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Sales of US new homes fall in July 08/26/2014 06:50am • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery.The Commerce Department said Monday that new-home sales fell 2.4 percent last month to a seasonal German man evicted for squeaky swing set sex prop 08/25/2014 01:58pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German court says a landlady was within her rights to evict a man for persistently using a squeaky swing set in his apartment late at night as a sex prop.The court in Munich said Friday the unidentified man installed the "very old" chain swing set in his apartment in 2012 and regula German man evicted for squeaky swing set sex prop 08/25/2014 01:58pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German court says a landlady was within her rights to evict a man for persistently using a squeaky swing set in his apartment late at night as a sex prop.The court in Munich said Friday the unidentified man installed the "very old" chain swing set in his apartment in 2012 and regula German man evicted for squeaky swing set sex prop 08/25/2014 01:58pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A German court says a landlady was within her rights to evict a man for persistently using a squeaky swing set in his apartment late at night as a sex prop.The court in Munich said Friday the unidentified man installed the "very old" chain swing set in his apartment in 2012 and regula Investors look for a head of steam...Housing data due 08/25/2014 10:51am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are hoping the stock market will pick up steam this week. It paused on Friday, following four days of gains. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 38 points to 17,001. The S&P 500 index lost four points to close at 1,988. But the broad-based index rose 1.7 percent for the Ferguson residents struggling with daily life 08/24/2014 12:00pm • RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Life in this working-class St. Louis suburb of modest brick homes and low-rise apartments hasn't been the same since Angelia Dickens' son tearfully told her, "The police shot a boy."Since that news two weeks ago, she has been afraid to leave her a Vikings adding $19M to stadium project 08/22/2014 03:43pm • KYLE POTTER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings are kicking in another $19.7 million for their new stadium to make sure it has the features they want.Rising steel prices and refined cost estimates for the stadium's massive pivoting glass doors created a budget shortfall and le Rental Report: Earth-Friendly Living in Arlington 08/21/2014 02:40pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. These day McConnell, Grimes spar at Kentucky farm forum 08/20/2014 08:16pm • BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates had a hard time talking about farming without slinging mud.Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes took turns attacking each other in a cramped board room of the Kentu Immigrants found in back of locked rental truck 08/20/2014 06:48pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Federal officials say the discovery of nine immigrants who were locked inside the cargo area of a rental truck at a Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Arizona highlights the dangers of human smuggling.Customs and Border Protection says the incid Hertz and American Eagle are big market movers 08/20/2014 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEHertz Global Holdings Inc., down $1.23 to $30.33The rental car company withdrew its profit guidance, citing challenges posed by recalls, an accounting review an CityZen Chef Eric Ziebold to open new restaurant in Mount Vernon Triangle 08/20/2014 09:55am • After 10 years at the acclaimed CityZen restaurant in D.C.'s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Executive Chef Eric Ziebold is striking out on his own. The chef has signed a lease for a 6,000-square-foot space at 1015 Seventh St. NW, according to Matthew Jemal, senior vice president with Douglas Development, Strathmore Shows Off Renderings Of White Flint Music Venue 08/19/2014 01:10pm • Strathmore on Tuesday revealed some interior renderings of its new AMP concert venue set for the Pike & Rose development in White Flint/North Bethesda. The renderings show a lounge and stage, plus a potential set up for a private event. AMP will open to event rentals this fall and will open for Maryland institutes rules for jetpacks 08/19/2014 04:02am • WASHINGTON -- As jetpacks grow in popularity among Ocean City beach-goers, the state of Maryland is taking steps in the name of safety. A JetLev is a water jetpack that you place on your back. When you turn it on, two heavy flows of water push you into the air and allow you to glide 30 feet abo Rep. who helped deregulate savings and loans dies 08/18/2014 06:50pm • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A man who represented Rhode Island in Congress for 28 years and co-sponsored a 1982 bill that deregulated savings and loans has died. Fernand St Germain was 86.The congressman died Saturday at his home in Newport, according to his daughter