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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>"home renovations" - Google News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22home+renovations%22</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2012 Google</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:09:56 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:09:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>"home renovations" - Google News</title><url>http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_us/news.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22home+renovations%22</link></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/homeRenovations-GoogleNews" /><feedburner:info uri="homerenovations-googlenews" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Home renovations with an eye on price - Boston Globe</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/vkdugLmUv-I/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/05/23/renovations-get-rethink/YWD9FTjbpVTw7ECD5wcosI/story.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG9he4b_flv6K0SKWfqMJDMA6Azyg&amp;amp;url=http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/05/23/renovations-get-rethink/YWD9FTjbpVTw7ECD5wcosI/story.html"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/7WxOVtxLqcrWOM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG9he4b_flv6K0SKWfqMJDMA6Azyg&amp;amp;url=http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/05/23/renovations-get-rethink/YWD9FTjbpVTw7ECD5wcosI/story.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home renovations&lt;/b&gt; with an eye on price&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Jaci Conry In this Leather District loft renovation, the ONY architecture firm kept to a modest budget while updating the kitchen and creating custom built-in cabinetry. After several lean years, the home remodeling industry is seeing an uptick.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dXOE4gVMo1cLiCM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/vkdugLmUv-I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9he4b_flv6K0SKWfqMJDMA6Azyg&amp;url=http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/05/23/renovations-get-rethink/YWD9FTjbpVTw7ECD5wcosI/story.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Sears Celebrates Five Years Of Heroes at Home, More Than 1100 Veteran Home ... - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/3Ge9Ox6N3r0/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-2012-05-21</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:53:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHqxMuO_iMCTAcZ_cmN-bry4d-wiA&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-2012-05-21"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sears Celebrates Five Years Of Heroes at Home, More Than 1100 Veteran &lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Renewing its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of America&amp;#39;s military families, Sears has launched its annual spring renovation campaign with Rebuilding Together, the nation&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dymfuuc-5aFyDuM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/3Ge9Ox6N3r0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqxMuO_iMCTAcZ_cmN-bry4d-wiA&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-2012-05-21</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Sears Celebrates Five Years Of Heroes at Home, More Than 1100 Veteran Home ... - PR Newswire (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/rwpl_K-TcAA/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-152333635.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:53:13 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFozT0JdVDsPCqYDD3JOSbYDDz9DQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-152333635.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sears Celebrates Five Years Of Heroes at Home, More Than 1100 Veteran &lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewing its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of America&amp;#39;s military families, Sears has launched its annual spring renovation campaign with Rebuilding Together, the nation&amp;#39;s leading &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dDYe_dJ5TdEVYZM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/rwpl_K-TcAA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFozT0JdVDsPCqYDD3JOSbYDDz9DQ&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-celebrates-five-years-of-heroes-at-home-more-than-1100-veteran-home-renovations-with-rebuilding-together-152333635.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The office found no professional misconduct by other prosecutors in the ... - Laramie Boomerang</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/jt-ySGP4QQw/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2012/05/24/ap/us/us_ted_stevens_justice_report.txt</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:17:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEG5zcupTHsykD6KqxCPEkWNxxLuQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05-24/ted-stevens-prosecutors-suspended/55192934/1"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/WgieJyxsQyar5M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;USA TODAY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGsrVRukcrFdjbYwQUQXOVat_otVw&amp;amp;url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2012/05/24/ap/us/us_ted_stevens_justice_report.txt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The office found no professional misconduct by other prosecutors in the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Laramie Boomerang&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;A jury convicted Stevens on Oct. 27, 2008, of seven felony counts of lying on Senate financial disclosure documents to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; and gifts from wealthy friends. Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG8MysiRhzHNNc8CGGIfayr9Rvocg&amp;amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304707604577424530087905316.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj"&gt;Prosecutors Suspended Over Botched Stevens Trial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d2OQMuvrckVS_VMZScqq5XUPrfkbM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 285 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/jt-ySGP4QQw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsrVRukcrFdjbYwQUQXOVat_otVw&amp;url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2012/05/24/ap/us/us_ted_stevens_justice_report.txt</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Home renovations are a lot of work — and require due diligence - Baltimore Sun</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/4LvGFOcdjB4/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-07/business/bs-bz-ambrose-home-20120504_1_contractors-green-builders-home-renovations</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:56:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHPY4R8c7BVQxjaFsnlSTwq_dDVnA&amp;amp;url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-07/business/bs-bz-ambrose-home-20120504_1_contractors-green-builders-home-renovations"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home renovations&lt;/b&gt; are a lot of work — and require due diligence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltimore Sun&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;About