The ?five-star' beach rental (The Charlotte Observer) bi2711868 Fluffy bathrobes. High-end linens. Plasma televisions. Original artwork on the walls. It sounds like the amenities of a fancy hotel. But more and more summer, these are the sorts of perks that beach- owners are providing renters. As unsold vacation homes swell the supply of s on the rental market, growing competition for tenants driving out the chipped dishes, tacky ..

Insuring the vacation home (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) bi2711868 Staying booked through the summer can be quite profitable, but the load of guests also can lead to broken dishware, clogged hot tubs, kitchen fires or other more serious damage to a vacation rental . Weather can wreak unexpected disaster at any time. Some property owners prepare for the worst by buying traditional homeowners policies for properties and then adding extra coverage for ..

Beach house landlords shoot for five-star status (The Post and Courier) bi2711868 The owners of an already well-appointed $4.2 million vacation home on Hilton Head Island added original artwork, top-quality cookware, new carpets and high-end bedding and towels to attract more affluent renters

Bees trap woman house, kill dog (Moldova.org) bi2711868 A California woman trapped her by swarming bees says she watched horror as they killed her dog.The Oak Hills woman, who asked to be identified only as Linda, described watching through a window as her 15-year-old cocker mix looked to her for help from the bees defending a hive on her porch, the Victorville Daily Press reported Sunday. The woman had retreated inside her after ..

California Seniors' Health At Risk After U.S. Senate Vote, Family Physicians bi2711868 Family physicians statewide warn that the 10.6% Medicare cut payments to doctors taking effect July 1 puts California's seniors' health on the line. "The Senate's refusal to block the cuts yesterday sounded the death knell for access to physicians for thousands of people our state," said Jeffrey Luther, MD, president of the 7,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians

Lightning Blamed for House Fire (R News) bi2711868 Lightning from a storm may have started a fire northeast Rochester. A fire started the attic of a single family home on Durnan Street. Fire crews are investigating, but they're calling the fire accidental. They say either lightning or an electrical malfunction caused the fire

Latest California real estate bargain - former pot houses, but buyer beware ( bi2711868 The price of the two-story, 3,800-square-foot for sale Elk Grove stands out even a down market

?Wing House? taking shape California (The Times and Democrat) bi2711868 MALIBU, Calif. (AP) ? The neighborhood already has a that scientists say looks like a giant atom smasher, and nearby there another that perched on a cylindrical tower and looks like a flying saucer. Yet when Francie Rehwald moves her new digs sometime next year, she?ll have them both beat

Federal farm aid bill gives billions to California farmers (Visalia Times-Del bi2711868 WASHINGTON ? The 2008 farm bill, survived a clerical error and two presidential vetoes before becoming law, expected to benefit California significantly farmers by spending billions on specialty crops

Lady builds house from jumbo jet junk 29 Jun 2008, 0128 hrs IST,TNN (The Time bi2711868 MALIBU (CALIFORNIA): The neighborhood already has a that scientists say looks like a giant atom smasher, and nearby there another that perched on a cylindrical tower and looks like a flying saucer

California Wildfires Spark Call to Boost Resources (Flathead Beacon) bi2711868 OAKLAND, Calif. ? It's early the summer for California's firefighters to be outgunned, but it's an increasingly common situation recent years. More than a thousand fires are burning across northern California's wildlands, forcing federal, state, and local firefighters to make tough triage decisions. With homes and human life as first priorities, at least one local timber company has had to ..

Bush declares state of emergency for California wildfires (AFP via Yahoo! News) bi2711868 US President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency California on Saturday and ordered federal aid to help authorities battle more than 1,000 wildfires burning out of control

California wildfires spur health advisories (Seattle Times) bi2711868 Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California a stew of smoke and ash, and have forced the cancellation of athletic events and other outdoor activities..

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