As gas prices keep surging, millions of Americans are changing old habits - fast - in work and travel and life. We look at strategies for gas-price survival.
Daniel Libit of The Politico reports that "among the things that the proliferation of TV cable news has wrought is slackened standards for what constitutes a political strategist," a term which has lost its meaning now that it is "used
The Washington State Patrol says it will have NO grace period for drivers who violate the state's new cell phone ban. The law goes into effect July 1st. It makes it illegal to drive while holding a cell phone to
Day Three of the Olympic Trials in Eugene featured the first five events of the decathlon and the final in the men's pole vault. Northwest athletes are making their presence known, as Andrew Theen reports.
Local agencies that deliver meals and groceries to the homebound are losing volunteer drivers faster than they can replace them. High gas prices get the blame. It's a hard problem to solve, as correspondent Tom Banse reports.
He competed for his native Kenya at the past two Olympics. Monday night in Eugene, this same runner competes for a spot on the U-S Olympic squad bound for Beijing. Tom Banse explains the change in allegiances was nurtured in
Emerging technology in Northeast Ohio could make the bridges you drive on anywhere in the country safer. A Twinsburg company is helping develop an electronic sensor that could prevent collapses like the one that killed 13 people in Minnesota last
This weekend, Chapel Hill joined the growing list of northeastern Ohio malls limiting teens by hours, times and requirements for chaperones. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports.
A flight out of O'Hare International Airport bound for Japan was forcedto turn around and return to the airport Monday after a report ofengine trouble.
CHICAGO - The Chicago Tribune is reporting that it has named an executive as interim publisher to replace the retiring Scott C. Smith.The paper reported Friday on its Web site that publishing group executive vice president Bob Gremillion will oversee
Jun. 28--COLONIE -- The Times Union has accepted buyout applications from 25 of its employees, Publisher Mark Aldam said Friday. The newspaper received 30 applications, but Aldam said five were rejected because those positions "would require replacement" and therefore not
NEW YORK - NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.That's in addition to the 1,400 hours of coverage planned on
When Groove Armada's deal with a record company ended last year, the British DJ duo made an unusual move: It signed with spirit company Bacardi.Under the one-year deal, announced earlier this year, the two DJs will be the main act
The battle over Microsoft and Yahoo is heating up again as pressure increases to remove its CEO.Among those proposals are the hiring of a new CEO to replace Jerry Yang; offering to sell Yahoo to Microsoft in a friendly transaction;
The ability to skip TV commercials is right up there with microwave popcorn as one of those life-altering advances that make the world a better place.Not surprisingly, though, broadcasters and advertisers have responded to TiVo and other digital video recorders
Jun. 29--In a corporate world where changes at the top can spiral into tumultuous power struggles, Bill Gates' gradual exit has been a case study in deliberate succession planning. Though the 52-year-old Microsoft chairman was publicly contemplating the end of
NEW YORK - Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week.Half a dozen newspapers said they would slash payrolls, one said it would outsource
