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By Shobhana Chandra and Timothy R. Homan Purchases of U.S. new homes fell in May to the lowest level on record after a tax credit

By Joe Mysak The bonds designed by the U.S. government to help municipalities recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression may cost them

As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill,

By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading Hugo Chavez Defeats American Capitalism

Cell phones emit radiation to send voice and text messages to the other caller. Health risks aren’t confirmed, but some (not all) studies of frequent

By Joseph Galante Amanda Dorsey has spent dozens of hours categorizing search results on eBay, verifying search-engine links and doing other online jobs for CrowdFlower

By Andrew Fowler WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has given his strongest indication yet about the next big leak from his whistleblower organisation. There has been

By Kirsty Walker and Jason Grove VAT to rise 2.5% to 20% from January 2011 Deficit reduced 77% by spending cuts, 23% by tax rises

By   Michael Hastings This article appears in RS 1108/1109 from July 8-22, 2010, on newsstands Friday, June 25. ‘How’d I get screwed into going