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The year that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) first formed (as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers or AIEE), Chester Arthur was in the White House, the Oxford English Dictionary published its first edition, and construction began on the Statue of Liberty on what was then known as Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. [More]

Author and activist Van Jones will be a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation in the Obama administration.

The St. Augustine Genealogical Society will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Family History Library at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 500 Deltona Blvd., St.

Beijing - Chinese courts recorded a huge rise in civil cases involving employment, health, housing and consumer rights last year, the country's top judge said on Tuesday. following the introduction of a new employment law in January 2008, the courts ...

? Children of older fathers perform less well in a range of cognitive tests during infancy and early childhood, according to a study published this week in the open-access journal

Six weeks ago, if you dropped the word 'octomom' in casual conversation, you would have gotten blank looks and reactions of 'what?'What a difference a month makes. Especially the last...

Chemical change placing 'unprecedented' pressure on marine life and could cause widespread extinctions, warn scientistsHuman pollution is turning the seas into acid so quickly that the coming decades will recreate conditions not seen on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs, scientists will warn today.The rapid acidification is caused by the massive amounts of carbon dioxide belched from chimneys and exhausts that dissolve in the ocean. The chemical change is placing 'unprecedented' pressure on marine life such as shellfish and lobsters and could cause widespread extinctions, the experts say.The study, by scientists at Bristol University, will be presented at a special three-day summit of climate scientists in Copenhagen, which opens today. The conference is intended to update the science of global warming and to shock politicians into taking action on carbon emissions.The Bristol scientists cannot talk about their unpublished results until they are announced later today. But a summar