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Bigamist department store heir Bruce Farkas’ estranged wife will suffer the humiliation of a public foreclosure auction of her River House apartment — and she has her snooty coop board to thank. Arlene Farkas had defaulted on more than $6 million in mortgage payments on her E. 52nd St. unit last year — but she worked out a last-minute, face-saving, debt-retiring sale of the apartment to the French government for $7.8 million. But the coop board sniffed at the French last month. And now, the dreamy duplex is headed back to the auction block. Stein, Wiener & Roth, the law firm handling the auction, confirmed that the proceedings will now move ahead following the co- op board turndown . Farkas fought an 18-year battle to wrest control of the apartment following her divorce from her cheating ex, who got hitched to a former Alexander's employee while still married to his wife. His double life was only uncovered when the couple's kid...

Trinity Meadows Race Track has been sitting vacant for more than 20 years, a place that has been victimized by time and vandals, a refuge to countless birds, yellowjackets and small critters. Trinity Meadows is where horses raced before Lone Star Park opened in Grand Prairie. It had previously been named Clear Fork Downs and later, Squaw Creek Downs . But now, as sprawl continues to encroach into Parker County, Trinity Meadows is about to be no more. Beginning the first week in September, the remaining 9,000-seat grandstand — a visual icon for motorists heading west on Interstate 20 — will be torn down. Cisco- based Wilks Development , owners of the property, said memories of the race track would live on as they transform in the property into a mixed-used development. “We looked at building an event center, that was originally our plan,” said Kyle Wilks, president of the company. “We looked at it in detail. But the more we dug into the economics ... it became very questionable. A...

Florida state troopers told to write 2 tickets per hour Mark Welch of the Tallahassee-based Troop H said he "wants to see two citations each hour", the Tampa Bay Times reports . The email allegedly thanked the government for the troopers' 5 percent raise, which also increased overtime rates . Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) Stock Traded 4.7% Above Its 50 Day Average The value of the investment in Deere & Company went from $1,535,000 to $1,930,000 a change of $395,000 for the reporting period. Baring Asset Management Ltd increased Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) stake by 20,848 shares to 154,820 valued at $2.94M in 2016Q4. After voting for sanctions, China tells North Korea to act 'smart' Tillerson conceded there would likely be a lag period before the sanctions "actually have a practical bite on their revenues". Guam, a tropical island more than 3,000 km (2,000 miles) to the southeast of North Korea, is home to about 163,000 people. Philippe Coutinh...

(Courtesy: Public Safety News Network ) SOUTH SACRAMENTO — Two units were destroyed and one person was detained after a fire ripped through a South Sacramento apartment building early Sunday morning . Just after 2:30 a.m., fire crews responded to the fire, which was burning at the Stonebrook Apartments on East Parkway. Crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the second floor of the building, according to the Public Safety News Network . One person was detained by the Sacramento County Sheriff ’s Department. Helmet cam footage from South Sac apartment fire shows heavy fire conditions that met first arriving crews. Cause still under investigation. pic.twitter.com/NolF9UvfGG — Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) July 24, 2017 38.493460 -121.448387

Megyn Kelly is excited about bonding with her fellow human beings . She’s so excited she’s bouncing in her chair, hands waving, as she talks about empowerment and laughter and tears. It’s a recent summer evening , and we’re in her living room on Manhattan’s Upper West Side —a simple space of modern furniture, earth tones, and bookshelves (mostly hardcover novels, De­Mille to Franzen). The apartment is quiet, uncharacteristically so, as her husband, the tech CEO turned novelist Douglas Brunt , and their children—sons Yates and Thatcher, eight and four, and six-year-old daughter Yardley—are all at the beach. Kelly, barefoot in a loose cream-colored sweater and black leggings, is telling me about her new perch at NBC and the morning show, Megyn Kelly Today , that’s set to debut later this month. Not that she can get into specifics. Occupying what used to be the 9:00 a.m. hour of the Today show, her new venture, she says, will have a live studio audience and guests of various sorts. It w...

Published: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:22 AM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 6:20 PM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 6:20 p.m. Ohio Task Force 1 has been deployed and is headed to Robstown, Texas, not far from Corpus Christi. Teams there requested support in the wake of Hurricane Harvey ’s landfall and subsequent torrential rains as it stalls in the region as a tropical storm, News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright said. She and videographer Chuck Hamlin are traveling with the task force. LATEST: Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas coast MORE: Photos: Hurricane Harvey causes widespread damage Ohio Task Force 1 and Missouri Task Force 1 are leaving from San Antonio, and will meet up with Texas Task Force 1 in Robstown. Support efforts are expected to begin and first light. EARLIER Ohio Task Force 1 learned during a conference call today that they will remain on standby to assist with any search and rescue missions, however at this point they have not received any missions fr...

