Homeowners Margaret and Daniel Anderson were proud of the work they did to upgrade their basement – until all the lights went out. Electricians investigated, and found a fire hazard: Some wires were loose, bare and crammed together so tightly that electrical boxes were getting singed. The Andersons ended up paying a handyman service $10,000 [...]

Holsteins on the Blue Spruce Farm step gingerly around a mechanical shovel that scoops their waste and shoots it into a "cow-powered" electric generator. Besides pumping out 8,000 gallons of milk a day, these 2,000 dairy cows also light up 400 homes. The fuel is methane gas that bubbles from manure treated with bovine bacteria [...]

A study presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago says dark chocolate may help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Feels like everyone’s mounting their flat panels on their walls these days, so what better way to one-up your neighbor than with this wall-mountable fireplace.

The "2006 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey," sponsored by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and conducted by BIGresearch, surveyed 7,623 US consumers from October 4 to October 11, 2006, about their shopping plans for the upcoming holiday season.

People might be surprised to hear that a record of a text message stays in a phone even after it has been sent or even deleted. How long do old messages remain in a phone’s memory?

U.S. corporate mergers this year are the most numerous since 2,000, a Chicago consulting firm said Wednesday.

"Ad skippers and time shifters are an emerging breed of television viewer, and for those wedded to the traditional TV model that may seem like a frightening thing," says Ben Macklin, eMarketer senior analyst and the author the new US DVR and VOD Usage: Ad Skippers and Time Shifters report. "But those willing to adapt [...]