Life

TOLEDO, Ohio - A new defence spending plan will keep the nation's only tank manufacturing plant operating through the next two years, ending months of worry about the future of the factory where about 800 workers refurbish the Abrams tanks.

DAKANUA, Taiwan - Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for the future.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9 Music from Around the Baltic Sea, presented by the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria, with conductor Yariv Aloni, 8 p.m., University of Victoria. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. Tickets at Ivy’s Books, Munro’s Books, tel.

Getting a family organized requires more than a few well-chosen New Year's resolutions.

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you've got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair.

Deer are ready to start pruning our trees and shrubs. Although unconcerned with promoting plant health or esthetics, in at least one situation deer can actually help us prune well.

OK, it’s January, and it’s time to get down to paying off the bills, saving money and keeping your budget under control.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The difference between owning a ferret in Hawaii and one in Pennsylvania can be up to three years in jail — and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. - For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old.

CHICAGO — It’s been eight years since her then-pimp took Nicole to a North Side Chicago parlour and paid $60 to have her branded on her neck with a horseshoe tattoo and tiny letters underneath, spelling “Productions.