Real estate listings from Michael Y. Cannon

Location: 7311 Gary Ave. Seller: Craig August Ellsworth Cook and Parzham Jatala. Buyer: 7311 Gary Avenue, LLC, represented by Gabriel Z. Markovich, managing member.

REAL ESTATE

Michael Vick cuts price in Atlanta

In jail and owing millions, former quarterback Michael Vick has cut the price of his luxury Atlanta home to $4.1 million, from $4.5 million, after a year on the market.

WASHINGTON REPORT

Ratings agencies targeted for hand in subprime mess

In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately caused financial harm to African-American and Latino homebuyers across the country.

HOT PROPERTY: HOLLYWOOD

Meg Ryan goes official with listing

Actress Meg Ryan's Bel-Air house is listed for sale at $19.5 million. It was a pocket listing -- never in the Multiple Listing Service but known to be for sale for the right price -- for the past few years, having been shown to Galaxy soccer star David Beckham and wife Victoria-the-Posh and, more recently, to Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner, who apparently fall in and out of escrow with the frequency that Paris Hilton falls in and out of love.

Exhibit shows paintings morph into tapestries

Contemporary tapestry art both builds on and transcends those famously hand-knotted Medieval unicorns surrounded by fields of flowers that adorned castles and homes. A collection of tapestries -- images produced from paintings specifically created for that purpose -- will be on display this week as a satellite of Design Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach.

Late-blooming artist specializes in Florida natives

She retired at age 72 in 1996 as a public health pediatrician and traveled extensively to more than 50 countries. On those journeys, Marjorie Brown would notice the occasional artist sketching a beautiful scene, and she'd think, ``Wouldn't that be fun?''

CONTEST

Miami-Dade student wins grand prize in Home Depot video competition

Ramses Alvarez-Castaneda, an aspiring filmmaker and a senior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes, won the grand prize in Home Depot's ''Save Money, Save Energy, Win Big'' video contest.

Miami's new architectural gems

The American Institute of Architects Miami Chapter presented 19 awards for outstanding design and 20 community, trade and professional awards to architects, designers, students and community leaders at its 54th Annual design competition last week.

WATCH IT GROW

Tropical snowball is showy and colorful

Name: Tropical snowball, dombeya Botanical name: Dombeya burgessiae `Seminole' Description: An African shrub that produces clusters of showy, dark pink flowers from fall through spring. The Seminole hybrid was created at the USDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami. Leaves are somewhat heart-shaped, and old flowers turn brown and stay on the flower stalks.

Special delivery: Company brings fresh flowers to your door

If you love fresh flowers in your home but are routinely disappointed with store-bought bouquets that die far too quickly, you'll want to bookmark the website of Monica Pardo and Annette Dobrinsky. They deliver fresh blooms to your home through their company, Flowers At Your Door (FAYD).