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Search for gunman in St. Petersburg home invasion
8/20/2008 10:59 AM
Police say they are looking for at least one suspect in a home invasion early Wednesday morning.

Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
8/20/2008 6:35 AM
Veterinarian Ann Chauvet treats plenty of cats and dogs in her Sarasota practice.

Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
8/19/2008 10:23 PM
St. Petersburg, Florida--Nothing like the smell of coffee to start off the day! With so many studies out there about coffee, it's hard to remember whether our morning cup of Joe does the body any good - or ...

St. Petersburg Store Owner Shot During Robbery Dies
8/19/2008 2:23 PM
A convenience store owner shot in the head Sunday during a robbery has died, causing criminal charges against two men charged in his shooting to be upgraded to first-degree murder, police said.

Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
8/19/2008 9:19 AM
Two Russian military helicopters landed Tuesday morning in the Georgian town of Igoeti and unloaded two people on stretchers.

2 Charged In Shooting At St. Petersburg Convenience Store
8/18/2008 8:54 AM
Two men are in custody on charges of trying to kill three people during a robbery at a convenience store Sunday.

3 People Shot During Robbery In St. Pete
8/18/2008 2:47 AM
Three people were shot Sunday night during a robbery at a food store, St. Petersburg police said.

Eckerd College prepares students for evacuation
8/17/2008 6:28 PM
St. Petersburg, FL - Administrators at Eckerd College in southern Pinellas County are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Fay and reports from the ......

Unlike in 1996, calm prevailed after shooting in St. Petersburg
8/17/2008 6:25 AM
Standing in front of his office in St. Petersburg last week, Lou Brown says he doesn't understand the lack of outrage in the community after a young black man was killed by police this summer.

Two more suicides at Tampa General -St. Petersburg (FL) Times
8/17/2008 12:33 AM
Two more suicides at Tampa General - St. Petersburg Times By Rebecca Catalanello - August 12 TAMPA - Two patients in Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric unit hanged themselves with bedsheets last month two ...

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Fannie and Freddie shares hit 18-year low (Reuters)
8/20/2008 1:57 PM
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FDIC sets mortgage plan for IndyMac borrowers (AP)
8/20/2008 1:24 PM
AP - Troubled home borrowers with loans from IndyMac Federal Bank will be able to switch to fixed-rate mortgages under a new plan from federal regulators, who seized the bank last month after it became the largest regulated thrift to fail......

FDIC to help IndyMac mortgage borrowers (Reuters)
8/20/2008 1:20 PM
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares plummet (AP)
8/20/2008 1:02 PM
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Speculation swirls around ailing US mortgage giants (AFP)
8/20/2008 11:01 AM
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Insight: Is the UK market undervalued (FT.com)
8/20/2008 9:55 AM
FT.com - More UK fund managers, it seems, think their home market is cheap than at any time since the dark days of 2003. And despite that, they are sitting on record levels of cash. Or so the latest Merrill Lynch fund manager survey tells us......

Mortgage application volume hits multiyear low (AP)
8/20/2008 8:11 AM
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Consumers face rising medical debt: survey (Reuters)
8/20/2008 7:15 AM
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Americans think worst of 2008 oil spike over: poll (Reuters)
8/20/2008 6:09 AM
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Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain (AP)
8/20/2008 4:37 AM
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Wachovia Unloads Troubled Loans
8/20/2008 1:32 PM
A venture headed by LandCap is buying $40 million in troubled land and construction loans from Wachovia......

Debt Costs Stoke Fears for Freddie
8/20/2008 1:32 PM
Freddie Mac was forced to offer unusually rich terms in a $3 billion auction of its debt, fueling concerns about a possible bailout for the mortgage giant and its sibling, Fannie Mae......

Housing's Chill Hits Apartments
8/19/2008 9:27 PM
The specter of job losses is beginning to take a toll on apartment buildings as would-be renters are doubling up in apartments or moving in with friends and families......

Housing Downturn Hits Home Depot
8/19/2008 9:10 PM
Home Depot's profit fell 24% on lower sales as the home-improvement retailer struggled to sell big-ticket items. (Home Depot conference-call transcript......

Mortgage Securities Stir in U.K.
8/19/2008 8:48 PM
Alliance & Leicester, a British bank, sold about $745.7 million of high-quality bonds backed by home loans this week in a rare sign of life in the market for mortgage securities......

Fannie, Freddie Are Pounded
8/19/2008 3:04 AM
Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunged amid concerns that the providers of funding for U.S. home mortgages won't be able to avoid a government bailout......

Here's Donald, to Assist Ed McMahon
8/18/2008 7:53 AM
Donald Trump is negotiating a deal that would allow Ed McMahon to avert foreclosure and remain in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home......

Help for Home Buyers
8/16/2008 9:35 PM
When it comes to housing, it's a buyer's market -- especially for first-time home buyers eligible for new tax breaks......

New World China Executive Quits
8/18/2008 7:48 AM
Hong Kong's former top housing official Leung Chin-man stepped down as executive director and vice chairman of New World China, as the firm acknowledged that accusations of a conflict of interest had taken a political toll......

Skyline Gets Facelift Ahead of Asian Games
8/19/2008 6:48 PM
Ultramodern skyscrapers, new stadiums and a 610-meter-high television and sightseeing structure are in the works in Guangzhou, China's manufacturing hub, as it prepares to host the Asian Games in 2010......

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Home building at 17-year low
8/19/2008 10:33 AM
Housing building fell sharply in July to a 17-year low, a government report issued Tuesday showed. ......

Falling home prices: The silver lining
8/19/2008 3:31 PM
Home prices continue to tumble across the country, making homes more affordable in most U.S. cities, according to a new report released Tuesday. ......

Tax credit for home buyers comes with caveats
8/19/2008 6:18 AM
Washington policy makers and housing industry insiders hope a new tax credit for first-time home buyers will get the moribund housing market moving again. ......

The next wave of mortgage defaults
8/16/2008 3:34 PM
Prime mortgages are starting to default at disturbingly high rates - a development that threatens to slow any potential housing recovery. ......

Builders' confidence holds at record low
8/18/2008 12:07 PM
Homebuilders' confidence in the housing market remained at record low levels, a trade group said Monday. ......

Latest home prices - first quarter
5/19/2008 11:09 AM
Single-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982. ......

Where home prices are headed next
5/19/2008 11:23 AM
The housing implosion is nowhere near over. In 75 of the 100 top U.S. cities, prices are expected to fall in the next 12 months according to Fiserv Lending Solutions. ......

Home prices down 7.6%
8/14/2008 1:39 PM
Real estate prices continued to post steep year-over-year declines during the three months ended June 30, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). ......

Nation's foreclosure plague widens
8/14/2008 8:20 AM
The foreclosure juggernaut lurched forward in July as banks took back 77,295 homes - up 8% in a month and 183% in a year, a report issued Thursday shows. ......

25% of home sales result in loss
8/14/2008 2:22 PM
More homeowners than ever are selling at a loss, propelling the real estate market deeper into crisis. ......

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Suspect In Deadly Attack Reportedly Smoked Crack
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
After Casey Weldon Till attacked a family Sunday night near Haines City, killing one person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, he went home and told his family what he had done, Polk County sheriff's deputies said.......

Jury To Begin Lunde Case Deliberations Today
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Nearly 31/2 years after hoards of volunteers helped law enforcement search east Hillsborough County for Sarah Michelle Lunde, a jury is set to decide whether David Lee Onstott is guilty of murdering the 13-year-old.......

Assault Shakes Apollo Beach
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Since Saturday when two women told authorities they were abducted and sexually assaulted when they were closing an Apollo Beach business, employees at a nearby hair salon have been taking extra precautions.......

Eat It Up, You Lucky Dogs! Canines Can Sit Outside
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Canine lovers on Davis Islands are known to run their pets down to the dog park on lazy Saturday mornings, after which many then head straight for the business district to grab some coffee or a midmorning snack.......

District 56 Democratic Candidate May Get Boot
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Florida Democrats may seek to remove the Democratic candidate who filed for the state House seat being vacated by Trey Traviesa, so they can replace him with a stronger candidate.......

Mulch Dump Angers Activist
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Two years ago, local environmentalist Mariella Smith asked Hillsborough County to consider buying a piece of property to connect wetlands near the Little Manatee River with a rare scrub habitat and creek system near Manatee County.......

Crist To Throw Reserves At $1.5 Billion Budget Hole
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday that he plans to take at least $600 million from state reserves to plug part of the $1.5 billion budget hole expected this year. But he's not interested, he said, in bringing lawmakers back to the capital for a special session to prioritize cuts to state spending.......

He Encouraged His Wife, Even At The End
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
As he battled pancreatic cancer, Harvey Waite encouraged his wife to continue her race for a fourth two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives.......

State Board Seeks $1.2 Billion For Schools
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
The State Board of Education proposed an increase Tuesday of nearly $1.2 billion in spending for Florida's public schools and community colleges in the next budget year.......

St. Pete Store Owner Dies After Shooting, Robbery
8/19/2008 11:00 PM
His wife is so stunned, she cannot talk. His 2-year-old son cannot understand why his father hasn't come home from the convenience store he has owned for eight years.......

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Fay drenches parts of Florida; floods homes
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Exclusive: New hospital learns lesson from Katrina
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Trial date for former DCF spokesman pushed back
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Crist on Fay: 'This is a serious storm'
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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At least 90 feared dead in Spanish plane crash
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Reagan seeking fourth term in District 67
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
State House seat in District 67.

Closing arguments set to begin in Onstott trial
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Crist to tap reserves for budget shortfall
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Babysitter charged with sexual battery
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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Two killed in Pinellas hit-and-run
8/20/2008 9:11 AM
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