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Toronto housing market shows signs of recovery

There are signs that life is returning to Toronto's depressed real estate market.

Bad economy means scams are on the rise

Alas, they don't appear at the door with a handlebar mustache and shifty eyes. But the con artist does come knocking, via door, phone and e-mail.

Vitamins for Men – Three Tips So That You Can Make the Right Choice

Jayson Hunter of Prograde Nutrition offers advice on how to choose the best vitamins for men. He believes that nowadays vitamins are being specially developed for the nutritional requirements of men. There are many vitamins for men available in the market, making it difficult for men to choose the right vitamin supplement for their needs.

Diet, Vitamins May Prevent Injury

WASHINGTON—Weekend warriors take note: Bursts of high-energy athletic activity are not doing much good if you become sidelined by injury from overexertion. Overall wellness takes more than a weekend commitment. Everyone knows that regular, moderate exercise and a healthy diet are central to overall health. And a new study shows 91 percent of orthopedic specialists would add another recommendation to their patients' wellness regimens: dietary supplements.

Market Watch: Housing sales shows signs of life

What did the promise of spring bring to the local real estate market? If you think the end-of-the-month results were as cold and cloudy as the weather in March, you’re mistaken. Although the market is nowhere near the highs it saw a few years back, things might be looking up in the area’s housing market.

Violent Crimes Keep North Las Vegas Police Busy

It was a violent start to the weekend for North Las Vegas Police as they investigated a double homicide and a home invasion robbery in two nearby neighborhoods. Both crimes were not connected.

Two Copts Gunned Down in Egypt after Easter Vigil

QENA, Egypt (AFP) – Muslim gunmen shot dead two Coptic Christians as they left church after an Easter vigil in southern Egypt, in an apparent five-year-old vendetta, a security official said on Sunday.

The Climate is Constantly Changing

The Earth's climate is in a state of constant change. Alarmists paint fluctuations in temperatures as evidence that human activity has fundamentally altered the climate. In fact, the climate is highly variable—with big and small swings, rapid and slow.

And this is the guy who wants to be Canada's PM?

Michael Ignatieff's true patriot love is put on display as he throws in the towel on Canada after the 1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty.

Brokers Enrich Their Web Tactics

WHEN Robert and Patty Mittleman shopped for a new home 11 years ago, what they saw, before settling on their five-bedroom three-bath center-hall colonial on an acre here, was “whatever the agent took you to,” recalled Mr. Mittleman, the owner of a local personal training studio.

Setting the Standards for Life After Childhood Cancer

The Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta further improves the quality of life and medical outcomes for childhood and adolescent cancer survivors through its Cancer Survivor program. The program aims to improve continued health care and survivor quality of life.

Virtual colonoscopy at center of policy debate

Reporting from Newark, Del. -- With soothing walls of turquoise tile and a vase of orchids on the front desk, the Colon Health Center of Delaware has been selling an alternative to one of medicine's most unloved procedures -- the colonoscopy.

Rising foreclosures weigh on housing market

Sisyphus, you may remember, was the king condemned to rolling a stone up a hill only to see it roll back down. That’s sorta how you spell “futile” in Greek mythology.

Canadian Prime Minister Warns Protectionism Greatest Threat to Global Economy

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Protectionism is the biggest threat to the global economy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told FOX News on Friday, adding that the fifth Summit of the Americas should focus on free trade, not a potential thaw in relations between the United States and the communist island nation of Cuba.

Texas entered the United States as a free and sovereign Nation

Texas entered the United States as a free and sovereign Nation. No other state can claim that. In the “Joint Resolution” for annexation of Texas, the Congress granted Texas the right to divide itself into four additional states. That right was reconfirmed in the Compromise of 1850.

We Must Take America Back

The official music video for the new song WE MUST TAKE AMERICA BACK by Steve Vaus. (SteveVaus.com)

Pittsburgh, Springfield, Illinois Tea Party Pictures

Expecting 300 in Springfield over 2,000 showed up. Over 2,000 showed up in the rain in Pittsburgh!

Gun Rights and Abortion Lobby

We hear a lot about abortion rights and the gun lobby but little or nothing about gun rights and the abortion lobby. Sincerely Marshall Miller Lilburn, Georgia USA

Is China’s Economy Strong Enough To Save the World?

Some China-watchers see a light at the end of the tunnel for the country's faltering economy. These optimists note that there are mounting signs that the government's stimulus efforts — and in particular the flood of credit unleashed by the Central Bank last November — are beginning to have an impact.

Recession Now Hits Jobs in Health Care

Employment in health care, the only major industry outside the federal government still adding jobs, is succumbing to the recession.