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez Fri, Aug 4, 2017 (12:45 a.m.) A woman was killed in an apparent attack and struggle inside a garage of a southwest valley apartment complex Thursday night , according to Metro Police. Officers were dispatched about 7:15 p.m. to the San Tropez Apartments , 8025 Russell Road, near Buffalo Drive, Lt. Peter Kisfalvi said. Inside a garage, they found the body of a woman in her early 20s next to her car, Lt. Dan McGrath said in a briefing broadcast online . It wasn’t immediately clear how she died, but detectives have deemed her death a homicide, McGrath said. The woman lived in the complex and is a “completely innocent” victim. According to a preliminary investigation, the woman had been in the complex’s office about 5:30 p.m., so detectives were trying to piece together a timeline on when she was killed, McGrath said. A person going to an adjacent garage noticed the woman’s body and called police, he said. The victim’s garage had the door open and police ...

Sure, Denver's a hub for outdoorsy types, music fans, art lovers, craft-brew bros and cannabis connoisseurs. And the Mile High City has people who prefer to huddle inside and create arts and crafts covered, too.Here are six of our favorite metro-area resources for craft lovers, culled from our Best of Denver edition. Best Sewing Classes on Wheels Sewbago 720-215-5315 Sew as you go: Sewing teacher Tish Gance created Sewbago , a mobile version of her HISS Studio (a previous Best of Denver winner), and now she’s taken her show entirely on the road, bringing sewing classes directly to private parties or parking lots and street corners all over the metro area. Gance’s classic ’72 Winnebago Chieftain is outfitted with sewing machines (you can also bring your own) and space to accommodate three students at a time; classes include such basics as Introduction to Sewing and the Doomsday Class, where you’ll learn to sew on a button, fix a hem and other skills needed to make it through t...

Goldman Sachs has teamed up with an affiliate of Ohana Real Estate Investors to originate a $ 62 million mortgage for Las Alcobas Napa Valley luxury resort , according to Commercial Mortgage Alert newsletter .  The hotel is now said to be valued at $92 million. CBRE brokered the five-year mortgage, which closed July 28. The 68- room Las Alcobas Napa Valley in St. Helena was converted from apartments by Presidio Cos. of Sacramento. Presidio used the loan proceeds to take out construction financing led by US Bank. The hotel, at 1915 Main St., opened in the spring. The rooms have terraces with views of the adjacent 200- acre Beringer vineyard . The property has 3,900 square feet of meeting space, a spa and swimming pool. Presidio purchased the apartment property from Waldman Management of San Francisco for $9.4 million in 2011. In addition to redeveloping it, Presidio restored a 1907-era mansion on its grounds for use by a restaurant headed by celebrity chef Chris Cosentino . ...

Condemned Texas inmate set to die next week gets reprieve" /> Steven Long Condemned Texas inmate set to die next week gets reprieve" /> Steven Long HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted next week's scheduled execution of a man condemned for the rape-slaying of an 11-year-old Dallas girl in 2005. The court said in a brief order Monday it wanted additional review of arguments that 45-year-old Steven Long is mentally impaired . The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled mentally impaired people may not be executed. Mugshots: Texas Death Row --> http://www.ktxs.com/147315846 Long was set for lethal injection Aug . 30 for the slaying of Kaitlyn Briana Smith . She disappeared May 21, 2005, after spending the night at a friend's home in her Dallas neighborhood. Her body was found in a plastic bag under a nearby vacant mobile home . Long's bloody fingerprint was found near her body. He confessed later that day, blaming the attack ...

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GILBERT, Ariz. - Some residents who had been evacuated near a major fire in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert returned home early Sunday . About 60 people were evacuated from the area, according to Diana Rodriguez, a public information officer for the American Red Cross . Evacuees from an apartment complex near the fire were still displaced, she added. Officials said the five- alarm fire began Saturday at an apartment complex under construction and spread to a home near Gilbert and Warner roads, CBS affiliate KPHO reports . Gilbert Fire and Rescue posted on Twitter that homes from Civic Center Drive to Nunneley to Devon had been evacuated. #breaking: Unbelievable video coming in from @CBS5AZ chopper over 5 alarm fire in Gilbert, #Arizona. @CNN @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/IpWYGLdTw2 — Preston Phillips (@PrestonTVNews) April 24, 2016 One firefighter suffered burns on his hands and three police officers were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, Gilbert fire officials said. More than ...

A Los Angeles- based investment group has spent roughly $94 million over the past nine months on two large apartment developments in Waterford Lakes, and is on the hunt for more in that area to boost synergies, the company's general counsel told GrowthSpotter . PRG Fund LP , which owns a portfolio of office buildings in Los Angeles County , began venturing into apartment building acquisitions within the past year. The company made its second purchase in Greater Orlando on Aug. 13, with the 364- unit Victoria Place Apartments  near Waterford Lakes Town Center for $50.13 million, or $138,000 per unit. Located at 12612 Victoria Place Circle , just north of Waterford Lakes Town Center and south of East Orange Park , Victoria Place Apartments was built in 2002 and features 13 three-story buildings over 22 acres.  Lincoln Property Company  is the new management firm brought on to the property this week.  "If you had talked to me a year ago, I'd have said no way would we ...

Don't Miss Latest News 23 August 2017 12:00 PM Friends ran for a lot of episodes (trust us, we ranked all of them), so it's probably understandable that occasionally, across a 10-year run, a couple of minor plot holes sneaked in. But some of these gaffes are so huge, you just have to assume the respective writers of these shows had never seen another episode of the show before. We've compiled the most baffling examples, throwing in video evidence for good measure. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 1. Phoebe's relationship with her dad "My real Dad ran out on us before I was born," Phoebe tells Rachel . Well, if that's the case, how was he able to inspire 'Smelly Cat' with his 'Sleepy Girl' lullaby? (see below) Was Phoebe really that desperate to protect the copyright on her most famous song that she'd lie about meeting the man who actually came up with the melody? 2. The Die Hard paradox Chandler, Joey and Ross are obsessed w...

Collages by Louisiana Mei Gelpi I don’t know what to do about tea tree oil . A short month ago , I was telling anyone who would listen about this magic little miracle bottle I purchased on a whim from Walgreens. “It cures acne! And wounds! And mosquito bites! And nail fungus! And in-grown hairs! And 25 other things that I haven’t tried yet but WILL!” I was in a mania, squirting tea tree oil on my dermis with wild abandon, waiting for my glistening, smooth-chinned, fungus-free higher self to emerge from my pimpled cocoon. When I took to the internet to explore other uses, however, the infallibility of tea tree oil was thrown into question. Wait a second, where was all the evidence? I began to second-guess everything, even the results I’d experienced from using tea tree oil on my own body. I didn’t know what to believe. What’s even in this little bottle? Does it work like I think it does? Why do so many people swear by it?  I needed answers, so I got serious about finding the cold, ha...

Survey: Broward has Florida’s 5 priciest cities for rental apartments The survey by RENTCafé ranked Miramar as the state's most expensive rental market August 19, 2017 02:00PM Aerial view of Broward County (Credit: Francisco Azola) Led by Miramar, Broward County has the five most expensive rental apartment markets in Florida, according to a survey by RENTCafé, a national apartment -search website. The average monthly rent for a Miramar apartment was $1,800 in July, a 3.2 percent increase from July 2016, RENTCafé reported. RENTCafé surveyed apartment buildings with at least 50 units. The survey excluded houses and condominiums on the rental market. Adrian Rosenberg, a spokesman for the website, told the Sun-Sentinel that Miramar rents reflect a large stock of high- end apartment buildings in the southwest Broward County suburb , where developers have opened 1,500 new apartments since 2013. RENTCafé found that the average apartment rent in Fort Lauderdale ranked second amo...

I am not the “prepper” type. For the past 15 years, I have lived in large cities and rarely stray into the wilderness. The idea of going too far away from mobile phone coverage , let alone a stable electricity supply , does not seem like a relaxing holiday. So when I was sent a large, high- capacity battery pack and accompanying solar panel to review, I was not quite sure what to do with it. There is clearly demand for something like the River “mobile power station”, as its Chinese manufacturer EcoFlow describes it; the company raised more than $1m in a crowdfunding campaign earlier this year and the device is now sold in big- box retailers including Home Depot , Camping World and Amazon. Competitors such as Anker’s Powerhouse and Goal Zero’s Yeti show there is a growing market for a clean alternative to petrol- powered portable generators . A couple of things finally got me plugging in the River. One was moving from San Francisco to the less foggy climes of southern California, wh...