WASHINGTON - The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down. (Today)

CRUISER made four house calls on a recent rain-soaked Tuesday. There were two happy endings and two unhappy ones, a fairly typical outcome for a typical day in the life of a bedbug-sniffing puggle. (Today)

MITCH KAPOR, the software mogul and philanthropist, has given millions of dollars to environmental groups. (Today)

THERE are certain timeless truths about people who don't own a television, chief among them that they love to tell you they don't own a television. (Today)

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, a sturdy survivor in the embattled world of shelter magazines, enacted its own stimulus program last week, with the kind of feel-good giveaway associated with the glory days of television. Over three days, a team from the magazine's marketing department deposited 40 blue chairs around New York City, in a promotional tie-in with its March issue, which is devoted to the color blue. (Today)