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WAKEFIELD, MA (MARKET WIRE) Franklin Street Properties Corp. (NYSE Alternext US/AMEX: FSP) (AMEX: FSP), an investment firm specializing in real estate, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock for the period July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008, payable on november 20, 2008 to stockholders of record as of October 31, 2008.

TOPEKA, IN (MARKET WIRE) Topeka Elementary of Westview School Corporation has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious energy STAR(R), the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. Topeka Elementary is distinguished as the northernmost school in Indiana to achieve this high level of efficiency and is one of just 25 Indiana K-12 schools with the ENERGY STAR rating.

PLEASANTVILLE, NY and BELLEVUE, WA (MARKET WIRE) The Home & Garden division of the Reader's Digest Association (RDA) today announced a content partnership with SecondSpace, Inc., the leading online marketplace for second homes and recreational retreats. This agreement will bring the world's largest online selection of vacation homes and property listings to the Home & Garden division properties, which includes The Family Handyman (www.familyhandyman.com), Birds & Blooms (www.birdsandblooms.com), Country (www.country-magazine.com), Farm & Ranch Living (www.farmandranchliving.com) and Reminisce (www.reminisce.com).

BELLEVUE, WA (MARKET WIRE) SecondSpace, Inc. today announced a partnership with GOLF.com, the most popular golfing Web site in the world, to create a co-branded Web destination that will provide millions of golfers access to the largest online marketplace for second homes and recreational golf retreats. The new Web site, www.golf.com/homes, is already live and is powered by SecondSpace's flagship Web site www.ResortScape.com.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Urban Mapping, Inc., the leading provider of location-rich content for interactive applications, today announced it is powering the neighborhood functionality in Zoocasa, located at www.zoocasa.com, a new free Canadian real estate search engine that is designed to let consumers research and find for sale homes in Canada. With integration to Urban Mapping's neighborhood boundary database, Zoocasa users can seamlessly search for homes in Canada by contextually-relevant and socially defined neighborhood information in addition to city or postal code.

LYNN, MA (MARKET WIRE) Storage cabinets are used for finished goods, work in process or raw materials, and are an important part to your integrated material handling system. A Plus Warehouse, a national material handling dealer, can help you find the best storage cabinet for the size of item you wish to store.

Courtney Klein, CEO of New Global Citizens, was honored Tuesday with the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Athena Award for Young Professionals.

California housing production continued to sag in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Building Industry Association.

Revenue forecasts are being reduced by 66 percent of technology companies, and almost 50 percent of venture capital executives believe the current financial crisis is worse than the tech bubble crash of 2000, according to a survey released Tuesday by DLA Piper law firm.

California housing production continued to sag in September, according to a report issued Tuesday by the California Building Industry Association reported today.