HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.

20 November 2008 Mammut Building Systems (MBS) Mammut Building Systems (MBS) , the manufacturer of pre-engineered steel buildings in the Middle East, has announced two key appointments in the company.

12 September 2008 Abkhazia is looking to attract investors with sandy beaches, 220 days of sunshine every year and an airport that once served as a backup landing pad for the Soviet space shuttle.

Gurtek Saini, 14, sits in a renovated office in a Steeles Ave. plaza, typing quickly and quietly on a laptop computer. "I am not able to find employment as I have worked at the same job for 14 years," he writes. "I have no transferable skills."

Nothing gives us enough power to nudge American government or business toward the commonwealth. That's an old-fashioned word, long out of fashion. But there's a commonwealth and it matters.