Rates lure buyers as refinances lead Gaston County housing
In Gastonia area lenders report a renewed refinance wave as mortgage rates fall. About half of calls are from borrowers seeking refinances while new purchases rise modestly. Local quotes include 7.375 percent on 30 years and 6.875 percent on 15 years, with up-front points and fees to consider.
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Gastonia
Gaston
Tommy Thompson
Sentry Mortgage Co
Federal Home Loan
Age Bankers Association of America
Ron Potts
Gaston Association of Realtors
Clinton
Nike to air Mourning ad after All-Star run
Nike shifts plan and will feature Alonzo Mourning in a TV spot after his high level early season stats. Mourning, a Hornets rookie center, met with Nike representative Don Coleman and discussed focusing the commercial on his work ethic and values.
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Seattle
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Godzilla
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Nike
Alonzo Mourning
Mourning
Charlotte Hornets
NCAA
Georgetown
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley
David Robinson
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How the FBI cracked the case
AP reports the World Trade Center basement axle fragment from a van, a parking stub a rental contract and a security deposit dispute helped link a suspect to a bloody bombing. ATF traced a vehicle identification number from a yellow Ford Econoline van rented from Ryder in Jersey City New Jersey with Alabama plate XA70668.
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U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ryder Truck Rental Inc
Jersey City
Suspect caught after returning for van deposit
Mohammed A. Salameh in New York was arrested after attempting a third time to reclaim a rental deposit on the van used in the World Trade Center bombing. Charged with aiding the bombing and related crimes, he faces life if convicted as investigators pursued other suspects in what prosecutors call the era’s most destructive act of terrorism on American soil. The case hinges on recovered van fragments and bomb-making material found in Jersey City.
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Mohammed Salameh
Trade Center
New York
World Trade Center
Gilmore Childres
VCC
Vanci
James Fox
FBI
Mohammed A. Salameh
Jersey City
N.J
U.S
Salameh
Thomas G. Donlon
Blind man reports sex with teen within Branch Davidian sect
In 1989 near Waco Texas Marc Breault a legally blind observer watched Vernon Howell the Branch Davidians leader engage in a controversial sexual dynamic with a 13 year old Australian girl. Breault described Howell claiming the right to sex with single women and later voiced concerns after the Australian girl joined Mount Carmel. He then set a trap by entering an office late at night.
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Waco
Texas
Marc Breault
Vernon Howell
Breault
Howell
Branch Davidians
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Mount Carmel
Fourth installment on Branch Davian cult features weekend events
The fourth of a seven part series reports on Branch Davian activities. It highlights a Saturday event named Thunderstruck and promises developments from the cult compound on Page 6A.
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