Ferocious wildfire devastates California mountain town
Earlier this summer, this small mountain town north of San Francisco opened its modest high school to residents fleeing an unusually ferocious wildfire nearby.
Nation
More millennials are stuck renting for years before buying home
Home ownership, that celebrated hallmark of the American dream, is increasingly on hold for younger Americans.
From rents to haircuts, Americans start to feel price hikes
Apartment rents are up. So are prices for restaurant meals, haircuts, gym memberships and a cup of coffee.
Variety
Why your rent will rise again this year
Living in an apartment? Expect your rent to go up again.
Variety
Group to aid family of NYC firefighter who died on duty
A nonprofit organization says it'll pay off the mortgage of a Manhattan firefighter who died in the line of duty.
Variety
Charter nabs Bright House in latest pay-TV deal
Charter buying Bright House for $10.4 billion is the latest big deal in the pay-TV industry.
Travel
In resort towns, working class squeezed out as rich move in
At first, Loly Garcia didn't have to travel far to her jobs in the chic hotels of this fabled tourist town. She shared a tiny studio apartment with her father, brother and a cousin after arriving from El Salvador more than 20 years ago.
Travel
Landscape guide, solar hotel, Poconos park, Dollywood fest
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Home & Garden
Mayor tours auto show setup, highlights Detroit's progress
Out of the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, Detroit's moves toward revitalization appear to be revving up as the eyes of the world turn to the city during the North American International Auto Show.
Travel
Andrew Jackson home pushes 7th president's rock star image
Andrew Jackson: President. Hero. Rockstar.
Home & Garden
Smart and pretty! Fashion designers spruce up smartwatches
Smartwatches don't have to look ugly to be functional. Clothing and accessories designers are collaborating with engineers to produce computerized wristwatches that people will want to wear all day and night.
Health
LGBT baby boomers face tough retirement hurdles
For Kathy Murphy, the difference between being gay or straight is $583 a month.
Home & Garden
Broken treetop hanging on wire gets holiday decor
Some Washington state residents are getting in the holiday spirit by decorating a Douglas fir that toppled onto an unused utility line in a recent windstorm and looks like an upside-down Christmas tree.
Home & Garden
US gives $3.1 million for Lake Erie algae projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is allocating $3.1 million from a Great Lakes cleanup fund for efforts to reduce harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie that hit water supplies in Michigan and Ohio.
Travel
Charlie Brown and a city's ugly Christmas tree
Reading's official Christmas tree has brought the city plenty of grief. Good grief.
Home & Garden
Memories of financial crisis fading as risks rise
Six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the lessons of the financial crisis may already be fading from collective memory.
Home & Garden
Minnesota utility offering customers solar power
Xcel Energy is launching a new program that it hopes will be a big boost in solar electricity for the Minneapolis-based utility.
Home & Garden
Indiana officers buy homeless man bus ticket home
Three Indiana police officers who bought a homeless man a bus ticket to Virginia say "it was the right thing to do" after he told them he was trying to get home for the holidays.
Home & Garden
Court overturns house's tax sale over $6.30 bill
A Pennsylvania appeals court has reversed the sale of a widow's home that was triggered by a tax bill for $6.30.
Home & Garden
Why areas with good jobs have hard-to-afford homes
It's the new career trade-off:
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Around the Region
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- California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
- Agribusiness giant Cargill not doing enough to fight deforestation, protect human rights, group says
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- $86M to California couple upheld in Monsanto pesticide case
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