Outdoor Furniture

Police log (Chambersburg Public Opinion)THEFT: Wicker patio furniture belonging to Darlene Smith was taken between 11 p.m. Thursday and 1:15 p.m. Friday from the side porch of a residence in the 300 block of East Queen Street, according to Chambersburg Police.

Gather up old electronics, metal-based items for recycling (Rockford Register Star) Today will be a good day to gather up those hard-to-recycle items cluttering your attic and basement and turn them in for recycling.

Police reports - Hilltop Press (Community Press & Recorder)Derrick Smith, born 1990, breaking and entering, 1242 W. North Bend Road, Sept. 25.

Open-and-shut (Daily Local News)Blinds have been around for a long time and are still used extensively today ? for good reason. With blinds, you can control sunlight levels...

Housewares and home furnishings retailers weathered ?07 economic storm (InternetRetailer.com)Even in the face of a slowing economy and the housing crisis in 2007, online housewares and home furnishings retailers ranked in Internet Retailer?s Top 500 still managed to grow their combined sales by 20%.

'Outrageous' Outdoor Spaces Start with Ceramic Tile (Carteret County News-Times)(ARA) - The latest rage in home improvement is an "outrage" - the new a.k.a. for the still-booming trend of expanding outdoor living spaces. Long gone are the days when homeowners were satisfied with a simple deck, a beat-up grill and some basic patio furniture.

Stow Garden Tools; Pack Up Patio Gear For Winter (Hartford Courant)Outdoor living is winding down. Days are shorter; nights are cooler; and hot dogs on the grill have been replaced by pots of soup on the stove. When leisure activities start to move inside, it's a good time to clean off the deck, store summer furniture and prepare for the cold months ahead.

Fossett found: The R-C Morning Report (The Record-Courier)Several news outlets are reporting that searchers may have found the wreckage of the Bellanca Citabria millionaire aviator Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year.

IWP: Rome's Raimo and Macedonia's Madzirov (The Daily Iowan)Even though she has released her first novel, had her poetry published, and written for the Italian Rolling Stone magazine, International Writing Program participant Veronica Raimo is still exploring her place as a writer.