Jared Loughner sentenced to life in Tucson mass shooting

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EV Hack Keeps Homes Humming After Hurricane Sandy

As millions of people fired up generators and burned candles in the wake of superstorm Sandy, some EV owners hacked their cars to keep their lights on and refrigerators humming.For Virginia resident Scott Wilson, that involved nothing more than making sure his Nissan Leaf’s battery pack was topped up the night before, along with having a ProWatt 1000 DC-to-AC converter and a pair of $25 cables...

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Well: The Presidential Health Quiz

Whether it’s George Washington’s teeth or Bill Clinton’s former hamburger habit, Americans have always been fascinated by the health of the president and presidential candidates.With help from the Web site DoctorZebra, which has compiled an exhaustive list of the medical history of American presidents, we’ve created an Election Day quiz to test your knowledge of presidential fitness and heal...

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States Face Tight Health Care Deadlines

After nearly three years of legal and political threats that kept President Obama’s health care law in a constant state of uncertainty, his re-election on Tuesday all but guarantees that the historic legislation will survive. Now comes another big hurdle: making it work. States will need to hustle to put in place the various pieces meant to help their residents meet the contentious...

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Time to bury two election myths

With the election over and the votes counted, we now have data to refute a couple of persistent electoral myths — one involving...

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Metal-Coated Boulders Make Minneapolis Look Extraterrestrial

Don’t be fooled by the candy coating on these nonrolling stones: They’d flatten you like a cartoon coyote if they ever got moving.Good thing the 45 tons of rock and steel are stuck firmly in place at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The installation (called Untitled) is by artist Jim Hodges, who first selected four massive boulders from the woodlands of western...

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A Minute With: Taylor Lautner finding new dawn after “Twilight”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As dusk sets on the “Twilight” saga with the final film, actor Taylor Lautner is looking at a new dawn for the next stage in his career.Lautner, 20, shot to fame after being cast as werewolf Jacob Black in the “Twilight” films, entangled in a torrid love triangle with Kristen Stewart‘s Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson‘s vampire Edward...

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Global Update: Polio Eradication Efforts in Pakistan Focus on Pashtuns

Michael Kamber for The New York TimesPolio will never be eradicated in Pakistan until a way is found to persuade poor Pashtuns to embrace the vaccine, according to a study released by the World Health Organization. A survey of 1,017 parents of young children found that 41 percent had never heard of polio and 11 percent refused to vaccinate their children against it. The survey was done in...

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Investors on Wall St. React Nervously

Henny Ray Abrams/Associated PressA trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. A day after the election, the outlook of continued divided government in Washington and little prospect for compromise unnerved traders. Business leaders and investors on Wall Street reacted nervously to President Obama’s re-election Wednesday, as the focus shifted quickly from electoral politics to...

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Suspect in Fresno chicken plant shooting a parolee, 'extensive' history

The employee suspected of opening fire at a Fresno processing plant on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding three others...

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