Leap in foreclosures helps spur 3.8% rise in home sales Aug 13, 2009
But foreclosures are rising, and that's pulling down home prices. Foreclosure filings were reported on 360,149 properties in July, according to a RealtyTrac report today. (USA Today -- Money)
Jobless rate ticks down Jul 18, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009. Search stories on N&O.com. (News & Observer)
Thousands celebrate at Juneteenth festival Jun 21, 2009
Back at the sheepshead booth, Debra Goss, 50, of Daytona Beach, was happy to be helping Davis furnish some "down home" food. "Juneteenth is a celebration of blacks being freed," she said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Demolition denied Jun 4, 2009
Historic group nixes doc's request to tear down home. By - 06/02/2009. (Montana Standard, MT)
March 1-15, 2009, Obituaries May 8, 2009
He worked on the Down Home Christmas committee and on the executive committee of the 1890s Day Jamboree for the past 25 years. He was a true public servant and was always willing to go the extra mile to see that the needs of others were met. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
USA's Yesterdays: Henry Wheeler Shaw: Otherwise known as 'Josh Billings' May 3, 2009
These pieces were penned in down home dialect, with some words spelled phonetically to suggest an unschooled scribe ( An Essa on the Muel was one of his first). In 1865 Shaw published a collection of his witty remarks as Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings, a book that was well received by the reading public. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Chizik building Auburn for the long haul Apr 14, 2009
Come AUforever, Keep it down home cuz. And on top of that the AU football team has been on probation more than any other SEC school. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
GOP Housing Plan is About Fairness Mar 25, 2009
To encourage neighborhood investors to buy and rent out these homes rather than leaving them empty eyesores that further drag down home values in the area, House Republicans propose. An equalizing of the treatment of a home purchased for occupancy with a home purchased for rental purposes (defined as being rented to the same tenant for at least 181 days out of the year). (Townhall.com)
W.H.: Economy sound despite 'mess' Mar 16, 2009
Despite the new enthusiasm at the White House and on Wall Street, there was little solid evidence to suggest an end was in sight to the severe recession that has already cost 4 million American jobs, driven down home values and sent foreclosures soaring. Meanwhile, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was concerned about the safety of the estimated $1 trillion his country has invested in U.S. government debt. (Insight on the News)
November 16-30, 2008, Obituaries Feb 9, 2009
She was of the Church of God faith, and helped with the Down Home gospel singings in LaFayette. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Williams; parents, John and Annie Dodson Smith; daughter, Anita Williams; and grandson, Brandon Williams. (Catoosa County News, GA)
