Carson contemporary buys Iowa birthplace
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Edward Chappell, approaching 80, admired Johnny Carson throughout his long career and wanted to honor the famed entertainer who was born just months apart and miles away from him in this small southwest Iowa town.
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In the nine years since they set out from Mexico for a new life in central Iowa, Juan and Patricia Castillo have found jobs, bought a house and watched their children thrive at school. But they now face deportation from federal immigration officials, who say the Castillos entered the country illegally &#151; a charge the family does not deny.
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The sale broke the artistâs record and underlined the enduring market influence of the workâs latest owner, the collector Charles Saatchi.
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Landry's Restaurants Inc., whose operations include Rainforest Cafe and The Crab House, is buying the Golden Nugget hotel casino in downtown Las Vegas, a first step in a strategy to get a slice of the lucrative gambling business and expand its profit pipeline. Landry's shares surged more than 12 percent on the news.
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By Lukas Johnson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--Melissa Ford and her son Kalil Tate received the keys to their new home in a dedication ceremony Wednesday.   It happened to be the 100th house built by Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County.
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Magic Johnson  and a group of Los Angeles investors just bought the landmark Hilton Washington, north of Dupont Circle, for $290 million and plan to spend $100 million more on renovations. Down Connecticut Avenue, the classic Renaissance Mayflower was sold three months ago for more than $250 million...
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Lands&#39; End and Kmart? There&#39;s just no match, a UW- Madison professor said Wednesday, reacting to the announcement that Kmart plans to buy Sears, parent company of Lands&#39; End, for $11 billion.
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Gibson DomainDomain, Boston's largest independent real estate agency and one that has played a central role in gentrifying the historic South End, has been acquired by two local businessmen who plan to expand its operations into the suburbs.
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Guest books signed by Johnny Carson's famous visitors to "The Tonight Show" and rescued from the trash in the 1960s may turn into treasure for their owner.
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Northern Iowa could have one of the nation's largest wind farms by 2008. Iowa Winds LLC wants to build a 200- to 300-megawatt farm covering about 40,000 acres in Franklin County.
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By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Feb. 17--Imagine Tom Lowell's surprise when he set out to log a parcel of  land just outside Gold Hill and found that someone else had done the work for  him -- and reaped the benefits.
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More than 200 acres of land that belonged to the Kingdom of Hawaii before the United States took control a century ago will be returned to Native Hawaiians
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A design for the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, N.J., by Enrique Norten, can unfold as the money is raised.
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This spring, homegrown CarrAmerica Realty Corp. sat at the pinnacle of its industry, owning, developing and managing a vast portfolio of office buildings. It was a Washington institution, tracing its roots back half a century, when Oliver T. Carr Jr. began building Montgomery County houses.
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A Boston landmark changed hands yesterday, as the Rouse Company , the developer and owner of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, agreed to be purchased by General Growth Properties Inc. of Chicago.
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The Clark Art Institute, long known as a home for French and American paintings, is making room for a $90 million British invasion thanks to a donation from the foundation of Sir Edwin Manton.
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District-based developer John E. "Chip" Akridge III has closed on a deal to buy 15 acres of air rights above the railroad tracks at Union Station with plans to build a $1 billion mixed-use project. Plenty of capital is scouting for properties to buy in the District. Eyebrows are being raised... ÃÂ·...