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Suburbs: Mow lawns or pay

June 17, 2009 5:34 PM | 42 Comments

Michael Mazo enjoyed the insects and other animals that flitted about in the two-foot-tall grass on the back lawn of his Buffalo Grove town house.

The Russian immigrant said he also regarded the lush greenery as evidence of the personal freedom he felt he was guaranteed in his adopted homeland.

But for local governments coping with irate neighbors, a formidable number of abandoned or foreclosed properties and spring weather perfect to cause grass growth spurts, Mazo's tangled tur.. click here.

The psychology of polygamy

KUWAIT: Fatima, in her mid-forties is a mother of three sons, all of whom are adults now. Fatima got married to the father of her children when she was in her early twenties. They had an unsteady married life; her husband married a second wife ten years into their marriage and deserted her for over a year. He then decided to finally divorce her after she began to live with the reality that he was married to another woman.

Fatima is now married to a man in his early fifties..click here.

Naked burglar checks out wedding dresses

Looking for warm clothes, a naked intruder tried to rob a bridal store near Würzburg early Wednesday morning. Finding nothing that fit, he fled but was arrested by police not long thereafter.

The 35-year-old man threw a flower pot at the glass door of the bridal shop in the Bavarian town of Wildflecken, police reported Wednesday.

The burglar rummaged through the racks..click here.

Underpass opens to traffic

(17-06-2009)

Modern interchange, built with Japanese assistance, to help ease Ha Noi congestion.

HA NOI — The Kim Lien underpass, a component of the US$130 million Ha Noi Transportation Infrastructure Development Project, technically opened to traffic yesterday. Click here.

Bintaro kindergarten catches fire

Wed, 06/17/2009 1:21 PM | City

JAKARTA: The city's recent spate of fires carried on Tuesday, with the Happy Hollykids Kindergarten in the Bumi Bintaro Permai housing complex, South Jakarta, catching fire early in the morning.

Jakarta Police said the fire broke out at around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning by residents up for dawn prayers, who immediately called the fire department and the police. Click here.