MISSOULA, Mont. - The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for the nation's largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions.

The image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot on her television screen was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind when the mother ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning them to lock the ...

Two Toronto police officers who were arrested during a series of raids on marijuana grow-ops have been released on bail.

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Robert Arnold Johnson wears a "suicide gown" Wednesday at his arraignment for murder.

If you buy right, the timing is right. The characteristics that determine the value of a vacation home differ only in emphasis from those in the standard principles for buying real estate.

Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap. Mall and strip center owners are turning to untried and untraditional tenants to brighten dark storefronts as the sluggish economy sends more retailers to bankruptcy or forces others to scale back their expansion plans.

America is changing from a manufacturing based economy to a service oriented economy, competing internationally, concerned about security, creating new industries while increasing mobility, and incurring higher energy costs. All of these changes cry for the investors of commercial real estate to take a fresh look at their business model.

A growing number of organizations are offering telecommuting as an answer to pricey real estate, particularly in parts of the country like New York and San Francisco where office space is still expensive despite the dismal real estate market, observers say.

Buying an apartment or a House in the United States is no longer out of reach for foreigners.