Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material.
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These are the two Paul Ryans. There's "Pragmatic Paul," the compromiser, who on Tuesday voted against most of his GOP House colleagues and with President Obama to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and, on paper at least, add $4 trillion to the national debt.
The National Security Agency is spearheading a program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, to develop technology to protect the power grid from cyberattack. The project worries privacy rights groups.
After receiving radical hand transplant surgery, Lindsay Ess had to relearn what hands could do.Read more: Double Hand Transplant Patient Relearns How to Hold
In a study that could make you lose your own lunch, researchers have created a projectile-vomiting robot to research how far the highly contagious norovirus particles travel when somebody with the illness throws up. Norovirus causes severe projectile vomiting and diarrhea in those infected for...Read more: Vomiting Robot Helps Researchers Understand Norovirus
Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material.
Zoo gorillas have earned a reputation for doing a whole lot of nothing, often just sitting against a tree for hours at a time. But Kidogo, a silverback in the Krefeld Zoo, has earned sudden fame for his penchant for performing a number of tricks, including tightrope walking.
The natural gas industry has set up websites and purchased advertising space to provide information about "fracking" to viewers of the new Matt Damon movie, "Promised Land."
Final push to finish Afghanistan's Kajaki dam comes amid security worries, muddled US strategyRead more: US Pushes to Finish Afghan Dam as Challenges Mount
The narwhal, a kind of Arctic whale, has been called “the unicorn of the sea” because of the long, straight, often spiraling tusk that males of the species can grow. It is illegal to import the tusks into the United States because narwhals are listed...
HONOLULU — In his first weekly address of the New Year, President Obama touts the “fiscal cliff” compromise as “one more step in the broader effort to grow our economy and shrink our deficits” but warns that another “manufactured crisis” over the debt ceiling could...
For the second year in a row, New York City hotels are offering big discounts during what’s typically one of the slowest times of the year. 24 hotels are participating in Hotel Week NYC, which kicked off Friday and runs until Jan. 20. Room rates...
Report: Missoni fashion scion among 6 passengers on small plane missing in VenezuelaRead more: Missoni Scion on Small Plane Missing in Venezuela
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