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Well isn't this a shocker!  Our driving habits have changed so much lately that the United States has actually had a surplus of fuel for the last nine weeks and has been exporting refined fuels to other countries. Americans are using so little gasoline that the U...

The East Coast continues to brace itself for a weekend that could lead to major headaches in the wake of this storm.   Imagine a vulnerable island, parts of it man-made, with towering buildings and lots of people crammed into small spaces. Now...

Planning a vacation is a lot of fun.  It can also be exhausting and expensive, so you want to make sure you make the most of your time away.  This list should help you pinpoint places to avoid on your next adventure! See the full list after the jump.

Obviously both teams wish this never happened, but anyone who has played sports knows physical games like this seemed to be can turn ugly in a hurry.  It's tough to tell from this video who threw the first punch. Georgetown's tour through China turned ugly Thursday when a game between the Hoyas and the Bayi Rockets, a Chinese professional team, ended in a bench-clearing brawl. Mex Carey, Georgetow

Yes, a fraction of your money that you pay in taxes has gone directly into the pockets of the people our soldiers are fighting.  In this case, with the war in Afghanistan,  aid money the US government has paid to the community and governments ends up in Taliban hands. Aghanistan is a very corrupt country with many ties to the Taliban.  Is it time to pull our troops out?  Yes.

If the stock market were a person it would be a fearful, neurotic basket case that spent many nights alone eating yogurt in candlelight.  It's amazing the week it's had when really not much has changed, other than panic levels.

The militants that shot down the Chinook helicopter carrying 30 Americans were killed in a strike force today.

I think we can agree that everyone knows what debt is, and at this point should know that the United States has a ton of it.  Trillions of it.  So what's the debt ceiling all about and does it really matter?  Oh yeah.  Big Time.  We could be back in a full scale recession in a couple of months.

We are proud of you Women's Soccer Team!! The heartbreak of losing Sunday’s World Cup final will take some time to heal, but in the aftermath of the United States’ extraordinary and ultimately unfulfilled summer journey, there were immediate positives. As it headed home following Japan’s incredible and thrilling victory on penalty kicks, the U.S. shed some tears, pondered what might have been and

Do you think you'll be comfortable going keyless?  As technology advances more and more of the things we are so used to having appear to be going the way of the dinosaur.   Front pockets and purses are slowly being emptied of one of civilization's most basic and enduring tools: the key. It'...

If traffic camera go in every major city, do you think that would be fair? Well, there are two schools of thought. 1...you shouldn't be speeding or going through red lights anyway, if you were driving according to the law, you would never get a ticket. 2....there's that part of you that feels like you are getting away with something when no one is around. There are rumours this would be a way for

The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad. You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.