49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii’s the holdout
Forget red and blue – color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of…
Forget red and blue – color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of…
BRAINTREE, Mass. — An Alabama university professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues at a faculty meeting this week shot her younger brother dead at their home in the Boston suburbs more than 20 years…
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. –Despite big wave warnings, two 20-foot walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving…
In case you hadn’t heard, February is American Heart Month, an initiative to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke, the number one killer in the U.S. Eating a healthy diet can be a key…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia(AP)–A men’s Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash during training. IOC president Jacques Rogge said the death hours before the opening ceremony “clearly casts a shadow…
If history is any indicator, less than 1% of Americans will be audited by the Internal Revenue Service in the coming year. And while some of these audits are totally random, and there’s nothing that…
The 2010 Winter Olympics begin Friday night in Vancouver. To prepare for the kickoff to the Games, Fourth-Place Medal takes a look at the 10 things to watch for during the Opening Ceremony: 1. Who…
Apologies to Tolstoy, but one of the biggest novelists these days is a 15-year-old in Japan who wrote a book from her cell phone using her thumbs. Really. The new type of storytelling is called…
The movie studio that produced the mega-blockbuster, “Avatar,” had no problem with the film’s alien race being blue — but it turns out they were initially concerned about the Na’vi being too green. According to…
THE tins of seasoning on top of Zach Motl’s refrigerator – Old Bay, Hungarian paprika, Madras curry powder – are for show only, chosen for their graphic punch and nifty typefaces. Living in a room…
LONDON — Swinging London will take on a whole new connotation for the capital’s aging baby boomers, who will soon get their own specially designed outdoor playground. The park will offer low-impact exercise equipment to help older people…
SISTANI, Afghanistan — In comes “The Joker.” That’s the nickname given by the crew to one of the 72-ton, 40-foot (12-meter)-long Assault Breacher Vehicles. Fitted with a plow and nearly 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of…
When it comes to opening an individual retirement account, should you go with a traditional IRA or a Roth? Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs have their own unique benefits, but new rules in 2010 allow…
DETROIT — You’re driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes…
U.S. and allied commanders in Afghanistan are preparing for the biggest battle of the eight-year war, knowing that its outcome will reveal the chances of success for President Obama’s revamped Afghan strategy. About 20,000 U.S.,…
Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion…
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