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Police: Man used chainsaw on family vacation home - October 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

LIDKOPING, Sweden, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A Swedish man whose parents gave their vacation home to his brother is accused of causing $98,000 in damage to the domicile with a chainsaw.

Authorities said the 47-year-old man wanted his parents' vacation home in Lidkoping and became angry when they decided to give the house to his older brother.

The man allegedly armed himself with a chainsaw and caused $98,000 worth of damage to the house, including the destruction of the home's facade, interior and several electronic devices.

Investigators said the man also cut down 20 trees from the vacation home's garden.

The man also allegedly stole a heater from the bathroom during the January incident.

The suspect was charged Tuesday in Skaraborg District Court with causing serious damage and theft.

Police said the man told investigators he did not commit a crime because he helped fund a restoration of the home during the 1990s and he was the one who planted the trees he chopped down.

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Guy has power to save Whitlam home - October 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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Winding back history to revisit the 1972 ALP election theme song that helped bring Gough Whitlam to power after 23 years of coalition government. By Rocco Fazzari and Denis Carnahan.

Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy has stopped the destruction of Gough Whitlam's birthplace in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, despite on Wednesday claiming he could not intervene because a demolition order had already been granted by the local council.

Mr Guy on Thursday said he had applied for an interim protection order on the former prime minister's family home in Kew.

"Yesterday I applied for an Interim Protection Order, under the Heritage Act, for the birthplace of Gough Whitlam," Mr Guy said."I am advised that the Heritage Council has today made an Interim Protection Order."

Demolition has begun at Ngara, the Kew childhood home of Gough Whitlam.

Mr Guy said Mr Whitlam was "widely acknowledged to be one of the most significant Australian political leaders of the 20th century".

"As his birthplace, it is likely that the cultural significance of this house will become recognised more strongly as time passes," he said.

The interim protection order would be issued while the nomination of the house to the Heritage Register proceeded, Mr Guy said, to allow "for a fresh consideration of its cultural significance given Prime Minister Whitlam's recent passing".

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Planning Minister has power to save Whitlam home - October 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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Winding back history to revisit the 1972 ALP election theme song that helped bring Gough Whitlam to power after 23 years of coalition government. By Rocco Fazzari and Denis Carnahan.

Mr Guy on Thursday said he had applied for an interim protection order on the former prime minister's family home in Kew.

Demolition has begun at Ngara, the Kew childhood home of Gough Whitlam.

Mr Guy said Mr Whitlam was "widely acknowledged to be one of the most significant Australian political leaders of the 20th century".

"As his birthplace, it is likely that the cultural significance of this house will become recognised more strongly as time passes," he said.

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Las Cruces animal shelter unveils new small breed room - October 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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Cindy McKinney of Las Cruces and a foster parent for dogs, looks at a few puppies on Thursday during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the small breed room at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley. (Robin Zielinski Sun-News)

LAS CRUCES >> The sound of dogs barking could be heard as the orange ribbon spanning across the doors of the new Small Breed Room was cut during ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley, 3551 Bataan Memorial West.

The newly remodeled room, formerly known as the puppy room, is about a $200,000 project, started about three months ago to provide a clean environment for small breed dogs and to help make the dogs more accessible and presentable to visitors looking to adopt.

The new room now expands into what was once the shelter entrance and more cages have been added to allow the dogs to be seen at eye level.

"So many people call us the pound and we're not a pound," Dr. Beth Vesco-Mock, ASCMV executive director said. "We work very hard on adopting and getting animals out to the community and we want to promote pet ownership responsibility and this really helps the image (of the shelter) and it's also much better for the animals ... and it's much easier for the staff to do proper cleaning."

The former room consisted of smaller pens situated on the floor, forcing the smaller dogs to stand on their hind feet just to see out and get attention.

"It was extremely stressful, extremely hard to clean, there was no drainage in each pen and it looked horrible," Vesco-Mock said.

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10_20_2014, Harvey likes metal roofing! – Video - October 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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