The impact of fuel prices have been felt in every niche in America, even the home health care industry, but that is not preventing some providers like Bridget Beard and Lisa Scarver from continuing to provide care.

James Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association, said he was told by a reliable source that the former Future Diner in the Fresh Meadows shopping center will become a Hooters.

Parents shopping for back-to-school gear could be forgiven for walking into a store nowadays and thinking they have gone through a time warp. With 1930s prices for pens, glue, notebooks and even T-shirts, the season seems more "Back to the Future" than

TURLOCK -- Turlock police say they are concerned about the health of the mother of a newborn infant found dead in a Dumpster in a shopping center parking lot.

Walking through a crowded shopping mall can bring back memories of war. The shifting crowds, the jostle of passers-by and the din can all trigger Army Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith's post-traumatic stress disorder.