Bear Incidents Of 2006

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California and Florida Hot Spots for Key Foreclosure

Foreclosure.com tracked a one-month increase of 3,859 residential foreclosures nationwide and confirmed the existence of a buyer's market in the residential real estate sector. The data gathered by Foreclosure.com also indicates that investors are moving quickly to purchase...

Commissioners will cut Sarasota County's 2007 Budget

County commissioners are calling for cuts to 2007's proposed $1.1 billion budget. This is despite receiving the news that Sarasota County is anticipating a 24 percent increase in the value of its property tax base by 2007. Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton told his...

Broward Police Sought Phone Card Crooks

Turks.US - Videos were released by the Broward Sheriff's Office detectives in the hopes of identifying a pair of Pompano Beach smash and grab burglars who victimized an area gas station last weekend and are seeking the public's help in catching the suspects.BSO deputies...

American Man Fined $13,000 for Underfeeding Dogs

An American man was fined $13,000 for starving his dogs. A San Diego court found Todd Gaerin, 41, guilty of his lack of care as well as negligence in feeding seven of his eight dogs. Officials took the dogs’ health into their own hands after they heard a complaint from...

OIC Support for Cyprus is On the Way

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will call the member countries to take concrete steps regarding the removal of impositions on Northern Cyprus. Foreign ministers in OIC are coming together in a Turkic republic for the first time. Turkish Foreign minister Abdullah...

Why the Neocons didn't See an Islamic Somalia Coming - Part II

"Knight Ridder has the story of the Bush administration's monumental incompetence, lack of a realistic foreign policy, and unwillingness to listen to reason. It is stunning.""MOGADISHU, Somalia - In early March, nine of Mogadishu's most prominent community leaders secretly...

Property Valuations Increased for Sarasota County

RP - Sarasota County property valuations increased by 24 percent in the past year, fanned by a red-hot year in real estate sales. Even while they consider cutting the property tax rate, the extra money will provide county commissioners more money to spend. During a...

10 Commandments Bill Cosponsor can't Name 10 Commandments (with video)

"I write about this sort of thing all the time. This guy obviously doesn't give a damn about the Ten Commandments - he doesn't even know what they are. When Westmoreland said, "I think that if we were totally without them, we might lose our sense of direction," he...

Most Expensive Homes Spared by the Cooling Market

Multi-million dollar homes continue to sell briskly despite of the growing signs of housing market cooldown. Jackson Hole Real Estate and Appraisal reported that in Jackson, Wyo., there was increase from 17 to 21 homes. The median prices of all homes have risen, pushing...

Florida Shows Weakened Condo Sales

According to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book, single-family home construction and sales slowed in Florida in April and May. The Beige Book report said, inventories of homes for sale in Florida remained higher than at the same time last year,...