Economy Aug 17 China’s War on Illegal Buildings In an effort to rid the country of unsafe, illegal and aging structures, the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development plans to demolish more than half of the country’s residential buildings in the next 20 years. Illegal structures…
Science Jul 27 Coast Guard Photos of Newest Oil Leak Earlier Tuesday, a barge collided with an abandoned oil well in Barataria Bay, La., just north of an area already hit by oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak. The 20-foot gusher of oil and natural gas is…
Science Jul 16 Watch the Oil Leak Stop in High Speed In real time, it was difficult to see the exact moment that oil stopped flowing from BP's broken wellhead in the Gulf. So we built this time lapse video -- compressing three hours of our live stream into a…
Economy Nov 25 Jobs Claims Down, Hopeful Economic News on America’s Heaviest Travel Day The number of people seeking unemployment insurance for the first time fell to its lowest point since September 2008, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
Health Oct 08 How Much Will the H1N1 Flu Cost the U.S.? Distribution centers around the country began receiving shipments of the much anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine this week. Those costs, as well as the economic blow of closed schools and lost productivity, could set back the fragile U.S. economy.