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History is one of the favorite channels in our home. I particularly enjoy the shows where they rescue the rusty gold and send antiques for expert restoration. The transformation of various vehicles, toys and other items present amazing before and after stories.

There seems to be plenty of need for restoration in our lives and in our country. I could sure go for some restoration of separation of powers in our national government.

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The social gospel preachings of Pope Francis are starting to ruffle rich American Catholics, according to Home Depot founder Ken Langone, who is leading an effort to raise $180 million to restore St. Patricks Cathedral in New York.

The first Jesuit pope has taken aim at trickle-down economics and warned about creation of a culture of prosperity that is incapable of feeling compassion for the poor. Francis issued a November exhortation on the world economy, which said in part:

Pope Francis: He has warned of unfettered capitalism which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile.

In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which becomes the only rule.

Langone told CNBC that one potential seven-figure donor to the St. Patricks restoration has become upset at the popes words. Langone took his concerns to Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

Ive told the cardinal, Your eminence, this is one more hurdle I hope we dont have to deal with. You want to be very careful about generalities. Rich people in one country dont act the same as rich people in another country.

CNBC talked to Cardinal Dolan, whose soothing sound bites have become ubiquitous on network TV programs from 60 Minutes to the Today Show.

The pope loves poor people; he also loves rich people, said Dolan. So I said, Ken, thanks for bringing it to my attention. We gotta make sure this gentleman understands the Holy Fathers message properly. And then I think hes gonna say, Oh, OK, if thats the case, count me in for St. Patricks Cathedral.

Dolan is frequently pictured by The New York Times Sunday Style section at gala Manhattan fundraisers in the company of the rich and famous.

Langone also reported telling Dolan, You get more with honey than with vinegar, and pointed out, There is no nation on Earth so forthcoming, so giving as the United States.

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A decade ago, it took John McArthur and his crew of craftsmen about a year and a half to completely restore the century-old family home of Colorado Agriculture Hall of Famer Chuck Sylvester.

It took September floodwaters just minutes to undo their work on the Weld County farmhouse, smashing a window to flood the basement and filling the ground floor with 6 inches of mud and 17 inches of water.

(McArthur) did a total restoration to keep the integrity of this 100-year-old girl, said Sylvesters wife, Roni. Now shes 110 and hes back again. Hes mad as hell.

McArthur and the original crew many of whom were born in the same year crack jokes as they work to restore the 110-year-old, two-story house.

We arent doing this again, McArthur said with a chuckle.

McArthur and Chuck Sylvester said they take great pride in their backgrounds as they come together in this old house that represents the history of both agriculture and fine carpentry, both of which, they say, are fast-fading trades.

I cant find anybody who wants to work, McArthur said. When we were young, people would fight for the construction jobs.

Sylvesters family homesteaded the land just north of LaSalle 145 years ago. His grandfather built the white farm house, settled next to a big, red barn.

Roni Sylvester said her husbands hope in restoring the home is not to pass it on to family but to pass along the history of his ancestors who settled there and worked the farm.

He wants to really preserve the integrity of this home so that maybe there will be an opportunity to help our upcoming generation have authentic history they can look at, she said.

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According to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Home Depot founder Ken Langone has voiced concerns that Pope Francis recent rhetoric about income inequality was causing at least one high-level donor hesitation.

Langone is involved with Dolan in a $180 million restoration project of St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City, but informed the cardinal that one potential seven-figure donor was unhappy with the pontiffs criticism of free marketscomments which have already angered conservative pundits and been called Marxist by Rush Limbaugh.

Ive told the cardinal, Your Eminence, this is one more hurdle I hope we dont have to deal with, Langone said to CNBC. You want to be careful about generalities. Rich people in one country dont act the same as rich people in another country.

Dolan said Langone approached him recently about the remarks, saying, You come to us who have been blessed, who are wealthy, and yet we sense that perhaps the Pope is less enthusiastic about us. We need to correct that.

Dolan said he responded, Well, Ken, that would be a misunderstanding of the Holy Fathers message. The pope loves poor people. He also loves rich peopleWeve gotta make sure this gentleman understands the Holy Fathers message properly. And then I think hes gonna say, Oh, OK. If thats the case, count me in for St. Patricks Cathedral.

In a separate interview with George Stephanopoulos, Dolan praised Pope Francis for shattering the caricature of the Catholic Church.

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In the 1950s industrial designer George Nelson, a founder of American modernism, created for his close friends Sally and James Kirkpatrick a home that would become a time capsule and dollop of midcentury modern deliciousness in Kalamazoo, Mich. Thanks a meticulous, 10-year renovation at the hands of the current owner, the 1958 Kilpatrick House looks just as inviting as it did when it was first built. As it stands today, restored right down to the original paint colors and filled with current and vintage Herman Miller pieces (including almost all of the original living room furniture), the place reflects the "livability" Nelson strived for. Back in the day, letters between Nelson and the Kirkpatricks served as a blueprint for the highly personalized home design, combining Nelson's modernist vision with the Kirkpatrick family's day-to-day lifestyle.

"We are using your house as a kind of guinea pig for our furniture projects, and we are going to try to work out all the furniture for the house without recourse to stuff now in production," wrote (very good friend) Nelson of the endeavor, "the beauty of this scheme is that the furniture design gets paid for anyway out of the furniture budget, and we can obtain the finished samples at a cost which would be no greater than that of production items. If this doesn't add a great deal of entertainment value to the interiors, I would be greatly surprised." Despite the fact that the place was completed during "the creative peak of his career" some 55 years ago, Nelson's stylish experimental home is still a treat to peek at todaywhich serves as a testament both to the designer and to the masterful restoration job.

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Delta Twp (WILX)-- Consumers Energy is getting ready to send crews home with a few thousand customers in mid-Michigan left without power.

The utility company is confident fewer than 1,000 people will be left in the dark after Saturday, and Board of Water and Light authorities say they won't be too far behind.

With more than 600 crews called in after last weekend's ice storm, Consumers Energy won't be needing a majority of them after Sunday.

"Hopefully we'll start sending them back Saturday. We hope to get everybody back up by Sunday, and we'll certainly be sending them home," said Dan Malone, Consumers Energy Administrator.

According to Malone, restoration should be near complete Saturday night for the company, but there's going to be a few homes still in need.

"We're talking ten to a couple hundred homes left after the weekend," said Malone.

BWL has only 30 crews, but they plan to have 99% of their customers with power by Sunday night.

"Thirty is a good number because that's the most we can handle. We have to look out for the safety of our customers and workers," said J. Peter Lark, BWL General Manager.

Lark doesn't deny that with more crews restoration would be closer to finishing in Lansing, but says there are rules.

"Every time we bring in a crews from out of state we have to put one of our workers with that crew. We are at capacity," said Lark.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Local crews from WMECO and NSTAR are expected to head home Saturday after aiding with power restoration in Maine.

More than 110,000 of people had been in the dark since the Christmas week ice storm.

Were proud of the tremendous work of our employees in assisting CMP with their power restoration efforts, said Craig Hallstrom, President of WMECo and NSTAR Electric. Our crews know the importance of helping customers in need, especially around the holidays. Though many of our workers have put their own Christmas plans on hold, we know those who work at regional utility companies would do the same for us if needed.

Ice as much as an inch thick coated power lines, tree branches and roads, leaving many without power of Christmas Eve.

WMECo and NSTAR crews worked day-and-night to safely access areas where electrical systems had been damaged to make necessary replacements or repairs.

Central Maine Power says about 1,200 crews were brought in from other states to help restore power.

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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, traffic moves past utility crews as they prepare to work on power lines, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, in Litchfield, Maine, where many have been without electricity since Monday's ice storm. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

GARDINER, Maine - By Thursday, Bob and Katrina Johnson had grown weary of lugging around a portable generator to prevent a freezer-load of moose meat from spoiling and to keep Katrina's mother's home warm.

The Maine couple spent Christmas Eve at a family member's home without electricity. Christmas morning found them at their own home without power. And to complete their holiday, they traveled to a third darkened home to exchange gifts that afternoon.

"You have to go with the flow and adapt, and do the best you can," Katrina Johnson said Thursday, before their power was finally restored. "You learn how to deal with it. Do you like it? No, but you deal with it."

Utility officials said it could be days longer before power is restored to everyone after a weekend ice storm that turned out the lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada.

People shivered for a seventh day as a new storm blew through the upper Midwest and Northeast, shutting down part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike after a pileup involving 35 vehicles. Ten people were taken to the hospital with injuries from the crash. Another pileup on Interstate 78 in eastern Pennsylvania involving 25 to 30 vehicles sent 25 people to hospitals.

So far, authorities blame the storm for 27 deaths -- 17 in the U.S. and 10 in Canada, including five who apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Public health officials are reminding people to leave portable generators outside their homes and garages and away from any windows, reports CBS News correspondent Terrell Brown.

In Michigan, where about half a million homes and businesses lost power at the storm's peak, utilities reported that 103,000 customers remained without power Thursday evening and said it could be Saturday before all electricity is restored.

In Maine, more snow added to the misery for utility crews working long hours in eastern Maine and parts of the state's interior.

Most utility customers in Maine were expected to have their lights on by week's end, but there were some pockets where damage was so severe it could take until Wednesday.

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