Technology firms are pushing a futuristic vision of home entertainment not because consumers are desperate for it but because they themselves are.

California high schools will ban carbonated soda in legislation approved by the state assembly on Thursday as part of an effort to combat teen obesity.

Local community websites have sprung into action to assist hurricane Katrina survivors with everything from blankets to offers of shelter in their homes.

Air-raid sirens, Frank Sinatra songs and Muhammad Ali trash talk blared over the Southern California desert in a demonstration of new acoustic technology for crowd control and disaster communications.

A museum dedicated entirely to donkeys is due to open in Bulgaria.

Dave Barry:
From time to time, I receive letters from a certain group of individuals that I will describe, for want of a better term, as ”women.” I have such a letter here, from a Susie Walker, of North Augusta, S.C., who asks the following question:
‘Why do men open a drawer and say, `Where […]