Low budget all the way (Business Standard India)

Some sobering Seacoast housing facts: The median house costs $300,000, requiring a yearly household income of $90,000. However, the Seacoast's median income is $70,000, making home ownership just a dream for many.

Up from the rubble (Boston Globe)

DANVERS -- Six months after a fiery explosion ripped apart Danversport, a new neighborhood is rising. Homes have been knocked flat. Modular houses have been dropped into place from cranes. Buzzing saws and banging hammers echo across two narrow side streets, joined like a horseshoe.

Auto insurer's repair program crashes straight into criticism (San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE): The advertising for Progressive Insurance Co.'s Concierge program makes the prospect of a fender bender seem almost like a vacation.
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Average prom costs (Berkshire Eagle)

"There's not a huge change between now and 15 years ago," said Deidre Torr, owner of Deidre's Great Clothes, Etc. on North Street in Pittsfield. "There will always be those people who don't want to spend a lot and those people who do want to. But there's a range and options for everyone," she said.