Topic: Newark (Delaware)

Scrapple? Candidates Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons love the 'delicacy'

At the 19th annual Apple Scrapple Festival in rural Delaware, US Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O'Donnell worked the crowd of potential voters. And – surprise! – they both claim to love scrapple.

Could Christine O’Donnell actually win in November?

Democrats dismiss 'tea party' favorite Christine O’Donnell, now the GOP Senate nominee, at their peril, say Delaware political observers.

How much does that snow storm cost, anyway?

Effects from a snow storm like the one that blanketed the mid-Atlantic this week can add up to billions of dollars, once lost productivity and sales and emergency road clearing are factored in. But the cost to the overall US economy is likely to be short term.

What Katrina has wrought, four years later

New Orleans will never be the same. Neither will Americans' view of government's role in disasters.

My ride? It’s a power plant

Electric cars could sell battery power back to the grid in an emerging plan called V2G – ‘vehicle to grid.’

Financial Q&A: Retirement-plan rules on borrowing for a home

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A secret to improving cargo ship efficiency: Go fly a kite

Designers look to giant kites, bubbles, and new propellers to save on fuel costs and reduce pollution.

A secret to improving cargo ship efficiency: Go fly a kite

Designers look to giant kites, bubbles, and new propellers to save on fuel costs and reduce pollution.

A secret to improving cargo ship efficiency: Go fly a kite

Tornadoes tear through Southern states, but new alerts saved lives

The Super Tuesday tornadoes were the deadliest in the US in more than a decade.