US foreign policy on Russia has vacillated wildly, from indulgence to overt aggression. Will Obama get Russia right
If diplomats were sportsmen, and their policies were medals, the western embassies in Moscow would surely hold the world record for getting Russia wrong. It matters not whether the gates of the Kremlin are open, as they were under Boris Yeltsin, or shut as they are now under Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. The result is the same: wilful incomprehension. In the 1990s when the doors and ...

Cold Spell Leads to Brisk Sales of Space Heaters
The bitter cold has some people running to hardware stores to buy insulating products for their windows and doors to avoid significant jumps in their heating bills.

Trust home opens doors to public
A medieval home opens its doors to the public ahead of it being officially used as a luxury holiday home.

Steel doors cut down on noise and save energy
(JAMES DULLEY) Q. My old wood front door leaks air and requires maintenance. I might switch to a steel door for low maintenance and security, but I was concerned about its efficiency. Doesn't steel transmit heat? It is true that a chunk of steel is not a good insulating material, but steel doors are extremely energy efficient. When I moved into my house 20 years ago, it had a 10-year-old wood ...

Delcambre rallies around playoff Panthers
Signs on windows, doors and fences saying things like ?You have entered Panther territory,? ?Go Mighty Panthers? and ?Honk for the Panthers.? An enormous ?D? over a doorway. A car painted with Panthers slogans driving past students wearing orange and black Delcambre sweatshirts as they walked home.

JAMES DULLEY: Steel entry doors are energy-efficient, seal well
Dear Jim: My old wood front door leaks air and requires maintenance. I might switch to a steel door for low maintenance and security, but I was concerned about its efficiency. Doesn't steel transmit heat? -- Joe D.

Rohnert Park seniors to get safety tips after attack
Now living behind locked windows and doors, Rohnert Park senior citizens in the Copeland Creek area remain nervous after an 81-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her home Nov. 2.

Home energy audit, whether professional or do-it-yourself, saves money by pinpointing waste
With the weather grown colder and the economy grown harsher, the push is on for homeowners to keep winter's expected higher heating costs from putting a major chill on checkbooks.

$2,000 reported missing after residential burglary
A burglary victim is out $2,000 and there are no suspects.

Riots break out across Colombia after investment scam collapses
Riots have flared across Colombia over the collapse of a pyramid investment scam that left thousands of investors broke and furious. Police used teargas and batons to quell crowds that tried to storm the offices of rogue investment firms, some of which had left notes taunting their victims for being gullible. Mobs smashed doors and windows in a vain effort to enter the premises and recoup ...

Snow Gallery creates conversations, opens doors
Snow Gallery is an oasis in a world increasingly defined by the clash of cultures, ideologies and nations. Born of conversation, not conflict, the aesthetic of owner Catherine Snow is all about appreciating rather than fearing or rejecting that which is foreign or other.

Police Looking for Bedroom Predator in Scottsdale
Imagine waking up to find a strange man standing in your bedroom. That's whats happened to several young women in Scottsdale recently and now police want to put the word out and warn people to lock their windows and doors. FOX 10's Laura Sambol reports.

Remodeling Trend: Make Room for the Parents
(ARA) - Think you have a crowded house? Maybe you're not alone. Surprising new data from the U. S. Census Bureau finds that many Americans are making room in their home for parents, followed by siblings and other relatives.

TRAVEL: Crisis in paradise: Meltdown leaves ghost resorts
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic ---- Hundreds of luxury villas are positioned to take in a postcard perfect view, but there are no guests. There are no roofs either; neatly tied bundles of red tiles are stacked outside. The wind slams doors and rustles the yellowed newspaper taped to the windows.

Restoration project brings a clear view of history
There is a new view from the 113-year-old windows in one downtown building.

Hockey players take Deseronto by Storm
Just minutes to game time, hockey fans are snaking up to the arena doors, eager to watch their beloved Deseronto Storm. Little children hop from foot to foot, unable to still their excitement. Giggly girls in tight jeans apply final coats of lip gloss.

Reuse business is booming
Construction Junction flew in the face of retail rules when it opened the doors of a cold, dark warehouse under the 62nd Street bridge nine years ago.

Coachella Valley business replay for November 23
?We are closed,'' signs in the windows of the Kia of La Quinta dealership read earlier this week.

Town seeks home rehab grant
If a state housing rehabilitation grant is approved for the town for the first time since 2004, 15 or more houses in the north end of town will receive help meeting codes, with new windows, doors, roofs or other improvements.

bWhats Up: /bWausau Mine Co. adds depth, sense of history
About a year after the first shovel full of dirt was turned behind the old Wausau Mine Co. restaurant, the new and improved mine opened its doors to diners this week at 3904 Stewart Ave. in Wausau.