After 2-month shutdown, Enbridge gradually restarting service on oil pipeline in Michigan

Enbridge gradually restarts Michigan oil pipeline

NYC authorities pose as house hunters, find spaces illegally converted into apartments

NYC probe finds dozens of illegal apartments

Fire destroys Malibu beachfront rental home of Ricki Lake; actress and sons escape safely

Fire destroys Malibu beachfront home of Ricki Lake

Fire chief: High-pressure gas line blast caused massive fire torching homes near San Francisco

Fire chief: Gas line blast caused massive CA fire

Several homes on fire after witnesses report explosion on hillside near San Francisco

Homes on fire after explosion reported in Calif.

Hurricane Earl bears down on East Coast, bringing island evacuations and rough holiday weather

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

Hurricane warning issued for NC coast; hurricane watch extended to Delaware as Earl approaches

Hurricane warning for NC coast as Earl approaches

Ferries taking people off North Carolina Outer Banks island ahead of Hurricane Earl

Ferries take people off NC island ahead of Earl

NC island ferries about to start running to evacuate ahead of powerful Hurricane Earl

NC island preparing to be evacuated ahead of Earl

Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 3 storm; hurricane watch issued for Virginia coast

Hurricane Earl weakens to Cat 3 storm in Atlantic

Hurricane Earl bears down on East Coast, bringing evacuations and canceled holiday plans

Tourists quit NC islands as Earl nears East Coast

NC officials to order evacuation of Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast

NC orders barrier island evacuation ahead of Earl

Fun in the sun may be shelved as Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast vacation spots

Earl could force US evacuations ahead of Labor Day

Enbridge continues work on proposal to restart oil pipeline that spilled into Michigan river

Company works on Mich. oil pipeline restart plan

Newark, NJ, fire destroys 2 houses, damages 5 other buildings; caused being investigated

Newark fire destroys 2 homes, damages 5 buildings

Firefighters battle 7-building blaze in Newark, NJ, amid stifling heat, low water pressure

7 buildings burn in residential area of Newark, NJ

Pipeline company Enbridge offers to buy homes in area around oil spill in Michigan river

Company offers to buy homes near Mich. oil spill

Pipeline company offers to buy up to 200 homes in area affected by oil spill in Michigan river

Pipeline firm offers to buy homes near Mich. spill

Construction worker pulled from rubble of Mass. condo explosion dies; 4 others hospitalized

Man pulled from rubble of Mass. condo blast dies

Explosion at new Mass. condo complex hurts 6 workers; 1 is pulled from rubble

Mass. condo explosion hurts 6 workers; 1 rescued

Explosion at new Mass. condo complex hurts 2 people; worker pulled from rubble

Mass. condo explosion hurts 2 people; 1 rescued

2 people hurt in explosion at Massachusetts condominium complex under construction

Mass. condominium complex explosion injures 2

Oil overwhelms beachfront property market, even in places where the sand is still white

Gulf property sales slide further on oil fears

Rains burst levee in southern China, 88,000 flee latest disaster in weeklong floods

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Rains burst levee in southern China, 68,000 flee latest disaster in weeklong floods

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Fla. tourism officials are trying to tell would-be visitors there is no oil on state beaches

Fla. tourism officials try to quell oil concerns

Rio relocating 2,600 families from areas most threatened by more landslides; death toll 229

Rio evacuating 2,600 families from at-risk homes

With security key to rebuilding, authorities struggle for control of Haiti’s capital

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

First Haitian families moved to new camps as rains loom and aid groups criticize government

Haitians relocated to new camps as rains loom

Amnesty International report: US is guilty of Katrina-related human rights abuses

Amnesty: US guilty of Katrina-related abuses

In rubble from Haiti’s quake, planners see valuable material for capital’s reconstruction

Haiti to use quake rubble in capital’s rebuilding

February housing construction tumbles as snowstorms depress activity in Northeast and South

Housing construction drops 5.9 pct in February

Housing construction likely slipped in February in part because of severe winter snowstorms

Ahead of the Bell: Housing starts

WASHINGTON — Housing construction, which hit a six-month high in January, likely slipped in February, reflecting in part the major snowstorms that hit many parts of the country. The housing industry in good times is a major generator of jobs and economic growth.

Highlights from the latest Beige Book economic survey of the Fed’s 12 regional bank districts

Highlights from the Fed’s latest economic survey

Industry push to send leftover FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash, called ’self-serving’

Push to send FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash

Standard arbitration clause comes under fire from homeowners caught in San Antonio landslide

Residents in Texas landslide balk at arbitration

San Antonio official says crumbling retaining wall in neighborhood was built without a permit

Official: No permit for crumbling retaining wall

Dozens of San Antonio homes evacuated as land below shifts creating gaping crevices in yards

Homes evacuated in San Antonio as hill crumbles

Suburban NYC village, home to many Haitians, quick to support relief work after quake

Grief and charity in NY town home to many Haitians

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad