NC: Body found after Ogden house fire was the former owner In May, 2009, a judge ordered Darius to pay more than $11,000 to the homeowners association and to remove the structures. Darius didn't pay the debt, and 307 Putnam Drive was foreclosed.

For the birds: Laguna Niguel man fights to keep racing pigeons A Laguna Niguel resident who lives near Hidden Hills Elementary spent thousands on his pet racing pigeons, but a hearing Tuesday night with his homeowner's association board could force him to set them free.

Owner could lose condominium: Legal fight on religious grounds cost city $40,000 A family's steadfast refusal to pay a $635.02 special assessment tax for an alley paving project because it violated their religious beliefs has run up an estimated $40,000 in outside legal bills for the city, with no apparent end in sight.

Injunction Lawsuit Against Cosmopolitan Demands Disclosure of Flood Hazard On behalf of two condominium purchasers at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas (now named the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas), a complaint for preliminary and permanent injunction will be filed today.

Gardening Without a Sprinkler The perfect lawn has met its match. Homeowners, in the ever-expanding quest to save money - and water - are trading in clipped hedges and putting-green turf for landscaping that is much closer to what might have grown there in the first place.