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Obama uses some clout on oil spill
In jawboning BP out of $20 billion, the president put Republicans temporarily off their message. A far bigger challenge will be passing an energy bill. ...
Lakers vs. Celtics Game 7 live updates
Can't catch the game on TV, or want to follow along with other basketball fans? Join us here for updates throughout the game tonight. ...
Jackson fans will moonwalk in motion-sensing game
Video game developer Ubisoft announced Monday it would release a new dancing-and-singing game featuring Michael Jackson this holiday season. The as-yet-unnamed game will be among the first to use Kinect...
Online ads can get too close for comfort, says new study
Trying to have an impact in the brave new world of web advertising? You could match an ad to a web page's content -- such as putting a car ad...
Manifesto For The Simple Scribe - Rules Of Prose, Part II
Rules for writing can vary from basic grammar principles to austere proverbs like Hemingway's "Write what you know!" In my previous article, I listed the first 12 rules of prose...
Report: Employers to see 2011 medical costs jump
(AP) -- Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk of the...
Green and fair economic growth with more expensive fossil fuels
Why are the international climate negotiations moving so slowly? Because countries have so far been unable to define what global fairness really is, says Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics...
Court Convicts Bhopal Managers
Gas Tragedy: Judge in India rules that former Carbide officials were criminally negligent.
We must nurture a new innovation politics
Adrian Ely and Kevin Urama call for a new politics of innovation built around diversity, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
Nanotech Speakers Hold Promise for Sonar Uses
(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers have found that carbon nanotube sheets perform well as underwater sound generators and noise-canceling speakers, two highly desirable traits for submarine sonar and stealth capabilities....
Casio mixes high-speed and HD video with solid photo features
When you think of innovation, Casio probably isn't the first company on your list. But the company that was made famous by indestructible watches is also a reliable source for...
Political fundraising tool taps social networks
(AP) -- Candidates in some top political races are raising big sums of money using software that taps donors' social networks, an endeavor that lets the donors track their...
Nokia vows to defend smartphone territory, introduces N8
Finland's Nokia on Monday vowed to defend its number one position in the lucrative "smartphone" business, where it is under fierce pressure from Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's Blackberry....
Science Weekly Extra: The truth about the climategate emails
After reading nearly all of the documents at the centre of the UEA hacked emails, Guardian environment writer Fred Pearce discusses his new book which he claims is the definitive...
Tracking phosphorus runoff from livestock manure
Nutrient runoff from livestock manure is a common source of agricultural pollution. Looking for an uncommon solution, a team of scientists has developed an application of rare earth elements to...
Disappearance of Oregon boy classified as criminal
Disappearance of Oregon boy classified as criminal By NIGEL DUARA 2010-06-13T20:43:27Z PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The...
4G wireless technology: A look at what's ahead
As Sprint rolls out its 4G network and Verizon and AT&T plan their own, The Times asks analyst Charles Golvin what cellphone users should expect. The first cellphone in the U.S. to...
Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81
Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was...
No break, and no niceties, in general election races
Days after primary, Carly Fiorina insults her opponent's hair and Jerry Brown invokes Nazi comparisons. Strategists bemoan the ugly words and the focus on style rather than on substantive policy differences. Only days...
As businesses collapse, claimants still waiting for checks from BP
The oil giant says 20,000 of the 42,000 claims filed have been paid. But many affected financially by the oil spill report no responses, answers or relief. Real estate agent Mike Reynolds...
The Ahab Parallax: ‘Moby Dick’ and the Spill
A quenchless thirst for whale oil, then petroleum, pushed man ever farther and deeper. And with great hubris, great risk.
Getting a strong dose of financial reality
After getting laid off and a divorce, Fran Tunno Mills of Glendale is shaken by advice that she won't be able to buy a new home and has to be more frugal....
Gay pride parade in West Hollywood; expect traffic jams
Santa Monica Boulevard is closed between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive for most of Sunday because of the L.A. Pride Parade.
There will be more hard-core shooters, and 3-D will be more prevalent
The Electronic Entertainment Expo shrank into the shadows in 2007, after some game companies sobered up from the wretched excesses of previous shows with their ear-splitting demos, scantily clad models...
Microsoft expected to unveil Project Natal titles at Electronic Entertainment Expo
Step away from the controller. Microsoft this week is unveiling a set of video games that don't require people to navigate their way around a complex controller with more buttons...
LOFAR: World's biggest radiotelescope launched in Netherlands
Scientists in the Netherlands unveiled the largest radiotelescope in the world on Saturday, saying it was capable of detecting faint signals from almost as far back as the Big Bang.
An Oil Company by Any Other Name...
Outrage is brewing on the other side of the Atlantic over the Obama administration’s repeated use of the name “British Petroleum” to describe BP.
Reality TV Proves Meaner Than Fiction
Reality TV shows like "Apprentice" display more name-calling and snarky gossiping than fictional TV shows.