On a clear night with a full moon, natural light cascades through tree branches. Late-night grillers, kids squeezing in a few more minutes on the swing set and evening strollers can see a little better.

Like a lot of Bay Area homeowners, Alissa Hauser and husband Steve Brown have already done the small things to save on utility bills and pursue a green life: lower the thermostat, install energy-efficient lightbulbs, use old T-shirts for rags instead of p

John Christie sits down at the end of another day and takes stock. The floor of his work-in-progress barn conversion in Suffolk is finally taking shape. It's been a two-year labour of love full of trials and tribulations. He's one of a growing number of

An ordinary house in an ordinary street was how the Crown Prosecutor described the house at 6 Neuk Crescent, Houston, that was actually a bomb factory.

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