How the Housing Market Is Fighting Its Way Back

If you’d like to get a sense of how we’re emerging from our nationwide housing malaise, sit down at Jillian and Aaron Roberts’ kitchen table. As 2-year-old twins Lennon and Miles run by — those divots in the table are their doing — the couple explain that when they first started looking to become homeowners back in 2006, there was little they could afford

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Police: Suspect sought after 7 arrests in Florida couple’s slaying

Seven people are in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, and one more person is sought, the sheriff of Escambia County, Florida, said Tuesday. All seven people will face murder charges in last week’s deaths of Byrd and Melanie Billings, authorities said.

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Reality TV stars Jon and Kate are divorcing

After 10 years of marriage, eight kids and a popular reality show documenting the ups-and-downs of life with two sets of multiples, Jon and Kate Gosselin are officially separating. The couple made the announcement on Monday’s episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” “Kate and I have decided to separate,” Jon said during Monday’s broadcast. “It’s just not good for our kids to be arguing in front of our kids.” “I’m not very fond of the idea, personally,” Kate said.

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Reality bites for ‘Jon & Kate’

In the beginning, it was all about the children. Before there was the hit reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” there were just Jonathan and Kate Gosselin, an information technology analyst and registered nurse marginally known as the parents of what was believed to be only the second set of sextuplets born in Pennsylvania.

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New clip shows ‘Jon & Kate’ troubles

TLC released another video segment Friday from the network’s one-hour "Jon & Kate Plus 8" episode scheduled to air Monday night. The scene focuses on “crooked houses” — outdoor mini-houses that the Gosselins are putting on their property that kids get to design — and Jon and Kate’s disagreement as to where they should be placed. After briefly showing the excited siblings playing in the houses, the scene gets right to the subject of the couple’s troubled marriage

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Usher’s divorce filing not a shock for fans

From the beginning it seemed like sentiments were against the marriage between Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster Raymond. She was older than the 20-something-year-old singing sensation whose career has catapulted him into the realm of first name only fame. She was also married at the time they met and already the mother of three children

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American couple on Flight 447 loved life, relatives say

Anne and Michael Harris were an "extraordinary" couple with a zest for life, their niece said. “We truly hope that they are remembered for the way they lived their lives and not this tragic end,” Charlstie Laytin said in a telephone interview Wednesday. “We’re all just devastated and going to miss them both so much.” The Harrises were two of three Americans on board Air France Flight 447 when it crashed Monday

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