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Climate change driving massive wildfires in Southwest
Drought, heat waves and wildfires have characterized the summer of 2012. Get used to it...
10 questions of law the candidates should face in tonight’s debate
Tonight's debate, the third and final between President Barack Obama and his challenger, Gov. Mitt Romney, will focus on foreign policy...
Microsoft posts $6.37b operating profit in Q3 2012: Windows is up,...
It's been a good quarter for Microsoft, who just posted $17.41...
War stories
This fall, Stephanie Rudy decided it was time to hand the microphone over, to see what veterans would say given the opportunity to speak. She spent months reaching out to local veterans and military organizations and visiting nursing homes, asking if veterans there ...
Barry Bonds avoids jail, gets 2 years’ probation, home confinement
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds, baseball’s home run...
Oldest known galaxy discovered by Hubble
The Hubble telescope has spotted the universe's oldest known galaxy, a 13.2-billion-year-old formation that could tell scientists about the early periods of the universe...
An Economist’s Food Rules: Forget Local Food, Avoid Meat, Eat More...
“Food people need to pick their issues,” says Tyler Cowen, an...
Wikileaks strikes back, asks customers to close Bank of America accounts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WikiLeaks asked customers to close accounts with Bank of America after the Charlotte, N.C., bank said it wouldn't process payments intended for the organization...
Pinterest joins the billion-dollar network club
Yet another social network joins the billionaires club. The social photo-sharing network Pinterest has been valued at $1.5 billion...
Six more takedowns of Stanford organic study — and media’s reporting...
A Stanford study that concluded organic food doesn't provide greater nutritional benefit than conventionally grown food is taking its licks in the media...
Mich. man faces trial for reading wife’s e-mail
DETROIT — A Rochester Hills, Mich., man faces up to 5 years in prison — for reading his wife's e-mail...
