Wednesday, May 09, 2007

MI: Detroit's Contrarian Condo Builders Sense Opportunity Downtown Bob Bartlett is buying a million- dollar condominium atop a historic hotel in Detroit -- the U.S. city with the highest unemployment rate, the worst violent-crime rate and thousands of abandoned houses. It's a city that outsiders underestimate, he says. 8:40:28 AM

PA: Men charged in terror plot damaged vacation house, drew attention While staying in the Pocono Mountains to practice at a state firing range, some of the men who allegedly planned to attack Fort Dix damaged their vacation rental with paintball pellets and drew the attention of security guards. 8:32:47 AM

ID: For the man who has everything, a place to store it What to get the man who has everything? How about some place to keep all his stuff.Garage condos, or condominiums, are the latest must-have for the well-to-do. 8:31:45 AM

OH: Condo owners still paying on boarded up homes They're not alone. 80 condos in all, including the Gristmill condominiums, were destroyed by the flooding. Some residents mistakenly thought the condominium association's flood insurance covered their home and belongings. 8:25:15 AM