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Today’s home in St. Louis, Missouri is a vintage treasure. The home was designed by architect George W. Hellmuth and constructed in 1902. It was commissioned by aviation pioneer Albert Bond Lambert, one of the financial backers of Charles Lindbergh’s historic transatlantic flight. The home has 23 rooms with six bedrooms and has been lovingly updated without losing the vintage charm. The home has been restored with historically correct wood paneling, replacement windows, ceiling fixtures and art glass windows. You don’t get much land here, just a small garden but for $3 million for a historical mansion you can’t have everything.
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Wall Street Reporter’s Small-Cap Discovery Conference Will Spotlight - MSN MoneyCentral
NEW YORK, June 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Wall Street Reporter’s next Small-Cap Discovery Conference Conference will introduce an elite audience of money managers, deal makers, analysts, and other market professionals to several companies with

Pair Charged With Writing Bad Checks for Rentals - The Ledger
LAKELAND | A pair of squatters who wrote a series of bad checks for several Lakeland apartment rentals were arrested Tuesday, according to a Say Attorney’s Office investigation. Demetrius Brown, 42, and his wife, Victoria Brown, 37, were arrested

Myanmar denies cyclone aid is being taxed - Houston Chronicle
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling military junta denied reports Wednesday that it was deducting a 10 percent tax from foreign donations to cyclone victims, saying all incoming money is being spent on relief efforts. The state-owned New Light of

Fannie Mae sells $6 billion in bills - Reuters
NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the largest U.S. home funding source, stated on Wednesday it sold $4.0 billion of three-month benchmark bills due Sept. 10 at a stop-out rate, or lowest accepted rate, of 2

Dearborn police seek suspect in bank heist - Detroit News
Bank surveillance video captured the suspect who approached the teller demanding money at approximately 1:10 p.m. No one was injured and the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Anyone with information is asked to call the police

Man scales crane, forces lockdown of Greektown Casino - Detroit Free Press
An attempted suicide near Greektown Casino forced Detroit police to briefly lock down the area this morning for more than five hours. Detroit police said the distraught man 21-year-old had climbed a construction crane. Police safely coaxed the man

Some Alaska lawmakers seek quick vote on pipeline - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The state’s special legislative session on a natural gas pipeline project is barely a week old and some lawmakers say it’s time to vote. If not now, then soon. But that’s not going to happen. On Tuesday, lawmakers shut

Illinois police arrest NYC medical pot suggest - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - A longtime New York City recommend for the legalization of medical marijuana and a veteran of the Youth International Celebration — or Yippies — is accused of money laundering. Prosecutors in Coles County in south-central Illinois say Dana Beal

Nepal: King Gyanendra abdicates throne - Rediff
Home > India > News > First Look Nepal: King Gyanendra abdicates throne June 11, 2008 N epal’s last King on Wednesday bid farewell to the throne held by the Shah dynasty for 240 years with an emotion-charged speech in which he said he ‘respected’ the

Vote grants Newburyport clam shack to become a home - Boston Globe
The last remaining Newburyport clam shack can be transformed into a single-family home after a 4-1 vote Tuesday night by the Zoning Board of Appeals. The vote granted a special permit for the wood-shingled building overlooking the Merrimack River’s

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Previously, we featured this strange Han Solo in carbonite office desk.  Also, former Pimp Your Work blogger Tris Hussey told us not to worry about our messy desks.  But what does the rest of the blogosphere have to state about the office desk?

Organizing Your Workspace @ The David Allen Company, where David Allen even lists the things he has in his office

What your desk states about you @ AskMen

10 Tips for keeping your desk neat and tidy @ LifeClever

The Benefits of a Clean Desk and a Tidy Office @ How to be an Original

 12 Tips for an Organized Desk @ Productivity 501

Messy Desk, Organized Computer and Vice Versa @ CIO.  This article raises some interesting questions for those who are organized either with their computer or desk, but not both.

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UPDATE 1-Internet companies to block child porn sites - Reuters


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