$78 Million in Cash Found and Turned In After Japanese Quake
Officials are busting open safes to figure out which loot's whose
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So far 1,400 gay couples have wed in the Big Apple
Officials are busting open safes to figure out which loot's whose
47% of respondents say teachers' unions hurt school quality
Stressed and sleep-deprived business travelers tend to pack on the pounds
Tech company leaders are more worried than executives in other industries
Cohabitation is better economically for the college-educated
Only 4 percent could name a living scientist
A quarter of people say they have less respect for someone who smokes
Mom and dad are learning to use their iPhones as babysitters
By one count, at least 42 journalists have been murdered there in the past half decade
But subscribers are still buying papers mainly for their local coverage
The Chinese electronics giant plans to commission 1 million factory robots by 2014
Interest rates for some corporations lower than those of the two European nations
Tooth compensation has gone down by 40 cents
That's about as much as what fast-food workers make
The tech website's review of OS X Lion makes its way onto Kindle
In The Atlantic Wire's guestimation, that's about $445 per word
He says students gave him poor evaluations, and his pay suffered as a result
In good news for the Almighty that's still higher than Obama and Boehner
67 percent of college students report they have sent sexually explicit texts
USA Today argues that job security is better with Uncle Sam than private sector
Bank of America, JPMorgan, and, yes, Freddie Mac have more money
The bleak statistic raises questions on the state of public health care
That's also about half about as much as last year's GDP for Haiti and Nicaragua
The unwanted coins are just accumulating in federal vaults
A Pew study reveals how prevalent smartphones have become
A new investigation questions Atlanta's recently stellar test scores
Women fake soccer injuries half as often as their male counterparts
There's so much weed in Denver its local magazine has a pot reviewer
You'll probably win the lottery and have twins before you click a banner ad
Is dumpster diving the answer?
Simply cooling troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost enormous treasure and lives
No wonder she only works five days a month
Good luck falling asleep tonight
Barrels of bourbon produced by Kentucky distilleries outnumber the state's population
Pizza surpasses burgers as America's favorite fast food
White men dominate the field of top-level Congressional aides
And now one fourth of families with teenagers couldn't afford the dance this year
Special elections to replace disgraced politicians are not free
It would take nine coal-burning power plants to produce the amount of energy DVR boxes waste
Few believed the tiny startup would be such a breakout success
That's out of the 28 comedy acts performing at the festival this year
It's roughly the same in the U.S. and worldwide, if the survey is to be believed
The Daily Show gained viewers as Fox lost them
New agricultural technology aims to end more than a decade-long trend of farmer suicides
Baggage, food and other fees now account for nearly a third of the airline industry
The Special Registration program, started after 9/11, was officially shut down last month
The mindless, daily activity is also correlated with obesity, stress, divorce and neck pain
Six more months and he sets the presidential record, computes Brendan Nyhan
How nice for them
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