Good news has been in short supply since Hurricane Ike laid waste to much of this island beach town six months ago Friday.

Kris Versteeg broke a tie in a shootout and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Carolina 3-2 on Wednesday night to end the Hurricanes’ winning streak at four games.

The federal government is giving $60 million to Texas’ emergency management division for costs incurred during Hurricane Ike.

Hundreds of businesses that provided transportation, portable toilets and other assistance after Hurricane Ike are still waiting to be paid six months after the storm, the result of a $134 million dispute between Texas and the federal government.

In one of her first moves as Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano has ordered a fresh review of hurricane recovery efforts in the gulf coast 3 1/2 years after two killer hurricanes swept ashore.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied nearly 650,000 applications for housing aid after Hurricane Ike hit southeast Texas, finding that nearly 90 percent of all claimants were ineligible for FEMA help.

Texas is sitting on $134 million in unpaid bills from the emergency response to Hurricane Ike and blames the federal government for failing to take care of the bulk of them.

Florida’s largest private provider of homeowners insurance is planning to stop selling property insurance in the state.

A contractor helping clear debris from Hurricane Ike is looking for the owner of an ammunition box he found buried in sand that contained keepsakes, including an 1863 Confederate $50 bill, war medals and diamond earrings.

Classes will resume Tuesday at Texas A&M-Galveston for the first regular semester since Hurricane Ike.