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Thieves hit three Ballarat shops

THIEVES targeted three Ballarat businesses on Wednesday night, with thousands of dollars of cash and property stolen.
Hairdresser guilty of arson, insurance fraud

COURTHOUSE — A hairdresser who first claimed a fingernail dryer started a fire at her Plymouth Meeting salon in 2008 admitted she set the blaze purposely at the cash-strapped business.
Book review: Jean Chatzky's 'Money 911' is a great tool

To be a standout in the pack of personal finance books on the market today is no easy task. Jean Chatzky, author of Money 911: Your Most Pressing Money Questions Answered, Your Money Emergencies Solved, knows that well. Several of them are her own, including Pay it Down!, Make Money, Not Excuses and The Difference.
Along the Street

McCarthy & Trinka Inc. in Oak Brook was authorized to offer the Hartford Financial Services Group AARP branded auto insurance program. McCarthy & Trinka, Inc. was chosen after satisfying a number of eligibility requirements, which included demonstrating a commitment to community service, meeting a high level of business and ethics standards and completing a training program designed to highlight ...
House Panels Face Environmental, Insurer Groups Over Catastrophe Bill

Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an issue that has some environmentalists, taxpayer groups ...
Letters to the editor: March 12, 2010

Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of March 12, 2010.Power line will respect scenic beauty
People need electricity to power their daily lives. And people need the respite provided by the scenic beauty and recreational activities on the Delaware River and within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area.
Rough sleepers moved on from East Oxford beauty spot
ROUGH sleepers have been moved from an overgrown beauty spot in East Oxford, the city council said.
Video: Howard Stern Hosts Tiger Woods’ Mistress Beauty Pageant
Watch as Jamie Jungers, Jaimee Grubbs and Loredana Jolie participate in shock jock Howard Stern’s Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant, competing desperately for a $75,000 cash prize! So who came out the winner?
Jungers wins 'Mistress beauty pageant'
Cocktail waitress Jamie Jungers has won the Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant, which took place on the Howard Stern Show.
'Beauty and the Beast' is a beautiful show at Avon Grove
An enthusiastic audience cheered the Fred S. Engle Middle School production of the junior edition of the musical \"Beauty and the Beast.\" The stage had been transformed into an impressive castle, a market place and a dark forest. All the hard work by directors Stephanie Judge and Kristen Krugreinhard showed as the actors appeared to be word-perfect in spite of missing so many rehearsals for snow ...