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Rewards of Federal Service
Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year’s Samuel Heyman 'Service to America Medals'.
During a...
Naval Analysts Honored for Quiet Role in ’09 Rescue of US Ship From Somali Pirates
On Thursday, 2 1/2 years since the Maersk Alabama was attacked by four Somalis in a drama that played out over five days and...
Many US Cities Still Thriving Despite the Economy
Newsweek rated American cities on their job creation, sustainability, livability and transportation-infrastructure, to cull a list of the nation’s top performing metropolises.
Of the 20...
Military Continues to Go Green in Win-Win for the US
The United State military, the nation's largest energy consumer, is embracing conservation and sustainability as a way not only to save energy but to...
Gabrielle Giffords Returns To Congress to Help Pass Dramatic Debt Deal
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, absent from the U.S. Capitol since she was shot in the head 7 months ago, walked into the House chamber to...
Solar Chargers for Electric Cars Make Zero Emissions a Reality
The California company, SolarCity, has started offering solar EV chargers to customers in 11 states and Washington, DC, allowing people to drive their cars...
NFL Players Accept 10-Year Contract, Send Thank-You Video to Fans
The National Football League began reopening for business after player union leaders announced a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement with the league owners Monday.
Players...
A New Idea for U.S. Aid: Political Reform for Foreign Assistance
President Obama issued a directive for U.S. development policy in September 2010, which called for social and political reforms as a prerequisite for foreign...
Man Survives by Crawling into Trunk After Car Plunges into River
A man was "incredibly lucky to be alive" after his car flipped into a river near the Idaho-Washington border.
The 20 year-old squeezed through the...
Dalai Lama Asks, How About A Roadmap to Inner Peace?
The Dalai Lama's idea of getting past pain to find compassion could work in the Middle East. In Washington, DC last week, speaking on...
He Won $3.4 Million — Then Went Back to Work as Janitor
Five years ago, an Evergreen High School custodian was in the middle of bankruptcy when he won the Washington State Lottery’s Quinto game --...
12 of The Greatest Things to Love About America
What makes America great? On this, the 235th birthday of the nation's founding Declaration of Independence, it seems like a question we need to...
Cooking Up a Recipe for Change
A special cooking school in Washington, DC teaches life skills and self-empowerment to prepare the under-employed, previously incarcerated, and homeless adults for careers in...
Going Green by Going Google
From mowing it’s Googleplex headquarters’ lawn with a herd of goats to proposing a $4.68 trillion plan for changing alternative energy policy in the...
AAA Is Now Providing Emergency Electric-Vehicle Charging To Stranded Drivers
If your electric vehicle stutters to a halt while you're cruising down the highway, call the same people who fix flats on your regular...
Five Economic Lessons from Sweden, the Rock Star of the Recovery
Almost every developed nation in the world was hit by the financial crisis. Their economies became paralyzed. And then there’s Sweden.
The Scandinavian nation has...
22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory’s a Celtic Tiger, With Class
For 15 years golf needed Tiger. He made the game more popular, more accessible, more interesting, by virtue of his virtuosic play and dominance...
Return of Optimism for US Housing as Values Rise
The housing market in many US cities is performing better than recent national data would suggest, leading some analysts and real estate brokers to...
New Solution Could Cut Computer Power Consumption by 90 Percent
As computers, data centers and mobile devices become more powerful, their energy requirements are likewise generally increasing. Possible solutions to the problem include power-saving...
Plessy and Ferguson: Descendants of a Divisive Supreme Court Decision Unite
They represent the opposing principals in one of the Supreme Court’s landmark blunders, Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws...