Out There: Residents on Long Beach island live in fear of sea wall - Los Angeles Times
It's a trade-off, living on Naples. In exchange for inhabiting an island with quaint canals where kayakers, paddlers and opera-singing gondoliers float past million-dollar homes, residents of this Long Beach neighborhood live with the anxiety of

HGTV’S Selling New York: Episode Seven - CBS MoneyWatch.com (blog)
Episode Description: Agents selling spectacular multi-million dollar homes in the Big Apple. This week’s episode of the HGTV series “Selling New York ” (airdate Thursday April 29), has all the strength of a finale — bigger, more luscious

NBN to be cheaper than expected: report - Business Spectator
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will release a $25 million dollar implementation study into the network at 1330 AEST, detailing the expected cost of broadband services and the estimated take-up of optic cable being rolled out to 10 million

Building permits on decline in Redding - Record Searchlight
355 permits, but up from $19.4 million in valuation, for the same period in 2009. Housing starts in April totaled four, plummeting from 15 single-family-home permits in March and eight in April 2009. Dollar valuation for the homes permitted last

RCEMA: $13.5 million in flood damage to 155 structures - Daily News Journal
Around 155 flood-impacted structures have been assessed by the Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency, putting the total estimated value of loss at $13.5 million. “Rutherford after the floods, despite damaged homes and some impassable