Manhattan real estate prices up 14%

Home prices in Manhattan, the most expensive large housing market in the nation, appear to be stable -- and probably growing.

There are illegal apartments in Bronx, New York

Mayor Bloomberg has expressed concern that there are many illegally altered apartments across his city, and that these endanger renters and firefighters alike.

Girl fights for her life after holiday balcony plunge

A British couple fell 35 feet off a balcony in Grand Canaria. It is thought the fall was an accident."A TEENAGER who fell 35 feet from a holiday flat balcony with her boyfriend was fighting for her life in a Spanish hospital last night. Jemma France, 18, and Lee Cook, 28,...

Police: Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants

" PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday. Thomas Daley, 45, will face additional charges stemming from the new victims identified...

Rangel pays IRS, says he is target of GOP 'guerrilla war'

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers on Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war." ...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

This is NOT OKAY!: Thunder | Project Katy

http://this-is-not-okay.blogspot.com/2008/06/thunder-project.html             This page contains the strategy behind KATY and there are numerous strategies, legal, social and political. America sentences people to...

Mumbai flat sold for $ 7 Million

US is facing a severe financial crunch and fed is reducing the interest rate every now and then. Even Housing prices have fallen flat. But India seems left out from this crisis. In one of the landmark deal one flat in Mumbai has been sold for $7 mn.  "The...