Three booth attendants have been charged in connection with thefts at the parking garage of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Thursday in favor of an investigational anti-obesity drug, putting it a step closer to winning the agency's approval.
A Pakistani national was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday for defrauding the U.S. government and conspiring to export materials to Pakistan which could be used in nuclear reactors, federal officials said.
Stressed about work-life balance? Take a look at this list from Parenting's sister magazine Working Mother of the top ten companies that keep working moms' needs in minds, excerpted from the Working Mother 100 Best Companies.
The blare of the burglar alarm catapulted Kathleen Manzo out of bed. Her heart beating wildly, Manzo feared for the safety of her two kids.
"There's no obstacle we can't overcome, and that's a beautiful, comforting thought," Minnillo says
Frank Neuhauser, who won the first National Spelling Bee in the United States by correctly spelling "gladiolus," has died, a Maryland funeral home confirmed Tuesday.
Eighty-one-year-old labor historian Ken Germanson watches the news from home in Milwaukee every night, mystified.
There were "a lot of hugs" and "a lot of tears" among employees at Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Thursday -- one day after police shot and killed a man there who was holding three hostages.
The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.
The man who held at least three hostages in a nearly four-hour standoff Wednesday at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, had a history of protesting the network's programming, authorities said.
James Lee, an alleged environmental extremist, had a gun; the hostages are safe
Adam Grosser has what some might call a weird obsession with golden orb spiders. He totes around drawings of them on his MacBook Pro. He travels near and far to meet experts who have studied their ways. He joyously cites the unusual characteristics of the golden silk they weave. "It's three times stronger than steel," says Grosser, a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, "and better able to repel water than existing synthetics." So what's the entrepreneurial opportunity? He's not quite sure, but he'll let you know when he figures it out.
"At our house, we talk to our girls about exercise a lot," says their mom
Brian Betts was the reformist principal of a struggling middle school, but to many students, he was much more than that.
After President Obama's negative comments about Sin City and his subsequent mea culpa ("I love Vegas -- always have!"), I realize that this might not be the most prudent way to start a column. But how do you fire up a discussion about smoking in hotels without mentioning America's capital of secondhand smoke?
Only in professional wrestling can the guy who mows your lawn ask you to ring a red bell with a wrench while holding Steve Off's vest. But that's what happened recently -- the guy who mows my lawn asked me to ring a red bell with a wrench while holding Steve Off's vest. A silver vest. Flimsy material. The lawn mower e-mailed me ... said, "How would you feel about being the celebrity timekeeper at a wrestling match featuring Superfly Snuka?"
When Judy Galliher of Silver Spring, Maryland, sent me her hotel horror story, I had a reflexive, Scrappy Doo-like reaction: Lemme at 'em!
In the season of returns and exchanges, there's one holiday gift that Steve Brannigan will be holding on to: his new job. What began as a temporary survival strategy has turned into a 40-hour work week for the former auto worker.
Concepts like "smart grids" and "intelligent metering" are difficult for the non-expert brain to grasp. So instead, wrap your mind around a simpler set of facts. Utilities experience peak demand -- for example, on blistering hot days when air conditioners are pumping all out -- just 2% of the year.
I don't want to hear the clichés. I don't want to hear how Angles rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart loved baseball more than anything; how his 22 years were all too short, but packed with love and virtue. I don't want moments of silence before a game; a camera shot of an ADENHART jersey dangling from a hanger; a floral vigil outside the ballpark; a scholarship fund to help kids from his hometown of Silver Spring, Md.
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was among three people killed in a crash in Fullerton, California, early Thursday, according to media reports.
Finding a job in this economy is tough, finding two jobs is nearly impossible, unless you know someone who knows someone who can help.
updated: Thu Mar 12 2009 14:28:00
The housing market keeps families apart. Betty Nguyen reports on a woman desperate to sell her million dollar home.
As Marilyn Seitz helps customers find just the right size, she wonders how much longer before she's forced to close her doors.
updated: Sun Feb 08 2009 22:37:00
Thrift stores are the unexpected victims of a new law designed to help kids. CNN's Kate Bolduan reports.
Thomas Cuddy enlisted in the U.S. Army 28 years ago, but he's facing his greatest battle now that he's out.
Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported Thursday
Marquitia Fell isn't sure how she got to the Web site -- she linked from one site to another to another -- but finally, in black and white, she found the promise she'd been looking for: a promise to make her mortgage problems go away.
updated: Thu Oct 16 2008 13:14:00
CNN medical correspondent has more on dealing with stress during these tough financial times.
As a girl in South Korea, HyoJung Kim did her schoolwork on brownish-gray recycled paper and rarely threw things away because government-mandated garbage bags cost $1 apiece.
In a reprise of the 1971 gathering that led to the swift-boating of John Kerry, Iraq and Afghanistan vets stage a forum to testify about the human costs of the wars
Food and Drug Administration experts on Friday supported a certain type of over-the-counter cold medicine as effective, despite opposition from pharmacists who claim otherwise, agency officials said.
When it comes to airline ticket rules, the devil isn't in the details. The devil is the details.
When you take your bundle of joy home from the hospital, it's inevitable you won't do everything right. We asked pediatricians for the five most common mistakes parents make with their newborns.
There was a time when gays and lesbians had to hide their identities to occupy important jobs and positions in their community, but many are now open about their sexuality despite fears of discrimination.
THE PROBLEM:Jerry Mix loved swimming, but he had trouble staying focused: Either his mind flooded with thoughts about work and family, or he'd get bored staring at the black line on the bottom of t...
