Archive for November, 2009
KU donations in question as donors suffer setbacks
Published online 11/27/2009 10:48 PM KU donations in question as donors suffer setbacks The Associated Press LAWRENCE – University of Kansas officials hope big donors will continue to give large sums and honor their pledges to university, although many have lost significant money in the economic downturn.
Everyday Cheapskate: Readers share ways to cut pet care costs
As I write, a big, beautiful, brindled English bulldog is underfoot, sleeping soundly, as bulldogs do.
Toronto's office-tower vacancies to exceed New York, Boston: report
By Doug Alexander A surge in office construction in Toronto’s downtown may push the city’s vacancy rate higher than New York and Boston after developers added space during the first recession in 17 years.
St. Joe quiet in drilling debate
Northwest Florida, proud home of emerald waters and sandy-white beaches, has become ground zero in the fight against the Legislature’s push for offshore drilling.
A lesson from the toilet professor
DEAR TIM: Can you educate me on all the different toilet parts and how they work? I have my first home and need to buy toilet replacement parts, but I’m clueless. My toilet appears to be fairly standard-looking with a rectangular tank that rises up from the bowl. Do you think I’ll be able to [...]
Do It Yourself: Choices abound for environmentally safe paints
I want to paint several rooms in my house this winter and would like to use paint that is safe for the environment. How can I be sure I am getting that kind of paint? — Maryann
Mortgage rates
'Workouts' for struggling developers take a special gift
Norman Radow takes a lot of abuse on the firing line in the continuing battle over failed residential real-estate deals. Banks hire him to resurrect developments gone awry, particularly those half-empty condominium towers and gated communities that sprang up like weeds during the boom and are now in foreclosure.