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Sue and Shouvik are a busy young couple with full-time jobs, a 2-year-old son and a newborn baby. Life is hectic, and these two need a place to escape the daily hustle and bustle. But, although their master bedroom is huge, they struggle with trying ...

CARTHAGE, Ill. - An Illinois man has been sentenced to five and a half years in state prison after he admitted he defrauded a senior citizen during a home-repair scam.A judge in western Illinois' Hancock County also ordered 59-year-old Perry Porter t...

Editor's note: Some of the transactions do not include a transfer price because no money was exchanged for the property. All deeds are recorded in the Berks County recorder of deeds office and are a matter of public information. There is a delay betw...

It's a real Jeep, yet the eagerly awaited, but delayed, 2014 Jeep Cherokee is more than that.This is the first validation of Chrysler's theory that an architecture Fiat developed for compact European cars can be adapted to create rugged SUVs, midsize...

LOS ANGELES - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is the government's auto safety watchdog, announced that it would investigate the Tesla Model S electric car after two of the vehicles struck road debris and caught fire. Tesla i...

LOS ANGELES - Joe Hinrichs was named Ford Motor Co.'s president of the Americas one year ago, after a three-year stint as head of Ford's Asian operations.It was a bumpy start. Quality issues delayed sales of the new Lincoln MKZ sedan last spring. The...

Dear Tom and Ray: My husband's car is a 2005 Prius with about 130,000 miles. Our local Toyota dealership told him that the hybrid battery needs to be replaced and that it is no longer under warranty. They quoted him a price of $3,200 to replace it, i...

Lovers of the practical and simple style of nostalgia-rich implements gather on a Facebook page.

SANTA ANA, Calif. - When Michelle and Jon Christy bought their 1980s-era home in North Tustin, Calif., much of the residence already was remodeled. Except for the kitchen. It was dated, and olive green."I wanted to lighten up the kitchen, because the...

It doesn't take extraordinary tech savvy, expensive equipment or even a home network to stream music in your house.Here's a starter kit:No home networkAre you among the 22 percent of Americans without broadband Internet access at home? Here are two o...