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Building With Whole Trees

ROALD GUNDERSEN, an architect who may revolutionize the building industry, shinnied up a slender white ash near his house here on a recent afternoon, hoisting himself higher and higher until the limber trunk began to bend slowly toward the forest floor...

Insurers Dropping Chinese Drywall Policies - Homeowners Caught in Catch 22

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- James and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes.

Japanese Pop-Up Slippers Are Ingeniously Simple

Granted, the winter is coming upon us (in the populous northern part of the planet at least), so your thoughts may be turning more to toasty woolen slippers and scarves than open, flip-flop style footwear, but these Japanese slippers are both ingenious and probably easy to make y …

Teens Texting Mom: Wuz4dina?

Teens and texting is a subject that's often discussed in pathological terms. They're texting in class! They're sexting! They're running up $5,000 bills! They need thumb therapy!

Mother Nature's Detroit Art

A series of photos by James D. Griffioen, on the Planet Mag website, show the "greening" of Motor City, what used to be one of the country's biggest production centers.

The devil lived behind this door

THE shocking story of a woman allegedly detained and raped by her father over 30 years took a dramatic twist yesterday, with claims that her brother died suspiciously.

Nature Unleashed: Discover Nature Schools

One image I hold from grade school was the magic of the milkweed plant. Our class was outside the building to see nature in action.

The Recession's Racial Divide

WHAT do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt.

Finally, Americans are saving. For retailers, that's a disaster

WASHINGTON — After a year of economic crisis and an even longer slump, the nation's retailers are facing a consumer who's more reluctant to buy than ever before in modern times. All signs point to a new era of frugality.

Waste Not, Watt Not: ACES Funds State Energy Efficiency Programs

Energy efficiency is the "low-hanging fruit" of energy policy, and is the quickest, easiest, and most cost-effective way of driving new investment, creating jobs, saving consumers money, and cutting pollution.

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