Cautionary Tale: A Killing in the Stock Market

Jun 6th 2010 – 4:01 PM |AOL News

Paul Sakuma, AP

(June 6) -- A retired South Carolina teacher two weeks ago opened a piece of mail that he likened to getting kicked in the stomach: "If you are receiving this letter, it means that I have taken, or...

Coal Mines as Fish Farms? That's the Hook in W.Va.

May 30th 2010 – 5:30 PM |AOL News

Kelley McCall, AP

(May 30) -- Turning an abandoned coal mine into a fish farm sounds like the stuff of TV parody: "Extreme Makeover, Geology Edition." But people in West Virginia are betting on the commercial...

Opinion: My Terrible, Awful Day Under Health Reform

Mar 24th 2010 – 7:00 AM |AOL News

(March 24) -- I confess I haven't followed the health care debate closely these past ... 45 years. I'm one of those people for whom "public option" generally connotes that awkward decision you're...

Driving Blind? We May Live to See the Day

Mar 18th 2010 – 9:13 AM |AOL News

Steven Mackay

(March 18) -- With public opinion divided over just how dangerous it is for motorists to text-message or yak on cell phones, imagine the debate taking a wildly unexpected turn: How would you feel...

Our National Maul: Looking for a Plan to Save the Grass

Feb 17th 2010 – 9:50 AM |AOL News

Getty Images

WASHINGTON (Feb. 17) -- One year ago President Barack Obama took the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The crowd of half-frozen well wishers stretched nearly to the Washington...

Satellite Imaging Isn't Just a Spy in the Sky Anymore

Feb 7th 2010 – 10:52 AM |AOL News

NASA

(Feb. 7) -- December's big global warming conference in Copenhagen featured lots of chatter about the future and ways to avoid environmental Doomsday. One of the surprise speakers was Tom Sever,...

Opinion: Relief at Last for Cable Customers?

Dec 23rd 2009 – 10:54 AM |Sphere

Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

(Dec. 23) -- 'Tis the season of miracles. On Tuesday -- cue the choir of heavenly angels -- the Wall Street Journal reported that Steve Jobs may be on the verge of delivering the gift cable...

Once He Couldn't Walk; Now He Won't Slow Down

Dec 15th 2009 – 12:49 PM |Sphere

Ian Tocher

(Dec. 15) -- Logic says Pat Rummerfield shouldn't want to have anything to do with automobiles. A horrific accident in 1974 left him a quadriplegic, numb from the knees down and with only a third of...

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