Council pays psychic to evict ghost
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A local council in County Durham has paid a psychic to exorcise a ghost from one of its properties after the spooked occupants threatened to leave and make themselves homeless.
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The elusive Illusionist casts it own type of spell
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By Janice L. Habuda  Kenmore officials want to join a growing coalition of municipalities seeking guidance for dealing with vacant properties.  At their Tuesday work session, members of the Village Board discussed joining the Erie-Buffalo Vacant Properties Coordinating Council.
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By KEVIN BLANCHARD  LAFAYETTE - The City-Parish Council tweaked an ordinance Tuesday enacted last year that allows residents to report litterbugs to the authorities to resolve some gray areas.
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As neighborhood spats go, Chow Ai   Hwa's legal battle to ensure that her husband's ghost has   access to his former home in Singapore is unusual.
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A council is ordered to reimburse the cost of a 90-year-old's free personal care after an ombudsman's inquiry.
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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The body of a man believed to be dead for more than five years is found in a flat where a tenant continued to live.
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By Kerri Ginis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--Faced with the prospect of dark streets -- and criticism from local leaders -- residents in an upscale Fresno County neighborhood say they want another chance to vote on a fee increase to maintain their streetlights.
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Council tenants should receive state aid to help them buy a home and break up "ghettos", a Tory group says.
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A COUNCIL tenant claimed yesterday she was in danger of being evicted because of a foul-mouthed parrot called Sparky.   Paula Bedford said the parrot, which actually belongs to her lodger, is fond of phrases like "show us your knickers" as well as expletives.
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For centuries, their seemingly uncanny ability to discern private facts about strangers have bolstered the claims of spiritualist mediums to be able to contact the dead.
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By From staff reports  The City Council's housing panel is retooling a proposal to make apart-ment inspections more effective.  The city had considered reinstating regular inspections with a yearly licensing program funded by fees.
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By John Craig, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 2--Spokane County commissioners may use tax money to pay the delinquent taxes on a solvent-soaked West Plains property they don't want to acquire through foreclosure.
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A few weeks ago, San Jose Councilman Forrest Williams was outraged when his fellow members started talking about censuring colleague Terry Gregory because he allegedly took freebies from developers.
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If local legend is true, there are almost as many ghosts wandering the streets of the ancient English city of Exeter as there are people.
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Those ghosts of unpaid bills past are coming back to haunt you.