In Utah, a grad student from the University of Denver shattered a world speed record by hitting 216 MPH on a home-built electric motorcycle.
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While Lee's remarkable home -- built from a pre-fabricated timbre frame of frost-hardy Siberian larch -- has won numerous architectural awards, that's not the only reason it has drawn a crowd.
Last September when Apple ditched its Google Maps iPhone app and replaced it with its amazingly inept home-built Maps app, the move was so roundly denounced as a step backward and a weakening of the iPhone environment that chief executive Tim Cook had to release a public apology.
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Nevertheless, due primarily to the negative impressions many people have about so-called "trailer parks, " the value of a manufactured home is less than a third of a comparable site-built home, even when variables such as neighborhood, structural characteristics and geography are controlled, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Real Estate Research.
The 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath home was built in 1982 and spans 4, 177 square feet.
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Similar to the ZT60 series, the VT60 models are equipped with enhanced connectivity features including VIERA ConnectTM, My Home Screen, built-in Wireless LAN and Web Browser, Swipe and Share 2.0.
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FirstBuy is aimed at first-time buyers, with the Homebuy Agency and house builders offering a 20% equity loan to help people searching for their first home buy a newly-built property.
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Some are quite roomy, with open floor plans, vaulted ceilings, upgraded cabinetry, faucets and fixtures, and exterior touches like porches and stucco exteriors that make them look more like a site-built home.
The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home was built in 1917.
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According to public records, Mr. Hirshberg's 11, 374-square-foot home has two elevators and a pool, and Mr. Wallette's Spanish-style home, which was built in 2009, has marble countertops and an outdoor kitchen and bar.
This custom-built Mediterranean home on the Burbank real estate market has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a six-car garage.
Together they worked out a turnaround plan that hinged on Tupperware-style home demonstrations, built around a company they named Creative Memories.
The 3-bed, 3-bath Seattle home was built in 1929 and has refinished hardwoods, territorial views and new Marmoleum in the kitchen.
The hexagonal home built of honey-colored swamp wood and sandstone includes features he invented - radiant floor heating and the carport - plus Wright-made furniture.
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President Obama was in Miami today to talk about securing a future for America built on home-grown energy -- and his blueprint to help us get there.
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And despite her desire to keep her coverage, despite her fears that she would get sick and lose the home that her parents built -- she finally surrendered, she finally gave up her health insurance.
Diane Ausavich, a remodeling contractor in Milwaukee, says a pair of physicians, as part of a bathroom renovation, recently installed a barrier-free, walk-in shower and higher countertops in their three-story lakefront home built in the 1890s.
The Smart VIERA ZT60, VT60, ST60 Series models also include a web browser with built-in Wireless LAN and the VT60 will also feature Panasonic's first-ever built-in camera to enhance the home entertainment experience.
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The prospect of an interest free loan covering 20% of the cost of a 'newly built home' - as the chancellor described it - could stimulate house building and provide far more starter homes.
The grand, livable and well-decorated modern home has 6-bedrooms and 6.5-bathrooms and was built on an extra-wide lot.
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In Draper, Utah, Ralph and Amanda Dlugas live in a home that was built over a century-old waterfall.
According to Real Estalker the home includes various entertainment terraces, built-in barbecue center, lush lawns, and a swimming pool and spa.
Tottenham, improving fast under new manager Andre Villas-Boas, built on their success at Old Trafford with a 2-0 home win over struggling Aston Villa.
The Oramses are a British couple who bought land in the north from a Turkish-Cypriot and built a holiday home.
Tries from Tim Molenaar, Craig Hammond and Alex Loney, allied to the boot of David Jackson, built a 24-0 home lead.
The couple, high-school sweethearts, retired to Arizona in the mid-1990s and built their dream home in the mountains, where they often entertained friends, Mr. Royle said.
To get around Whatcom County regulations requiring a permit to build their 160-square-foot home with plumbing, the Dehners built their home on a trailer bed, subject to different regulations as a recreational vehicle.
My mind defaulted to circus images of animals (me, most notably) jumping through hoops every time they re-entered my sales office throughout what might be a five-month period while their home was being built.
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The driving factors are the 200-day "use-by" rules on the Russian-built capsules that carry astronauts home from the ISS, and the safety protocols that demand all landings in the Kazakh Steppe must take place in daylight.
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