Is it a remedy for the worst housing slump the nation has suffered in decades? Or merely a taxpayer-funded bailout that will fail to reverse the plunge in home prices, the surge in foreclosures and the grave threat that overhangs the economy?

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SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next

May is National Home Improvement Month. As warmer weather approaches, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) wants to remind homeowners to beware of unscrupulous people posing as remodelers.

A slumping economy and changes in government programs have forced six East Tennessee companies to cut more than 300 jobs, according to notices filed with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.