Associated Press John McDonald, left, and his father, Bill, put gas cans back in their car after filling up Friday afternoon in Punta Gorda, Fla. Life is slowly returning to normal as a few gas stations and restaurants are beginning to reopen one week after Hurricane Charley made landfall.

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Florida town hard hit by Charley coming back to life

• By ncs-import
• August 20, 2004