they generate would go straight onto the grid.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Downtown St. Paul has been getting a facelift ahead of the Republican National Convention. This means filling vacant storefronts with high-end retailers on short term leases, recruiting street musicians though they're normally banned, bolting down trash bins and planters. There're even spray-painting the leaves green and feeding birth control to the pigeons.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · A Pennsylvania cornfield gave way to an ambitious housing development, attracting buyers with its traditional style and open spaces. With the housing boom gone bust, this distant suburb community now struggles to fill vacant lots.
May 22nd, 2008 · A local election to fill a vacant seat in Parliament could spell more bad news for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The outcome is being closely watched for an indication of his declining popularity.
Mar 21st, 2008 · As the number of foreclosures rises across the country, one corner of the real estate industry is benefiting -- mortgage field servicing. These companies take care of homes that have been foreclosed upon and repossessed by the lender.
Mar 17th, 2008 · California leads the nation in home foreclosures and some neighborhoods are full of empty houses. Some fear that the vacant homes invite crime.
Feb 21st, 2008 · Protesters in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, broke into the U.S. Embassy on Thursday and set some rooms on fire. The rioters were part of larger protests among Serbian nationalists opposed to the independence of Kosovo. A charred body was later found inside.
Feb 21st, 2008 · Mayor David Cicciline of Providence, R.I., is using a unusual strategy to address one of the side-effects of the current lending crisis. He's offering no-interest loans to families who will buy a foreclosed house, fix it up and move in. Cicciline is also threatening to sue banks that continue to hang onto vacant, foreclosed properties.