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12401 Calusa Ln, Thonotosassa, FL For sale: $950,000

This historic lakefront Florida home might have been lost in the 1970s if the son of the estate's cook had not stayed in the home to care for it after the owners abandoned it.

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Many of the homes around Lake Thonotosassa, near Tampa, were lost during those years when they burned down in accidental fires apparently built by squatters, said the home's current owners, Bonnie and Harry Dunn.

This home was built in 1872 by a Singer sewing machine executive when Florida was a vast frontier. The builder, George Adams, set up a homestead on 300 acres of lakefront property. He planted citrus groves and built a four-room home, which he later expanded into a 17-room house with a cellar and separate kitchen and staff quarters. After 10 years, he bought the 300-acre property for $4.

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When Adams died in 1921, a Canadian family bought the property. The Dunns, who bought the home 15 years ago, are the fifth owners. It now sits on five acres.

During their meticulous restoration, they came across moments of like-mindedness with former owners. For example, Bonnie Dunn said she removed a HVAC system from a small closet to make it into a butler's pantry and discovered, as she worked, that the space was originally a butler's pantry.

In another instance, she chose wallpaper for an upstairs hallway, then found under layers of old paper that the original wallpaper was almost identical to her choice. As the couple worked, they tried to balance modernization with the home's history. Homes of this era are rare in Florida.

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by Alex Schuman

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Posted on October 16, 2014 at 11:47 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS) -- Muhammad Alis boyhood home, located at 3302 Grand Avenue, will be getting a makeover you will be able to see unfold on a new television series.

Dan Riedemann, 19th Century Restoration CEO, will oversee the project. They hope to begin construction in two weeks on October 30th, which will be the 40th anniversary of the, Rumble in the Jungle, fight between Ali and George Foreman.

"There's not a corner anywhere in the world, anywhere, that they don't know the name Muhammad Ali, said Riedemann, a long-time boxing fan.

Alis home will be the first house in a series of celebrity homes Riedemann will be turning into, living museums, across the United States.

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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

The new No. 1 team gets a week off and the state of Mississippi steps back from the spotlight after two weeks of being the dominant story in college football.

Top-ranked Mississippi State - it still seems odd to hear that - has an open day after leaping Florida State in the rankings last week. No. 3 Mississippi is a big favorite at home against Tennessee.

So the old No. 1 is the center of attention this week. The now second-ranked Seminoles face No. 5 Notre Dame in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday night. The off-the-field drama never seems to stop following Jameis Winston, but Florida State just keeps on winning. The school-record streak is at 22 games.

What else to watch for in week eight of the college football season.

HOME WOES: Being home has been far from an advantage in the Pac-12, where road teams are 15-4 going into Saturday's games. Utah was the latest Pac-12 team to win away from home, beating Oregon State 29-26 in double overtime on Thursday night.

If the trend continues, it's good news for UCLA, which will try to break a two-game skid at California; Washington, which has lost 10 straight games to Oregon; Stanford, which has won four straight at Arizona State; and Colorado, which goes to USC as the only Pac-12 team without a conference victory.

O-H! I-O! ON A ROLL: Remember Ohio State? The Buckeyes were preseason top-10, lost quarterback Braxton Miller to an injury in the preseason, lost to Virginia Tech at home and looked like a team that could be in for a long year. Well, the 13th-ranked Buckeyes have righted themselves in recent weeks, scoring 168 points while winning three straight games. Those wins haven't come against the toughest of competition (Kent State, Cincinnati and at Maryland), but J.T. Barrett (third in the nation in passer rating) is developing nicely as Miller's replacement and suddenly a Big Ten championship run doesn't seem so unlikely. Rutgers gets its first taste of Ohio Stadium on Saturday.

HELPLESS HEELS: The numbers are staggering and scary if you are a North Carolina fan. The Tar Heels rank second-to-last in FBS scoring defense at 43.3 points per game. Only SMU (49.4) is allowing more points per game, and no other Big Five conference team is allowing more than 39. Georgia Tech gets a crack at that UNC defense on Saturday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The good news for the Tar Heels is they have been better against the run (73rd in the nation in yards per rush) than against the pass (118th in yards per attempt) and the Yellow Jackets' triple-option isn't built to throw it around.

SACK MAN: Washington defensive end Hau'oli Kikaha leads the nation with 10 sacks. He'll try to add to that total against an Oregon line that looked much improved with the return from injury of Jake Fisher in the Ducks' big win against UCLA last week.

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Now that the PlayStation 4 is almost a year old, Sony is getting ready to roll out an update that brings with it a number of usability features. Included in Update 2.0, users will find a redesigned home screen, new data backup options, a USB music player, and themes.

The content area, the part of the home screen you find recently used items, is getting an overhaul. It will now show the 15 most-used games and apps, with the remainder found in the library. Youll be able to sort your collection of games and apps by type, alphabetically, by most recently used, and by installation date.

Youll also start seeing suggestions for players you might know. Thats where youll also find heat maps of what your friends have been playing.

Update 2.0 also adds the ability to play MP3, MP4, M4A, and 3GP files from USB drives. The option to play these will appear when you insert a thumbstick or drive. USB drives can also be used for data backup and restoration.

For PlayStation Plus users, youll be happy to see that you no longer need to install monthly games. Instead, youll be able to add them to your library, binding them to your account. That way, you dont have to worry about hard drive space for new acquisitions.

For those tiring of the light blue background, Update 2.0 brings the ability to change to one of seven additional colors (gold, blue, red, green, purple, pink, and gray). Themes are also coming in this update (example pictured above). Sony has not yet detailed when the update will be available.

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Our TakeOf these updates, the one Im most excited for is the ability to simply add a PlayStation Plus game to the library without downloading it. Im also interested in seeing the content area revisions, as their usefulness wont really be apparent until I see how it impacts my home screen.

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Just on the intersection of 5th and railway in Minot is Souris River Design.. specializing in renovations..

And that's what they've been doing for 18 months...remodeling and preparing for a Grand Reopening taking place next week..

Dave Lebrun/ Owner, Souris River Designs: "Events are scheduled all week, we have decorcooking lessons on Monday to lunch for the public on Friday."

They've nearly double their show room, displaying their best in flooring, countertops, hardware and everything in between...

(Dave) " A lot of customers like the fact that we can take the whole project and handle all the trades. Plumbing, electrical, the drywall, everything start to finish. We do sell products to new homes too if customers wish to use us for those services also."

After next week's grand reopening--Souris River Design can get back to remodeling someone else's space...

From remodeling a home to remodeling your body...

Right across the street from Magic City Campus in Minot is the new home for Curves.

The relocation took just a week for Debbie Currie but she says they're up and running as of September 30th...

(Debbie Currie/ owner)So we found this space and did a build out in a week, only had to be closed a Saturday and a Monday. We opened up Tuesday at 6am, Tuesday the 30th."

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