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After Four Years Is BC Home Inspection Licensing a Failure? By Craig Hostland ... - MarketWatch (press release)
After Four Years Is BC Home Inspection Licensing a Failure? By Craig Hostland ...
MarketWatch (press release)
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 27, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The end of January marked the four-year anniversary of the province's announcement of a licensing program for B.C. home inspectors. On January 30, 2009 a news release ...
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After Four Years Is BC Home Inspection Licensing a Failure? By Craig Hostland ... - Marketwire (press release)
After Four Years Is BC Home Inspection Licensing a Failure? By Craig Hostland ...
Marketwire (press release)
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 27, 2013) - The end of January marked the four-year anniversary of the province's announcement of a licensing program for B.C. home inspectors. On January 30, 2009 a news release issued by the ...
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Laurel Abbott: Who 'Owns' a Home Inspection? - Noozhawk
Laurel Abbott: Who 'Owns' a Home Inspection?
Noozhawk
One point of contention and confusion that has occurred over the years is who “owns” the inspection. General inspections often have clauses stating that the report is for the “exclusive use of the client” who ordered it, or “this report is the ...
Texas fugitive caught 31 years later in Alpharetta - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Texas fugitive caught 31 years later in Alpharetta
Atlanta Journal Constitution
U.S. Marshals Service Inspector Gavin Duffy said Gilbert Rico was convicted of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a fatal wreck in Harris County, Texas, but fled to Mexico while on bond and did not appear for his sentencing. Duffy said that his ...
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Pipeliner who Wears eyeliner - The Free Press Standard
The Free Press Standard
Pipeliner who Wears eyeliner
The Free Press Standard
Born in Graham, TX, a small town in north central part of the state, she moved to the Fort Worth area at age 17 and continues to call that area “home”. Missy hasn't spent her entire life in the oilfields. After graduating from high school, she became a ...
Association of Realtors Offers Tips Home Owners - PR Newswire (press release)
Association of Realtors Offers Tips Home Owners
PR Newswire (press release)
LUBBOCK, Texas, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention to detail and proper preparation can alleviate much of the stress and save time for first-time home buyers. ... A professional inspector can determine what needs to be repaired or replaced. A ...
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Prison investigator says senator threat a scam - KPRC Houston
KPRC Houston
Prison investigator says senator threat a scam
KPRC Houston
John Whitmire, who heads the legislative committee in charge of Texas prisons, was in no danger from the inmate, said Bruce Toney, inspector general of the Department of Criminal Justice. The inmate was a confidential informant who tried to recruit ...
Death threat was scam, official saysFort Worth Star Telegram
Texas State Senator Says He's The Target Of Prison Death ThreatKWTX
Texas senator says he was target of death threatMidland Reporter-Telegram
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Business Highlights - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Business Highlights
Fort Worth Star Telegram
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gains in housing and manufacturing boosted the U.S. economy over the winter, according to reports released Tuesday, and analysts say they point to the resilience of consumers and businesses as government spending cuts kick in. U.S ...
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FHFA Inspector General: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Not Enforcing Consumer ... - Huffington Post
FHFA Inspector General: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Not Enforcing Consumer ...
Huffington Post
Most recently, the inspector general found that banks and other mortgage companies that manage more than 10 million home loans for Freddie Mac had "largely failed" to alert the company to the most serious category of homeowner complaints, despite a ...
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Texas senator says he was target of death threat - Midland Reporter-Telegram
Texas senator says he was target of death threat
Midland Reporter-Telegram
"You read about that innocent public official being shot in his home, at his door, you've got to take the threat serious," Whitmire said. Texas Department of Criminal Justice inspector general Bruce Toney says authorities are investigating the ...
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Monday Roundup: 'Monsanto Protection Act' - Daily Yonder
Monday Roundup: 'Monsanto Protection Act'
Daily Yonder
Bill Bishop/Daily Yonder It was the fourth Sunday in March yesterday, so that made it the South Texas Sausage and Polka Fest in Halletsville, Texas. There were four polka bands, and halfway through the afternoon, they all mounted the stage (along with ...
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The Gulf War's Homegrown Plague? - Daily Beast
Daily Beast
The Gulf War's Homegrown Plague?
Daily Beast
Alcaron's suit is scheduled for a June trial in Angleton, Texas, a small town outside of Houston near where Rhodia has an American office. To date, no American chemical maker has been found liable in a civil proceeding for harming an American soldier ...
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What lies beneath: When sinkholes turn deadly - Adelaide Now
What lies beneath: When sinkholes turn deadly
Adelaide Now
A county building inspector said the home was safe to live in, but the homeowner was seeking an engineer's opinion. Arthur said he looked at 50 years ... This massive sinkhole opeebnd up near Daisetta, Texas on May 7, 2008. A zigzagging hole believed ...
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Buying a home? Order the "Housefax" from a Boulder-based dot-com - Denver Post
Buying a home? Order the "Housefax" from a Boulder-based dot-com
Denver Post
But for the most important purchase — a home — much of the due diligence isn't performed until after a contract has been signed, via the professional home inspector. A local dot-com aims to change that. Beginning in late April, house hunters will be ...
Deadly Dives - The push for commercial diving regulations - MyNorthwest.com
MyNorthwest.com
Deadly Dives - The push for commercial diving regulations
MyNorthwest.com
It was March 4, 1996 when Brian Pilkington got the call to help inspect an oil rig off the coast of Texas. The University Prep and Diver's Institute of Technology grad had moved from Bellevue to Houston, the center of the commercial diving industry in ...
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Livestock, Ranch Equipment Thefts Up In Texas, But So Are Recoveries - KWTX
Livestock, Ranch Equipment Thefts Up In Texas, But So Are Recoveries
KWTX
The 30 special rangers, who are commissioned law enforcement officers but are privately funded, are assisted by inspectors who collect brands and other identifying marks on upward of 5 million cattle sold at livestock markets each year.
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Green energy helps grow jobs - The Desert Sun
Green energy helps grow jobs
The Desert Sun
One megawatt powers 750-1,000 homes. ... California led the nation in “clean economy jobs” with 338,400 positions, followed by New York with 248,500 and Texas with 229,700, according to a July 2011 study from the Brookings Institution. ... openings at ...
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Amount of stolen livestock, equipment rose in 2012 - Your Houston News
Amount of stolen livestock, equipment rose in 2012
Your Houston News
Special rangers for the association investigated 980 cases in Texas and Oklahoma last year. The group says thieves paid more than $3.8 million in restitution, fines and court costs. Convictions also resulted in incarceration, probation and suspended ...
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Ex-Pakistani strongman vows return ahead of vote - KiiiTV3.com South Texas ... - KIII TV3
Ex-Pakistani strongman vows return ahead of vote - KiiiTV3.com South Texas ...
KIII TV3
Musharraf has earned a reputation as a strongman who cried wolf after failing to follow through on previous promises to return home, but the likelihood of his return this time got a boost on Friday when a Pakistan court granted him pre-emptive bail ...
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Mortgages' Future Looks Too Much Like the Past - New York Times
Mortgages' Future Looks Too Much Like the Past
New York Times
But Representative Randy Neugebauer, a Texas Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, said they made him “nail-biting mad.” He added: “Taxpayers have put all this money into these entities. The attorneys have gotten a lot richer and the ...
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