11More than three years of renovations and $200,000 later, friends now jokingly call the 6,000-square-foot home and art studio "Fort Noguere." From watertight ship doors and a 400-pound main door to exterior walls reinforced with concrete and rebar, the home is now ready for the next brutal hurricane -- similar homes did well during Ivan and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

LAS VEGAS -- Renewing their wedding vows on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, Karen and Eric Klein heard from a Federation captain that "the energy between them created their love."

NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 170 points, while a disappointing profit report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index.

It has been said that it is not so much what happens to us as it is what we do about what happens to us. This world around us seems to be getting a little over-stressed. It is time to start having fun and get out of the ruts.

DEARBORN, Mich. -- It seems like an easy solution: Americans are looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles, so Ford Motor Co. is bringing over some of the small, gas-sipping cars it's been selling to Europeans for years.

Tax rebate checks and robust exports helped the U.S. economy grow at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter, the government reported Thursday. But some economists warned that those two factors can't prop growth up for long.

LOS ANGELES -- Threatening to inconvenience air travelers throughout the Labor Day weekend, several hundred airline service workers -- including baggage handlers, security personnel and janitors -- walked off the job Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after months of inconclusive contract talks with their employers.

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