Remember those plastic yellow "warning" signs people stuck on their cars back in the '80s -- "baby on board"? Maybe it's time they came back in style. Only this time, let's stick them on our foreheads. Because let's face it: In our constantly rushed and sleep-deprived state, we moms often don't drive as safely as we should.
READER QUESTION: In the past, you've said that investors shouldn't try to time their investing so they get in just before the market soars. While most of my investments are in stock funds, I have some cash parked in a money-market fund waiting for lower stock prices. I almost moved some of this cash recently when the Standard & Poor's 500 declined to around 1220, but I really want to invest at an S&P of 1200. Meanwhile, the cash is earning 5 percent. What's wrong with this approach? - Alan S., Silver Spring, Maryland
Ten students were injured Friday when a white van lost control and ran into a school bus stop in Silver Spring, Maryland, according to Prince George's County Fire and Rescue spokesman Mark Brady.
When Beverly Holton began getting notices from the IRS in the late '80s, she had no idea her tax dispute would ultimately lead her to financial disaster.
Forget stock options or corporate jets. The latest trend in high-end perks for employees is a really good cup of coffee, according to a published report.
With his travels, his aliases and his savvy, Clarence Williams was able to hide for nearly 30 years, according to authorities. But there was one thing he couldn't control: technology.
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You know the type: the blowhard in the next office who bends your ear every chance he gets about how well his work is going. Every time he starts chest-thumping, you roll your eyes and think how pa...
Congratulations. Junior just got accepted to Princeton. All that remains is for you, proud parent, to take up the not-so-small matter of the bill: some $121,385 over four years, thank you, not incl...
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About ten million Americans have cellular phones, and new subscribers are signing up at the rate of 220,000 a month. Car phones originated the trend just nine years ago, but the fastest-growing mar...
Women -- long crowding the pipeline of the political system -- are bursting onto the national scene. Record numbers of them have decided it is time to head for Capitol Hill or take a shot at a gove...
David and Jeanne Albaneze, 39 and 34, sure know how to take advantage of today's still squishy real estate market. The couple (pictured at right) are trading up from a $250,000 home to one worth ne...
It sounds like a good deal, and for a few people it could well be one. In a move that is expected to be widely imitated -- at least two companies are already studying it -- Prudential will allow po...
It's 9 a.m. and a brash stockbroker is on the line. ''Are you interested in a hot new investment?'' he asks. How did he ever get your direct number? Blame Corporate Contacts, a new firm in Silver S...
Ever more fearful that a virus could invade their computer systems, U.S. companies are turning increasingly to security specialists and asking for help. Cris Castro, director of information securit...
Russell Thompson is a small-town boy who makes money by going against the grain. Born in farm country 90 miles north of Kansas City, where he is a senior vice president at Waddell & Reed, Thompson ...
Robert Martorelli, 31, dreamed of playing center field for the Yankees. Instead, the onetime Little Leaguer from New York City's Staten Island got an MBA at Fordham University. Today, when he's not...
In a modest office 35 floors above Manhattan's Central Park, Stanley Druckenmiller, 34, punches the keys of his Quotron, ignoring the exceptional view. Druckenmiller is portfolio manager of Dreyfus...
THE FIRST THING, and often the only thing, many investors look at when selecting a mutual fund is total return -- dividends plus capital gains -- over the past year or five years. But total return ...
Never mind those credit cards that donate a percentage to your favorite cause. This is the '80s, and charity begins at home. Thus airlines, banks and even an equestrian association are now hawking ...
James Farrell is looking for a few good laggards. As portfolio manager of $1.1 billion of institutional money, Farrell, 49, and his partner Daniel Cashman, 47, seek out stocks that most other money...
While most money managers agree that social and economic trends cause stocks to rise and fall over the long term, Neal Miller is one of the few who actually tries to find incipient trends and inves...
Melville Straus, 48, has two consuming passions: investing and ballet. Somehow he finds time to be involved with both in a big way. As chairman of New York City's renowned American Ballet Theatre, ...
The Dow Jones industrial average has darted up and down like a butterfly this spring. But Paul Hoffmann, 56, manager of the $1-billion Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund since its inception nearly ten ...
If you want the peace of mind that can come from letting a professional handle your investments -- or you simply lack the time, talent or the stomach to profit from the ups and downs of the Dow -- ...
Before Bing Carlin buys a stock, he tries to get to know the company's top executives. For fund managers whose companies are all over the globe, that would be impossible. But Carlin, the 51-year-ol...
Beating the market for a while by plunging into undervalued, offbeat stocks is no rare feat. A much tougher trick is scoring superior performance with little-followed companies over extended period...
Most investors measure a mutual fund's performance by its total return -- price appreciation plus reinvested dividends. That does not tell the full story. With the stock market rally on hold, many ...
Value, says J. Dorsey Brown, is a many-splendored thing. It can show up in low price-earnings multiples, hidden asset values, high dividend payouts, or any number of ways. What counts, he stresses,...
Gene Noser, 49, is a transplanted Texan whose investing methods have a decidedly high-tech tilt. As president of New York-based Abel/Noser Corp., which manages over $200 million in pension funds, N...
Stock picking is an art William Gofen learned at his father's knee. Gofen, 54, is a managing director of the Chicago investment firm of Gofen & Glossberg, co-founded by his father 54 years ago. The...
JUST ABOUT the last thing many business travelers want to do in their spare time is get on another airplane, even when they have earned points toward free tickets in an airline frequent-flier progr...
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