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<p>LAKE CITY, Ga. (AP) -- More than 1,800 people showed up to help ABC's "Extreme Makeover" team demolish a family's decrepit home and replace it with a sparkling, four-bedroom mini-mansion in 2005.</p> <p>Three years later, the reality TV show's most ambitious project at the time has become the latest victim of the foreclosure crisis.</p>

Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern. But the White House will take the effort a step further Tuesday, venturing into untested waters by putting the nation's first lady on reality television. Laura Bush will travel to storm-damaged Biloxi, Miss., to film a spot on the feel-good, wish-granting hit "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Mrs. Bush sought to be on the program because she shares the "same principles" that the producers hold, her press secretary said. It's not clear exactly what Mrs. Bush will...

CLEARWATER - There were cheers and tears Sunday night when James Dolan and his wife, Chrissy, joined an airing party for the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" episode that featured their new house. The Dolans shared the experience with 1,500 people who gathered at Ruth Eckerd Hall, where the two-hour program and an hourlong special produced by WFTS, Channel 28, were shown on a giant screen. Some chuckled when boxes of tissues were passed out before the show, but it didn't take long for the audience to start sobbing during the emotional show. "We are a little overwhelmed by all of...

A mysterious someone from your past comes to re-decorate your bedroom. You go away for a small vacation and come back to find your spouse/lover/child/someone has revamped your entire living room. The male wants tile, the female wants carpet. There’s a slew of angles to the home decorating shows that are all the rage now, and Grandmother has documented, amusingly she hopes, quite a few of them. 9/29/2004 Those Home Decorating Shows===================================================== Grandmother does like to watch all the current home decorating shows, Kaitlyn Mae, and shall now list a few of the most notable and provide her opinion, no...