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10 biggest US foundations and what they do
What are the 10 biggest foundations in the United States? Here they are in ascending order, based on their assets, along with a little bit about what social problems each addresses.
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Top 10 states for clean tech
Clean Edge, a clean-tech research and advisory firm based in San Francisco and Portland, has ranked states for their leadership in clean tech. Here are its Top 10 picks:
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Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes
Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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Briefing IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports
Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:
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Discoveries Obama, science, and a new team in Washington
12/21/2008 12:00 am -
Diggin' It The forecast is for flowers
How a gardener survives winter.
12/21/2008 12:00 am -
USA
12/19/2008 12:00 am -
Sculpture: Sending in angels
Lin Evola-Smidt turns weapons into art – on an increasingly ambitious scale.
12/19/2008 12:00 am -
Election '08 is causing a 'brain drain' on Capitol Hill
But many exiting lawmakers also bring years of experience to the Obama administration.
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
The Vote Aretha Franklin to perform at Obama inauguration
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about religious music at schools during the holidays, reducing human population growth to improve the health of the planet, and monitoring teens' use of the Internet.
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Makers of green products start to see red lights
Cheaper gas, bad economy have hybrid-car makers, energy auditors scrambling.
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Power meters help homeowners track and cut their energy use
Buildings gobble up 40 percent of America's energy. A new tool allows people watch their power diets.
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Diggin' It Big, beautiful garden books
Garden book reviews
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
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12/17/2008 12:00 am -
Bid to split Taliban, Al Qaeda
In Afghanistan, US and NATO reassess their strategy amid concerns that their efforts are failing.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Home buyers stirring in some markets
Hardest-hit housing markets, such as in California, are seeing strong signs of activity.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about whether Israel should release its Palestinian prisoners, thoughts on the passing of columnist Mel Maddocks, and the political tumult in Canada.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Ninety minutes of school holiday music – and nary a note about Jesus
We bend over backward to acknowledge religious minorities, yet we single out Christianity for exclusion.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Where children learn to TEL.A.VISION
New editing software helps kids express hope through videos.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Bright Green Obama's green team
At a news conference in Chicago Monday, Barack Obama announced many of his energy and environment appointees, a team that many say signals a sharp break from Bush administration policies toward pollution, wildlife, clean energy, and climate change.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Where children learn to TEL.A.VISION
New editing software helps kids express hope through videos.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Horizons Smart key would disable teens' phones while driving
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Modern mariner phones home to Maine schoolhouse
From an oil rig in the Indian Ocean, a seafaring dad offers practical math and tales of pirates as lessons over a Web connection with his kids’ classroom back home.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Holidays and 'sweet seasons of renewal'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
The Magician's Book
A reader struggles to reconcile her childhood passion for the Chronicles of Narnia with her more critical adult nature.
12/13/2008 12:00 am -
USA
12/12/2008 12:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about the US rejoining the United Nations Human Rights Council, banning greyhound races, why the US must do what is right on Turkey, and why the US cannot blame its financial woes on China.
12/12/2008 12:00 am -
California jumps to front of global-warming fight
Its new emissions plan aims to cut each Californian's carbon 'footprint' from 14 tons to 10 tons a year by 2020.
12/12/2008 12:00 am
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