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May 14 2008, Deepa

We have come a far way from cave dwellings and tents to the recent avant-garde apartments and mansions. By utilizing structures and resources found in nature, to stylish designs of the 21st century, the evolution of housing continues. What the house...

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An anti-war Democratic congressman backed off complaints about Defense Department personnel watching a House vote after the Pentagon told him they were students from the Army War College.

 
 
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An anti-war Democratic congressman is demanding to know why there were uniformed Defense Department personnel watching House proceedings from a public gallery Thursday, who they were and what they were doing.

 
 
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Highlights of a House bill originally intended to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring before anti-war Democrats and Republicans combined to kill its top component _ a much-needed influx of funding for overseas troops. The money will be revived by the Senate next week.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

The House’s tax-writing committee on Thursday approved a multifaceted tax package it said would save people almost $10 billion through expansion of the child tax credit and creation of a new deduction for property taxes.

 
 
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The House on Thursday passed a Democratic plan sharply boosting education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans and awarding people whose unemployment benefits have expired with a 13-week extension.

 
 
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The House has rejected a $163 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

 
 
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The House kicked off a partisan debate Thursday on a Democratic plan to sharply boost education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans as the price for approving President Bush’s long-stalled request for war funding.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

A poorly run Pentagon program for providing civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan with workman’s compensation has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House oversight committee said Thursday.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

A House panel says a Pentagon program for providing civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan with workman’s compensation has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

Highlights of a House bill to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. The bill would set aside $183.7 billion and provide an additional $62.9 billion over 10 years to extend unemployment benefits and bolster the GI Bill. Lawmakers will cast separate votes on three components: war money, Iraq war policy restrictions and unrelated domestic add-ons.

 
 
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May 14 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

We have come a far way from cave dwellings and tents to the recent avant-garde apartments and mansions. By utilizing structures and resources found in nature, to stylish designs of the 21st century, the evolution of housing continues. What the house...

 
 
Apr 28 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

Eco awareness is gaining prime significance and almost every thing under this sun is being revolutionized by it. Even the definition of luxurious dwellings is changing as recently an Eco house in UK sold for £7.2million. Shaped like a bee orchid, this...

 
 
Mar 25 2008 by Parul G0 Comments

Creative activities not only engage kids in games but as a matter of fact they also provide them education while they work on it. And this makes most of the parents buy their kids games and toys that can be assembled with imagination.

Well this...

 
 
Mar 6 2008 by David0 Comments

What better place could there be for the placing of solar panels than the roof, after all it is the place where most solar panels are placed anyhow, but instead of having a huge solar panel system fixed to the roof, this new system has actually built the...

 
 
Mar 5 2008 by Debasmita0 Comments

Renowned furniture designer Jack Rogers Hopkins is back with yet another contemporary chair, named the ‘Rocking Chair’. It is a perfect blend of antiqueness and modernity. Rocking chairs were highly popular in the past. This is a well-curved out...

 
 
Feb 29 2008 by Andrew Dobrow0 Comments

If you take a trip to the town Thorpeness in Suffolk, England, you’ll notice a very peculiar site. Hovering on top of a platform, about 70 feet off the ground, is a 5 bedroom, 3 bath home. Known as the House In The Clouds, the home is actually an old...

 
 
Feb 27 2008 by Debasmita0 Comments

This is quite an interesting toy for kids of age 3 years and above. The toy is aptly named ‘Holiday Home’. From the looks of it, it seems like a house where you go to spend long, peaceful vacations. Kids require assembling and affixing the entire...

 
 
Feb 7 2008 by Naresh Chauhan0 Comments

If you have to pick one location between LA and Hollywood for your dream house, where would it be? Confusing right? Inevitable, for both are equally wonderful places. And if you’re placed upwards Hollywood and downwards LA, you’ll definitely...

 
 
Jan 21 2008 by Piyush0 Comments

The 1,500-square-foot Lawrence residence with another 400 square feet of finishable space in the basement is on the market for $324,000. This house has been assembled from factory built components with a design to save its owner hundred of dollars a...

 
 
Jan 11 2008 by Anwesha0 Comments

Here is something that your child would spend the best hours of childhood in. The Mushroom Play Tent from Bazoongi Kids is the answer to kids’ prayer for a haven that’d ensure privacy and oodles of fun! And your kid won’t even pester you to be allowed to...

 
 
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Republicans in the House and Senate have vociferously favored earmark reform in recent months. As a political maneuver, it was extremely shrewd and came at a very...
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After enduring howls in the night and creaking staircases for the past three years, an Italian family is preparing to sue the previous owners of their house for not...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., at podium, leads a House Democratic Leadership news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. From left are; Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Jr., D-Md.; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...