Clik here to view.
How The Internet Can Lower Your Electric Bill By 90%
Gary Raymond had had enough of the lights in Warehouse No. 5.The old metal-halide fixtures cast a sour yellow hue on the stacks of cardboard boxes inside the storage facility. They hummed incessantly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The US Oil And Gas Industry's Trade Association Wants To Lift A 1970s-Era Ban...
The US oil and gas industry's trade association is contemplating a push to lift a decades-old ban on US oil exports.The 1970s era law is no longer relevant, critics of the ban say, since oil production...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Early Retirement Isn't A Pipe Dream
Charlotte writes in with a reader mailbag question to which my answer ran a little long:“I understand the goal of financial independence. You want to reach a point where you live off of the interest of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why US Baby Boomers Are Retiring In Latin America
After 20 years in the US military, James Cummiskey was divorced and looking for a change. Relenting to his buddy's request, he flew to Medellín, Colombia, for a visit. He looked, he saw, and, by dinner...
View ArticleClay Aiken Is Reportedly Thinking About Running For Congress
Clay Aiken is apparently thinking about running for Congress in his home state of North Carolina. That’s the rumor roiling Tar Heel State political circles Friday, in any case. The “American Idol”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are American Elections Broken?
Guidelines to make voting more accessible were released Wednesday, but they are not binding, which leaves election reform advocates worried that the recommendations may be difficult to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some College Football Players Want To Unionize
A bid by Northwestern University football players to unionize faces significant legal barriers, but even the specter of a union could help tip the highly commercialized playing field more in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fox News Is The Most-Trusted Network — And The Least-Trusted
Which television network do most Americans flip to when seeking unbiased reporting? Well, the answer is not clear.According to Public Policy Polling (PPP), a Democratic-leaning polling firm based in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Earthquake That Shook South Carolina Was A Once-Every-Two-Decade Event
The kind of 4.1 magnitude earthquake that rolled out from its epicenter near Aiken, S.C., Friday night was a once-every-two-decade event, and Southern quakes, it turns out, are far different in origin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rand Paul vs. Ted Cruz: Who's Winning Over The Tea Party Voters?
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas are both favorites of the tea party wing of the Republican Party. If both run for president in 2016, as seems likely at the moment, they’d vie for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Does Homeland Security Want A Database For License Plates?
The US Department of Homeland Security wants a new nationwide database of vehicle license plates to help it track illegal immigrants and fugitives from the law, a move that is raising privacy concerns...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Investigators Are Looking Into Possible Corruption Involving Duke Energy And...
Did a cozy relationship between Duke Energy, America’s largest electric utility, and politically-connected state regulators in North Carolina contribute to the massive coal ash spill into the Dan River...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JOE BIDEN: I'm 'Uniquely Positioned' To Run For President
Joe Biden says his experience as a senator and vice president “uniquely positions” him to run for president if he so desires.In an appearance Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” Mr. Biden pointed in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SARAH PALIN: 'I Told You So' On Ukraine
It’s not true that Sarah Palin once said “I can see Russia from my house.” That was comedian and Palin impersonator Tina Fey on “Saturday Night Live.”But back in 2008 when she was the GOP’s vice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson To Host New 'Cosmos,' 34 Years After Carl Sagan's Original
"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe it," the renowned science educator and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once told Bill Maher.This Sunday, Dr. Tyson will...
View ArticleHouse IRS Hearing Explodes Into Near-Chaos After Key Witness Refuses To Testify
A House Oversight Committee hearing on whether the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted conservative political groups for scrutiny degenerated into near-chaos Wednesday as a key witness refused...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: The Woman Who Could Rein In The CIA
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is not to be trifled with. As the Democratic chairman of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, the senior senator from California has staunchly defended America’s intelligence...
View ArticleClik here to view.
California Leads The Nation In Cybercrime
The same high-profile assets that make California an engine for America’s creativity and economy – think Silicon Valley and Hollywood – have made it a magnet for international criminal enterprises. If...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why The Rest Of Ukraine Will Resist Moscow's Gravitational Pull
Sergei Nakonechniy was sitting in a cafe in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk when a middle-aged woman rose from a nearby table and stormed toward him. She pointed to his camouflage jacket, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia Shrugs As G-8 Shuts It Out
Moscow appears to be shrugging off Western leaders' resolve to reduce the Group of Eight leading countries by one, suspending Russia from the prestigious club over its annexation of Crimea and...
View Article