a year ago, Matt Venditto hired a builder to construct a house in Westminster. It wasn&amp;#39;t long before buyer&amp;#39;s remorse set in. In early June, Venditto purchased a lot from Green Builders Inc., which was expected to finish the four-bedroom house &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dcI_j5HbExvQj2M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/4LvGFOcdjB4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPY4R8c7BVQxjaFsnlSTwq_dDVnA&amp;url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-07/business/bs-bz-ambrose-home-20120504_1_contractors-green-builders-home-renovations</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Photo Release -- Special Needs Assistance Program Grant Helps Rural Elderly ... - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/8PcJ68b24CY/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-special-needs-assistance-program-grant-helps-rural-elderly-couple-with-critical-home-repairs-2012-05-23</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:33:32 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHGSYERGisr4czpEcO-_nI_jIp_0A&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-special-needs-assistance-program-grant-helps-rural-elderly-couple-with-critical-home-repairs-2012-05-23"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Photo Release -- Special Needs Assistance Program Grant Helps Rural Elderly &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Their limited income presented little hope of affording &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; to improve their mobility around the home. The couple&amp;#39;s disabled adult son also lives with them and helps as much as possible; but with the loss of a leg, he is unable to help &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d7AlWnU8FJqjTuM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/8PcJ68b24CY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGSYERGisr4czpEcO-_nI_jIp_0A&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-special-needs-assistance-program-grant-helps-rural-elderly-couple-with-critical-home-repairs-2012-05-23</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Eileen Ambrose: Home renovations are a lot of work and require due diligence - The Republic</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/Z4IYO_8dUwQ/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:08:53 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHcsStjsK_WnCYKiJuZiRrJfLZxPw&amp;amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eileen Ambrose: &lt;b&gt;Home renovations&lt;/b&gt; are a lot of work and require due diligence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Republic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Eileen Ambrose The Baltimore Sun About a year ago, Matt Venditto hired a builder to construct a house in Westminster, Md. It wasn&amp;#39;t long before buyer&amp;#39;s remorse set in. In early June, Venditto bought a lot from Green Builders Inc., which was expected &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dh5NBiXLDZfDRqM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/Z4IYO_8dUwQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcsStjsK_WnCYKiJuZiRrJfLZxPw&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/PFP-AMBROSE-COLUMN_7987275/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Tonight's TV: Home renovations - Herald Sun</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/zJl8mQECL4M/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/tonights-tv-home-renovations/story-fn6bn9st-1226358126500</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:58 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH4txKKRdiH-tGDq4r_R5hP379FUw&amp;amp;url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/tonights-tv-home-renovations/story-fn6bn9st-1226358126500"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tonight&amp;#39;s TV: &lt;b&gt;Home renovations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Herald Sun&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;DON&amp;#39;T miss the major bathroom-related hissy fits on tonight&amp;#39;s episode of The Block. THE BLOCK, CHANNEL 9, 7pm WOULD you pay a million dollars for a house rush-made by sleep-deprived people tiling, plastering and painting all night?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dkkcM8zU5oecK6M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/zJl8mQECL4M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4txKKRdiH-tGDq4r_R5hP379FUw&amp;url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/tonights-tv-home-renovations/story-fn6bn9st-1226358126500</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Expatriate Bloggers Chronicle Details of Home Renovations - New York Times</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/YHy2UTRUMJM/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/greathomesanddestinations/04iht-reblog04.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:39:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF5pP6SfvU_XH5VCmhXMN82jCCpHQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/greathomesanddestinations/04iht-reblog04.html"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/n_s6hye7gqgA7M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF5pP6SfvU_XH5VCmhXMN82jCCpHQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/greathomesanddestinations/04iht-reblog04.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Expatriate Bloggers Chronicle Details of &lt;b&gt;Home Renovations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Renovating a farmhouse is a lot of work. But renovating a 400-year-old farmhouse in a foreign country where you don&amp;#39;t know whom to tip or whom to flatter, let alone how to say “undermount sink,” is inspiring, insane or both — which makes the process &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dUVrvdniypSdjOM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/YHy2UTRUMJM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5pP6SfvU_XH5VCmhXMN82jCCpHQ&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/greathomesanddestinations/04iht-reblog04.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Stellar: Revitalizing a community, one home at a time - The Banner-Graphic</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/1rOdIHf9MFg/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1851327.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 04:11:54 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHtP_MUNKrlSu7o93_s2W2iMx_8JA&amp;amp;url=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1851327.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stellar: Revitalizing a community, one home at a time&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Banner-Graphic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Another central element of the City&amp;#39;s Stellar Communities program is scheduled to begin this month as construction will soon begin on nine &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; near the Courthouse Square thanks to an initiative that will provide construction grants to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d5xH41ioG5rHT8M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/1rOdIHf9MFg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtP_MUNKrlSu7o93_s2W2iMx_8JA&amp;url=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1851327.html</feedburner:origLink></item><description>Google News</description></channel></rss>

