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Baby will be the youngest person to see every state.

Lots of old parenting ideas wouldn't work today, but there's at least one that most kids wish would come back.

After nearly 100 years, snowballs are legal in this town again thanks to one brave kid.

A new study suggests Americans actually dread family visits, especially the part that involves spending the night there.

A simple parenting technique helps Inuit children learn to control anger at an early age.

Microsoft and Ford announce that the Microsoft Hohm service will be available to manage the recharge process of Ford's future electric vehicles.

Technology projects a touchscreen onto your hand, clothes, a wall, or any surface, so you can operate your phone without removing it from your pocket.

Microsoft announced on Friday, Aug. 23, that CEO Steve Ballmer will be retiring.

Microsoft faces strong competition on both desktop and mobile fronts. What can the new CEO do to ensure the company's success?

The Big Apple's complaining culture gets its own mapping website that spotlights the top complaints reported within 42 different neighborhoods on a daily basis.

Picked no-VOC paints for your health and home air quality? Then ask California to regulate VOCs in common products.

Natura, Benjamin Moore's eco paint line, hits Pottery Barn Kids with a fabulous collection of colors that won't induce headaches and other VOC-related maladies.

You really don't need the stuff that makes your bathroom smell like an overchlorinated swimming pool.

It might be time to give this oft-maligned home decor another chance.

Indoor air pollutants are all around us, from radon and rodents to VOCs and NO2.

The latest, largest study finds talcum powder likely causes little risk for ovarian cancer.

The flu vaccine is your best weapon against the flu this year.

75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, meaning they originated in animals. Here are 10 to be aware of and which animals carry them.

There are a few things you can do to wake up a mind that still wants to sleep.

Raising a child is an expensive undertaking, and new parents can get a severe case of sticker shock even before they've left the maternity ward.

In these financially uncertain times, more and more 9-to-5 workers are rounding out their paychecks with cash from entrepreneurial ventures.

Why does the North Dakota outpost of Williston have the highest rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the entire country according to a new survey?

Despite anti-discrimination laws, some employers are still finding ways to cut ties with their pregnant employees.

For rewards-seekers, the trick is to find the right card: one that best fits both your travel style and your spending habits.

Legal cannabis markets are bringing a powerful ally to the fight against marijuana prohibition: The business community.

The cost of supporting a person with autism over that individual's lifetime can be as high as $2.4 million, a new study estimates.

The blue- and yellow-clad home furnishings behemoth plans to add 17 percent more green to the paychecks of employees who earn minimum wage.

Rules around tipping can sometimes be confusing. Here are some guidelines about when to pull out the cash.

New survey finds that as the U.S. economy worsened, vasectomy rates increased.

It costs 1.6 cents to make a 1-cent coin. Given the pollution it creates, what's the point?

Farmers are producing less cocoa than the world demands. That doesn’t mean we’re running out of chocolate.

Economists might like the idea, but the public doesn't seem to yet.

Like the eat local movement, this trend is another way to keep your dollars close to home.

Denmark-based Lego is the world's most profitable toy-maker. But when it reported a revenue decline for early 2016, the news was just what the company wanted.

If you're thinking about moving to another country, his handy tool lets you compare everything from free time to health care costs.

Want to be financially independent and retire early? Try this extreme saving plan called the FIRE movement.

Puerto Rico wants to attract more tourists as part of its post-Maria economic recovery efforts, so don't be afraid to go there.

Ireland's national investment fund will sell all investments in coal, oil, gas and peat as soon as possible.

Looking out for the safety of kids and pets, the EPA decides to ban some toxic rodent poisons. Here are a few pest remediation alternatives that rely on repelli

A natural method for battling bacteria like E.coli and salmonella may be on its way.

Midwest EPA office to host forum discussing environmental justice and children's health issues.

President Obama thanked the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency during a Tuesday afternoon speech.

Your dutiful blogger has been evacuated from his home. However, it didn't stop me from taking a stroll along with banks of an infamously filthy canal in Brookly

Jackson will leave the agency early next year, she revealed in a statement Thursday, adding that 'the ship is sailing in the right direction.'

The longtime environmental cop is known for being tough, pragmatic and likable.

The EPA and State Department have now clashed over the proposed pipeline twice in two years, muddling recent indications that its approval might be imminent.

Bipartisan 'Chemical Safety Improvement Act' would require more safety regulation for chemicals while making it easier for those that pass to get on the market.

Lisa Jackson will serve as the computing giant's VP for environmental initiatives.

Apex Logistics employees converted a storage space into every college man's dream hangout, complete with pinups and gym equipment.