Colorado governor paid $1.1 million to lobby state lawmakers; contracts under review At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration ...
Barnes & Noble says customers ordering Nook starting today will receive it after Christmas Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic ...
University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rules The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows. The eight-member ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama and India's prime minister meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goals, the chairman of the U.N.'s ...
Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday. According to the report by the environmental watchdog, up to 55 billion roubles ...
Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision. In a brief statement, the state-run electricity ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday. After a year's delay, they hope to have beams circulating by early Saturday in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays. "While we ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - World leaders cannot afford to leave a U.N. summit in Copenhagen next month without a robust agreement to fight climate change, German government climate adviser Hans Joachim Schellnhuber said Friday. Schellnhuber, head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...
Wilton Wind Energy Center in North Dakota doubles in size to 66 turbines, 99 megawatts The Wilton Wind Energy Center north of Bismarck, N.D., has doubled in size. Basin Electric Power Cooperative says the last of 33 additional wind turbines began operating ...
Michigan State gets nearly $84,000 in federal funds to measure wind speeds in 5 counties Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state. The state says in a release Thursday that the project is ...
Microsoft offering nearly 24,000 vouchers for computer skills training to NC residents Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force. Gov. ...
