The Toronto stock market closed higher Tuesday but the rise was mainly due to gold surging to a record high close, railway stocks that benefited from major acquisition activity south of the border and higher oil prices.
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The storm that coated Anchorage beginning early Friday morning left hundreds of homes without electricity and sent cars slipping off icy roads. Meantime, a midday slide spilled snow and debris onto the Seward Highway at Mile 21...
Recession Has Older Americans Heading To Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries For First Time (AP) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - "What we see in line is lots of gray hair, lots of walkers," said Marti Forman, CEO of The Cooperative Feeding...
The Idaho Supreme Court's ruling on a Rexburg case could clear the way for downtown Nampa revitalization projects by allowing the city's urban renewal district to issue bonds to build a new public safety building and library.
Once upon a time, people mailed their holiday wishes to the North Pole and hoped for a reply on Christmas Day. Nowadays they are sending their wishes into cyberspace and are apt to get a reply in minutes.