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Firefighters save home in rural Stanford garage fire

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:34 -0800
STANFORD -- Fire destroyed an attached garage Tuesday afternoon at a rural Stanford home, but firefighters were able to save the home itself.
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Police asking for help solving home burglaries

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:34:03 -0800
A string of home burglaries in rural Jackson County have police now asking for the public's help to find who is responsible.
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Arlington home a mixture of sustainable with whimsical

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:39:12 -0800
Floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room take advantage of the sweeping view in a home in rural Snohomish County. The home makes use of many sustainable features.
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Loans make purchasing rural property easier

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:44:48 -0800
Rural living is popular for many families looking to raise their children outside the hustle and bustle of city life.
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Raid uncovers guns, elaborate escape tunnel in home near Brooksville

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:09:01 -0800
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 7, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — In March of last year, Hernando County sheriff's deputies raided a home in a rural, remote neighborhood east of Brooksville. Weeks before the search, authorities here were told by the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service that the home's residents, Eugene Paull and Subrena Spence, had been living under ...
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Life on the less than sunny side of Spain

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:48 -0800
The agricultural region around Spain's Almería is home to thousands of illegal immigrants living in slum-like conditions. Amid the economic crisis, many want to return to Africa, but lack the means to get home.
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In Search of Rural Living

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:18:17 -0800
LONDON -- The British weekly magazine Country Life taps into a world where even the most committed city lover could be tempted to buy a pair of Wellington boots and a Labrador puppy. Since 1897, magazine has printed page after page of property dreams -- Georgian manors, Elizabethan lodges, country estates -- at prices few can afford.
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China: One fire may be out, but tensions over rural land rights are still smoldering

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:11 -0800
After months of protests and rioting in the small Chinese village of Wukan, life is returning to normal. As roadblocks are removed and daily life returns to its pre-riot rhythms, it is tempting to think that a crisis has been averted.
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Remote areas to access broadband

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:21:11 -0800
AUSTRALIANS living in rural and remote areas of the country will have access to "fast and affordable'' broadband from 2015.
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10 Ways to Take Advantage of a Rural Location

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:37:19 -0800
Question: I live in a rural area and don't have the same benefits that some of my competitors in big cities have. What can I do to stay competitive without having to move to a more urban environment?
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