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The Myth of Energy Independence: Why We Can’t Drill Our Way...
American energy independence makes for great political rhetoric. And not much else...
The Foreclosure Deal: Obama and the Banks Win Big While Homeowners...
Those of you who have read our previous coverage of the back and forth between the state attorneys general and five major mortgage servicers know that the settlement announced on Thursday is a massive, complicated, multi-year deal negotiated by the country’s most ...
Apple, Samsung own 95 percent of all mobile phone profits
Apple and Samsung together hoovered up more than 95 percent of mobile phone profits last quarter, leaving little left for other players, says Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley...
Obama offers birth-control compromise
In an abrupt shift following a political firestorm, President Barack Obama announced Friday that religious employers will not be mandated to offer free contraceptive coverage for workers...
Sustainable home construction booms
With the construction industry still recovering in the U.S...
Hackers hit CIA, UN Web sites
The CIA's Web site was down this afternoon in what looked like a distributed denial-of-service attack publicized by members of the online activist group Anonymous...
Russian Scientists Breach Antarctica’s Lake Vostok
Russian scientists have confirmed that they have penetrated Antarctica's Lake Vostok, an event that may "expand the limits of life on Earth," a U.S. scientist says...
Megaupload shutdown did nothing to slow piracy, study finds
The recent federal takedown of notorious file-sharing service Megaupload...
How Reagan and the largest EPA scandal in history may explain...
When examining the stacks of records concerning Valmont Butte and its long history of contamination, you never know what specter is going to come floating from the pages. This week we take a look at the impact that President Ronald Reagan and his controversial ...
