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Barack Obama urged the energy department to adopt higher efficiency standards for household appliances that had been blocked for years by George Bush.In a presidential memo, issued during a visit to the energy department meant to showcase Obama's commitment to the greening of the economy, the president called for new higher standards to be issued as early as next August.The first round of higher standards would cover nine appliances, including ovens, lamps, micrwoaves, dishwashers and air conditioners. The directive applies to some 30 household and commercial electrical items. 'This will save consumers money. This will spur innovation and this will conserve tremendous amounts of energy,' Obama said.He was flanked by Steven Chu, the energy secretary who has long seen energy efficiency as a crucial part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The push for household energy efficiency was seen as a further sign of Obama's determination to break with Bush policy on the environme

Terre Haute police say they plan to charge at least two teenagers with arson for using homemade napalm to set fire to a covered bridge.

Four Council Bluffs teenagers have been charged with reckless use of explosives after police say they blew up a device they learned how to make on the Internet site YouTube.

Heavy snowfall returned to central and southern England disrupting road and air travel for the fourth consecutive day disrupting air and road travel in several parts of England.

The gunman who killed himself and two teenage girls outside a youth nightclub had been diagnosed as a potential schizophrenic and wrote about his dislike of 'pop tweens' on his Web journal, police said ...

Date : Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:56:05 -0800 Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 Authorities Probe Police Official's Murder By Astghik Bedevian Armenia's three main law-enforcement bodies have launched a joint investigation ...

Mark Constantine, the 56-year-old co-founder of Lush, the privately-owned cosmetics store, is trying to sound reassuring. Occasionally running a hand through the mane of white hair that gives him the air of a trendy academic, dressed in a pink corduroy jacket and blue jeans that, frankly, make him resemble something that you'd find on one of his shelves, he trots out a series of encouraging trading statistics.