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December Omaha Hotel Inc., Omaha, Neb., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 16 to reduce a $750 aerial-lifts citation to $525 and a $750 fall-protection-training citation to $525. The company was issued the citations Dec. 11 during a ...

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Juan A. Lozano AP Writer Galveston, TX — Another hurricane season is the last thing Galveston wants to think about after last year’s devastation from Hurricane Ike. “Hurricane season got here a lot quicker than I thought it would,” said ...

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Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington (AP) — Rates on 30-year home loans surged above 5 percent for the first time in nearly three months this week as investors pushed up rates on long-term government debt, which is closely ...

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Alex Veiga AP Real Estate Writer Los Angeles — Homebuilders across the country say they are finally seeing signs the three-year housing downturn is ending. This week, both Toll Brothers Inc. and Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. were the latest builders to ...

Robert Barr AP Writer London — House prices in Britain rose 2.6 percent in May, the biggest increase in more than two years, the nation’s largest mortgage lender reported Thursday, boosting hopes the recession might have bottomed out. In its ...

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Lisa Orkin Emmanuel AP Writer Miami — The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full. Officials on Tuesday ...

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Bruce Smith AP Writer Charleston, SC — Eighty-six-year-old Johnnie Leach leans on his cane as he sits in warm sunshine on the steps of the old slave cabin where he raised 13 children four decades ago. Despite the humble setting ...

Jacob Adelman AP Writer Los Angeles  — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Delaware issued a ruling Monday that could allow a massive Southern California residential development to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Judge Kevin J. Carey’s approval of the so-called ...

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Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington (AP) — The number of U.S. homebuyers who agreed to purchase a previously occupied home in April posted the largest monthly jump in nearly eight years, a sign that sales are finally coming ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A Dane County committee that promotes urban development will take a hiatus as the county readjusts its budgets to align with a decrease in state aid. “It’s upsetting to see it suspended,” said Dennis O’Loughlin, Dane County ...