Realtors across the country have been advocating for a comprehensive stimulus package to reduce housing inventory, make mortgages more affordable and available, and help deserving families refinance or modify their loans so they can keep their home. The 650-plus members of the Heartland Association of Realtors and the Lake Placid Board of Realtors are committed to these goals and to getting something done immediately. ...more

February 8, 2009

Office Depot Inc. will close about 9 percent of its North American stores and cut 2,200 jobs during the next three months while planning to open fewer locations next year in an effort to cut costs. ...more

December 11, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 27, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy up abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 26, 2008

The battered home-building industry got another dose of bad news Friday as a key bellwether of the sector's health showed new home sales and prices dipped in June, dashing hopes for a summertime housing turnaround. ...more

July 26, 2008

Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. ...more

July 26, 2008

He came, he saw, but did he conquer? That's the question of the hour regarding Pope Benedict XVI and his first trip to this country last month. ...more

May 3, 2008

Long lines, a shortage of poll workers and unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots could delay vote counts in the biggest-ever Super Tuesday in American politics - a day in which nearly half the nation will cast ballots. ...more

February 4, 2008