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Arizona is slated to get $113 million in energy-related stimulus money from the $787 billion federal economic plan aimed at boosting the economy.

Do you remember 2007? Baby boomers, although they were never prolific savers, were optimistic about their retirement prospects. The stock market was trending upward nicely and home values were inflati...

Heath Campbell, left, with his wife Deborah and son Adolph Hitler, 3, pose in Easton, Pa.

A controversial plan by Regis College to build an on-campus retirement village returns to Massachusetts Land Court after town officials refused to approve the project under the Dover Amendment, a stat...

Hey, read the rules! North Carolina municipalities could help local candidates run for election with taxpayer money under a proposal working through the General Assembly.

Knut secretary general Lawrence Majali (right) and Chairman George Wesonga during the signing of the teachers pay deal that ended the long teachers strike in January. Teachers on Thursday rejected the...

Twenty years ago this month, a software consultant named Tim Berners-Lee at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (better known as CERN) hatched a plan for an open computer network to keep track of research at the particle physics laboratory in the suburbs of Geneva, Switzerland. Berners-Lee's modestly titled "Information Management: A Proposal," which he submitted to get a CERN grant, would become the blueprint for the World Wide Web. [More]

Poor health blamed for inactivity of campaigner but environmentalists fear fall from prominence signals government change of directionThe Chinese government's most strident defender of the environment, Pan Yue, has been pushed out of the political limelight as policymakers ramp up plans to bolster the faltering economy with consumer incentives and industrial investment.Formerly the most outspoken critic of polluting industries and the local governments that protect them, Pan has been quietly driven to the sidelines in recent months.Environmentalists fear his fall from prominence could signal a change of direction by the Chinese government and a weakening of the power of the environment protection authorities less than a year after they were upgraded to ministry status.At an awards ceremony in December he explained his silence had been due to ill health, but environmentalists suspect a more political reason. 'He doesn't look sick to me. I don't think health is the problem,' said Feng Yo

'Race to Witch Mountain' is the first kids' film in ages to have action beats that measure up to Hollywood's grown-up action fare.

Next month, the first tuition-free, peer-to-peer college opens its doors to new enrollees. The University of the People plans to offer two bachelor degree programs: a BA in Business Administration...