The White House Announces Ambitious New Fuel Economy Standards

That’s what the average fuel economy level for new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. will be by 2025, nearly doubling from the 28.6 mpg average required at the...

Chad Ochocinco is Ochocinco No More

The Miami Dolphins receiver has officially changed his name back to Chad Johnson.

Why Millions Won’t Be Able to Afford Cars in the Future

By 2025, the government will require an average fuel economy of 54.5 mpg for cars and trucks sold in the U.S. To meet that requirement, automakers must focus on...

Pawlenty’s Moment

Tim Pawlenty has already been running for President for weeks and even months now. But candidates nowadays stretch out the process of announcing their...

Welcome, Tiny Dancer: Elton John Becomes a Dad

The piano player from Pinner clearly heard the patter of tiny feet. And thus Elton John and partner David Furnish have become fathers to Zachary Jackson Levon...

Hillary's Iraq Shuffle

Twice before in Hillary Clinton's adult lifetime, a Northeastern Senator has been the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Both times, the...

Television: 6 BEST DRAMAS ON TV NOW

Spring is the time for weeding: for gardeners, a time to yank and replant; for TV watchers, a time to clear the dead underbrush from the viewing calendar and...

Will Robots Make House Calls?

July 1, 2030. Like just about everyone she knows, Angela Jefferson, 36, wakes up to the insistent patter of a HealthWatch Model 9000 alarm clock. "Today is...

HOW JOHNNY SHOULD READ

When Alexis Muskie talks about her daughter's experience learning to read, she begins to cry. Muskie, whose father-in-law was the late Senator and Secretary of...

CINEMA: GAY AND GAUDY

As the major (virtually the only) maker of art films in rampantly commercial Hong Kong, Wong Kar-wai is a goad and a threat to his competitors. He releases a...