Michelle Obama pushes water as ‘best energy drink’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, known for urging U.S. children to be more active and eat their vegetables, began a new health push this week by touting...
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U.S. offers fuel economy, emissions labels for used cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. car dealers and private sellers may now post window labels on used vehicles that show gas mileage and climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions under a federal government...
Signs of new climate ‘normal’ apparent in hot 2012: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last year was one of the 10 hottest on record, with sea levels at record highs, Arctic ice at historic lows and extreme weather in various corners...
Capitol Hill hearing focuses on Trayvon Martin shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The racially charged shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was the focus of a congressional hearing on Wednesday, where Martin's father vowed to find a way his...
Capitol Hill hearing focuses on Trayvon Martin shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The racially charged shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was the focus of a congressional hearing on Wednesday, where Martin's father vowed to find a way his...
Washington’s corpse flower ends its stinky reign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, gawkers lined up at the U.S. Botanic Garden, hoping to be among the lucky ones to catch the show when a giant-sized corpse flower bloomed...
Washington’s corpse flower ends its stinky reign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, gawkers lined up at the U.S. Botanic Garden, hoping to be among the lucky ones to catch the show when a giant-sized corpse flower bloomed...
Unshattered record: pro baseball bats now break 50 percent less, USDA says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shattered baseball bats pose real danger when shards of wood go flying, but this happens half as often as it did just five years ago after the...
Surplus catfish a tasty bipartisan item in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $10 million on frozen catfish for poor Americans this year as part of a Great Depression-era program that hasn't drawn...
Surplus catfish a tasty bipartisan item in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $10 million on frozen catfish for poor Americans this year as part of a Great Depression-era program that hasn't drawn...