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Top 10 Little-Known Washington Wins of 2010

Everyone knows about health care reform, the tax cut deal, the end of "don't ask, don't tell." But in a contentious election year, Washington also managed to do much that, while it got little attention, will nevertheless make a difference in the lives of millions. So we asked our network of contributors on AOL's Seed to...

Opinion: Devaluing the Dollar -- A Fool's Errand

(Dec. 15) -- Last month, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke argued that the Fed's latest attempt to get the economy improving at a quicker pace -- a second round of quantitative easing (widely dubbed QEII) -- would help create "a virtuous circle" stemming from lower long-term rates, greater investment, higher stock...

Blast From the Past: Old Steel Mill Forges New Life as a Park

(Dec. 2) -- Preservationists outside Pittsburgh are fighting to put an abandoned steel mill back to work -- not so it can produce metal, but so it can protect history. Since the blast furnaces fired up for the last time at the Carrie Furnace in 1978, the decaying steel mill on the bank of the Monongahela River has served...

Inflatable Boobs and Fart Pads: Contest Seeks Next Crazy Invention

(Oct. 6) – Wacky products like fart-absorbing pads, inflatable bra inserts, and disposable underwear just go to show you that there really is a market out there for anything. No one knows that better than Kim Olenicoff, founder of Solutions That Stick Inc., a Southern California-based company that has carved out a...

Want to Buy American This Holiday Season? Good Luck

WASHINGTON (Nov. 17) -- If you're looking to buy something produced by American jobs this holiday season, it may be more complicated than you remember. In previous recessions, media campaigns pushed Americans to choose products branded "Made in the U.S.A." or to "Look for the Union Label." But this time around there's...

Background on manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.

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