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Utah home prices up for 2nd month in a row

Last updated Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:10pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah home prices are up for the second month in a row as buyers are competing over a tighter inventory of houses.

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Toni Morrison's 'Home' a veteran's unfelt return

David L. Ulin Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:45am

"HOME." By Toni Morrison. Alfred A. Knopf. $24.

I've long admired Toni Morrison as a moral visionary, but her fiction, not so much. Of her nine novels, three -- "Song of Solomon" (1977), "Beloved" (1987) and 2008's "A Mercy" -- are masterpieces, yet the others, particularly the post-Nobel books "Paradise" (1997) and "Love" (2003) can be so stylized as to veer dangerously close to self-parody. Anyone who's read her in any depth may understand what I'm referring to: those stentorian rhythms, the biblical cadences, the characters who function more as archetypes than flesh-and-blood.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Firefighters battle a house fire that started sometime around 4 a.m. at 282 E. Lomond View Drive in North Ogden on Saturday. Wade Hurd and his wife have lived in the unique house for 37 years and built much of it themselves. Hurd said his house was full of antiques and personal belongings, "so many things you can't replace." He watched firefighters hose down his home for several hours from the street and neighbors' homes nearby. "You want them to go in a put it out," he said. "But you don't want them to get hurt." Many friends and neighbors stopped by to console Hurd, who said he was trying to joke around a little "so I don't start crying, but this is so hard to watch it burn."

Couple makes daring escape as fire destroys North Ogden home

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 6:06am

Video of firefighters working to extinguish blaze

NORTH OGDEN — A North Ogden couple made a daring escape early Saturday morning from their upstairs bedroom after their massive home caught fire.

Firefighters from four agencies spent most of Saturday extinguishing the blaze that destroyed the home at 282 E. Lomond View Drive and caused more than $1 million in damage.

The fire was reported at 4:35 a.m.

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This is an interior shot of the new Gordmans store in Station Park in Farmington. The store is open, but the official grand opening is set for Friday. (Courtesy photo)

Apparel/home fashion store opens in Farmington

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 8:55pm

FARMINGTON — Station Park continues to add new stores, with Gordmans Inc. the latest to open.

Gordmans, an apparel and home fashion retailer based in Nebraska, opened its doors to shoppers Thursday. The official grand opening will be Friday, but shoppers are getting an early look at the new store.

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Nikki Thompson holds her 6-month-old son, Cache, as they look at track car toys Friday at the Standard-Examiner-sponsored 2012 Spring Home & Garden Show at the Golden Spike Event Center in Ogden. Butler Home Products makes the toy. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Ideas aplenty at Home & Garden show today, Sunday

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 10:55pm

OGDEN — Whether you’re looking to install energy-efficient windows, want to learn how to stain your own fence or just want to save a few bucks on groceries, the Spring Home & Garden Show has plenty of ideas and offers.

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Bountiful woman suffers smoke inhalation in fire at her home; damage set at $70,000

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 10:23pm

BOUNTIFUL -- A woman in her 80s suffered minor smoke inhalation in a Saturday morning fire that caused significant damage to her home.

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The selling of a crime scene home

Alexandra Zayas Tampa Bay Times

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 2:16pm

TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Palms Beauty! the ad said. Move-in ready. NOT a short-sale.

Can close quickly.

But the house had a sad history told only in crime stories:

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Tyrena Dilley, of Clearfield, and her family react with joy as they walk into The Home Depot in Salt Lake City and learn they have won a $20,000 home repair contest. Facebook followers could vote daily for one of nine selected military families. (KIM COOK/U.S. Air Force)

Clearfield military family floored after winning home repair contest

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:09am

CLEARFIELD -- The Dilley family got an early Christmas surprise when they were told they were the grand-prize winners of a $20,000 home repair contest.

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Flamingos in a Thanksgiving scene, at the Hofer residence in Layton. Photo courtesy Melissa Hofer.

See photos of flamingo displays portraying various themes and holidays

Contributed

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 1:29pm

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Today is last day to help local military family

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:52pm

CLEARFIELD — Today is the last day to vote on Facebook to support a local family in need of home repairs.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Dilley and his wife, Tyrena, are one of nine military families entered in The Home Depot “Give the Gift of Good” contest.

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Parents face abuse charges for 'deplorable' home

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 3:29pm

SOUTH SALT LAKE -- A Utah couple charged with child abuse lived amid rotting food, dirty diapers and garbage, police said.

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Clearfield holiday decorating contest announced

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 11:54pm

CLEARFIELD — Holiday decorating could mean cash prizes for some residents here.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Dec. 2, Clearfield Community Services will take nominations for the yard with the best decorations.

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Vacant Las Vegas homes being used as indoor pot farms

Ashley Powers Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 10:03am

LAS VEGAS -- The Ballard house was as unassuming as any in the stucco outskirts of Las Vegas: a two-story box the color of an oatmeal cookie. Police charged inside one night searching for a domestic violence suspect. Instead, they smelled something skunky.

Marijuana. Lots of it.

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