Public Records 
Foreclosed properties to be sold at 11 a.m. on the days listed at the Manatee County Courthouse. Listed are the borrower’s name, the property description, the amount of the trust deed, the lender and the file number:

Historic LDS books stolen 
In the second rare-book theft case in six months, thieves broke into the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Memorial Museum on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and stole 12 early editions of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints scripture. The books, all printed in the 19th century, are worth an estimated $300,000, said Ken Sanders, a rare-books collector in Salt Lake City.

Rain brings the blue-tarp blues 
Rafael Carbonell and Maria Mejias saw it coming even when the weather was at its driest two months ago. That rhythmic sound Monday of water tapping the counter top from a hole in the roof of their Hollywood home was merely confirmation of their worst fears — that the fast-approaching rainy season might arrive before the roof can be repaired.

Equity-building Exterior Improvements 
(ARA) - Depending on who you listen to, the burst of the housing bubble is either imminent or somewhere down the road. But all financial and real estate experts agree that it is inevitable.