Oakland Properties News

Councilmember Brooks aims to crack down on vacant properties (Oakland Tribune)
Oakland, hit hard by the foreclosure crisis, considers making property owners register empty homes and storefronts and fining those who refuse.

Check foreclosures in your neighborhood (Detroit Free Press)
This database lists Oakland County properties that are in the pre-foreclosure process as of June 27, 2008.

Can redevelopment transform South Shore like other cities? (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Editor's note: Tribune reporter Jeremy Evans spent three days on the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce's "Chamber Trek." Evans' findings were published in Wednesday's and Friday's Tribune.

Thursday's Sports In Brief (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Here's a look at Thursday's sports in brief around the country.

Sports Briefs: Ducks sign E.J. Singler (The World)
EUGENE — South Medford High School forward E.J. Singler has signed a letter of intent to play at Oregon, Ducks coach Ernie Kent announced.

East Bay cities, counties set to spend millions to flip foreclosed homes (Contra Costa Times)
Officials say restrictions on emergency federal program and size of the foreclosure mess will limit success. Interactive map: Foreclosures in the East Bay Search home sales, foreclosure data

Vick has NFL return in bankruptcy plan includes (The News & Observer)
Imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick expects to return to pro football, according to his bankruptcy attorneys who laid out a plan to pay creditors based in part on his anticipated earnings.

Feely’s field goal lifts Jets over Patriots (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The Jets take sole possession of first place int he AFC East

Attorneys say Vick expects to return to NFL after prison (Philly.com)
Michael Vick expects to return to pro football, according to his bankruptcy attorneys who laid out a plan to pay creditors based in part on his anticipated earnings.