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$10K Tax Credit Ending Soon

Time is running out. No, that isn’t another car sell or a joke to keep GM in business but if you want to have your hand out to receive the $10,000 tax credit for purchasing a hopefully green new construction property (or even a condo in a dirty building) then you better do so soon.
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Worries About Granite Lead to California Homes with Radon

Granite counter tops can emit radiation and radon gas.  Many homeowners worry about their granite.  Many more homeowners have radon coming from their soil.
A homeowner in Menlo Park, CA recently discovered that his home had 14 picoCuries/liter of radon, three times the EPA action level of 4 picoCuries/liter (pCi/L).  He tested his home for radon [...]

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