The Greensburg High School senior did so with her now-demolished school serving as the backdrop, pieces of broken glass and shards of brick all around her. The Greensburg tornado should increase interest in an already growing part of the construction industry tornado-resistant buildings. Just before noon today, several guys working outside the demolished post office found an American flag in what had been the back room of the post office. Several men scrambled over the broken debris and...

Most continue to say the county's natural beauty will always attract new people and small businesses - a common refrain throughout many rural Northern California communities. Despite stagnant growth in Nevada County, the area's public and private leadership this week provided few concrete plans to stimulate the economy. Some residents welcome preserving the rural lifestyle that brought them here, though others wonder if no growth is a precursor to an economic backslide. Ideas included...

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Florida has been plagued by fires all week, with officials reporting more than 140 active fires covering almost 150,000 acres still ablaze as of late Friday. Smaller fires were also being fought Friday in Bradford and Alachua counties, where firefighters have been struggling to contain two blazes, including one that has burned almost 16,000 acres. Thousands of children were sent home from school early and state troopers kept close tabs on area roads as visibility fell to a quarter mile...

The fence bordering the two areas had become completely entangled with vines and trees, and the only trees growing were sickly "weed" trees of black cherry, Norway maple, and plenty of poison ivy and invasive oriental bittersweet. After using volunteer labor to cut down and clear the 175 foot long area, nearly 25 cubic yards of new topsoil and compost were delivered and spread in the area. Decades of neglect since the Village bulldozed and leveled part of the Nassau County stormwater basin...