Victims of Past Storms Warn Against Scams

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Once the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina have subsided, Gulf Coast residents will have to deal with another plague _ scam artists wanting to take advantage of their...

US gears for biggest ever resettlement operation after hurricane Katrina

HOUSTON (AFX) - Authorities are gearing for the largest resettlement operation in US history with hundreds of thousands of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina likely to need food, homes, schools and other...

Katrina Volunteer & Housing Opportunities

This is a housing services hub for Katrina victims. You can offer up housing space for victims, or hurricane survivors can search for available rooms/houses/apts/etc. This site is working in cooperation with support organizations. Please distribute this website widely...

Emergency housing drive at www.hurricanehousing.org (Pass it on)

Received in my email:Dear MoveOn member,Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go next—and we can help.Tens...

Citytimes: A family's imminent fight

When you live in the cross hairs of commuter progress, why not just settle on a price and move on? Because it's not always nearly that simple.PALMETTO BEACH - Justo Garcia built his house with his own hands. An Ybor City cigarmaker, he bought 12 concrete blocks a week and...

Costs Soar For Trump Tower Tampa

TAMPA - If you have a reservation for Trump Tower Tampa, you may have to dig deeper to pay for it. Developers say they underestimated the cost of building the 52-story, 190-unit tower under construction downtown along the Hillsborough River.(Note: Digging will begin Monday,...

Some Weary Floridians Leaving for Good

NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) -- For Linda Campbell, a minister who conducts weddings on the beach, leaving the waterfront means leaving behind part of her livelihood. But after three hurricanes in a decade - including two in the past 10 months - she and her husband have joined other...

Floridians treat powerline workers like rock stars

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Forget Shaq Daddy or the commander of the space shuttle Discovery. The most celebrated person in Florida right now is Terry Thorson. When he arrives, people praise the Lord, shower him with food and drinks, and promise to name their next child after him.

Old Or Not, It's Mine: From The Tampa Tribune

TAMPA - On a south Tampa street where Christmas block parties are a tradition, residents are arguing about whether their property should be earmarked a historic district by the city. A few miles away, several cigar factory owners have united to protest the city's attempt to...

St. Petersburg residents challenge proposed Gandy Wal-Mart

ST. PETERSBURG - There's 800 homes in the Brighton Bay subdivision, and some 3,000 people. Their newest neighbor could be a Wal-Mart Supercenter. "Many like to shop at Wal-Mart, but very few, if any, want one in...

Columns: Florida's housing bubble, is it ready to burst

May 25 - When Florida can claim four of the top five, and eight of the top 10, metropolitan areas in the nation with the greatest home price appreciation in the first quarter of 2005, can talk of speculative...

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