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New Orleans Paying to Move Tenants From Dangerous Apartments

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is paying to relocate all remaining residents of a bankrupt apartment complex where people said a landlord’s neglect forced them into unsanitary living conditions with rampant mold, rodents and a broken pipe that spewed …

Judge Orders Owner to Demolish Packard Plant in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ordered the demolition of the deteriorating Packard auto plant in Detroit, finding that it had become a public nuisance. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Brian Sullivan wrote in an order that the plant’s Peruvian …

Minnesota Man Convicted of Setting Own House on Fire

An Hillman, Minn., man whose home was facing foreclosure has been convicted of setting the house on fire for the insurance money. Jurors deliberated for four hours this week before finding 53-year-old Randy Donald Reed guilty of first-degree arson. A …