Posted by Tracy Swartz- 4:20 p.m., May 25 I ll never understand the capriciousness of the Blue Line. The other day, the ride mirrored a July night in Florida. I felt like I was trapped in a gooey Twinkie. The humidity…

Tenant trouble over fire damage in kitchen
Q: My tenant caused a kitchen fire that required me to make an insurance claim. My deductible was $1,000, which the tenant flatly refused… House raffle may open door to trouble A reader writes: “I got an e-mail for a raffle that’s giving away a $650,000 custom home in California. Raffle tickets are $150 each […]

Buy now!
Click here! Press the “buy” button. That’s a lesson I learned at a high cost — in money and emotion — on a recent Friday morning.

Concordia University Exchanges Old Campus for New One
Concordia University of Austin purchased a new campus at Austin Reserve in Texas for $33.6 million, or about $166.50 per square foot, while simultaneously selling the old campus to a developer for $56.4 million, or about $2.55 million per acre. The… real estate In Bend Oregon […]

Ride it out
Posted by Tracy Swartz- 7:04 p.m., May 14 I haven t had many Blue Line woes lately mostly because I ve been riding my new bike — a Schwinn mutt affectionately dubbed The Party Animal — to work. Both rides have their…

High 5
Steve Johnson’s fast takes on Web news SEE HYPERTEXT ON PAGE 2. 1. Dell will sell its computers directly at Wal-Mart, the company’s biggest move away from its mail-order strategy. New ad slogan: “Dude, you also gotta get a giant bag of tube socks.”

Fishbone tries to avoid getting stuck in a rut
It was late on a recent Tuesday night in a remote precinct of downtown Los Angeles. Angelo Moore, flamboyant frontman for the pioneering punk-ska-metal band Fishbone, had jumped and wailed his way through a hyperkinetic 75-minute set for a small, lethargic crowd. The singer, a native Angeleno, paused for a moment outside a small venue called E. 3rd, shivering and shirtless and drenched in sweat. Running a hand along a tattoo that traverses his shaved head like a mohawk, Moore contemplated what it meant to be home.

OETA wants to be on all TVs in state
Daily Oklahoman - … to change what local programming is beamed into satellite television subscribers’ homes. Boren … In some parts of the state, satellite customers see public television from Washington, D.C., Norman said. Norman said OETA is in the early stages of … SV * VINTAGE ADVERTISING COUNTRY STORE CANISTERS […]

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