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  • Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pledged last year to eliminate the country's wealth tax if re-elected, which brings in around 1…

  • Increasing energy costs have made geothermal heat pumps an attractive solution to heating buildings. The New York Times reports business is booming…

  • From the Associated Press:…

  • It can buy you Beatles memorabilia. When once Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed a contract with the band on October 1, 1962, he became entitled…

  • Wired's "Epicenter" blog has an item based on reports out this week that say Americans' adoption of broadband service hit a seven-year low last…

  • A two-week road trip from Portland, Me., to Los Angeles is underway to show the commercial viability of hydrogen-fueled vehicles….

  • The New York Times reports total spending on contractors since the war began could reach $100 billion this year. A congressional report due out…

  • I had wonder if someone wasn't playing an April Fool's joke in August, but this story appears to be legit….

  • Metabolix, a bioscience company, says it has developed an efficient way to manufacture biodegradable plastic with the leaves of switchgrass….

  • Rolling Stone has always been a big magazine, literally and figuratively. These days, it has more readers than ever, but single-copy purchases…