Millennials are a spoiled generation. There, I said it. Listen, they grew up in perhaps the pinnacle era of convenience. It only makes sense that they think everything should work in their favor.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The oil and gas industry has a major methane problem, according to an extensive environmental study. Odorless, colorless methane gas is seeping out of wells and tanks at hundreds of natural gas facilities across the U.S., said the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, whose researchers used infrared cameras to scan for methane leaks at over 8,000 sites in the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCorporate America has emerged as a powerful ally in the fight against a series of bills that threaten to roll back strides made toward LGBT equality.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHow much would people be willing to pay to have friendly neighbors, fridges stocked with beer and professionally decorated social spaces right down the hall from where they sleep?
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCalling yourself an environmentally conscious person doesn't actually make you one. And aside from simple tasks like turning off lights, Americans overwhelmingly ignore the environmental impact of their day-to-day actions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAshton Kutcher, one of the world’s highest-paid TV actors, can obviously afford that most essential of Los Angeles celebrity luxuries: a car and driver. But he still prefers Uber. “We’re going to go to Warner Bros.,” he dictates, as we hop into a black Chevy Tahoe with Kutcher’s business partner, music manager Guy Oseary, in Beverly Hills.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Company plans to invest $3.6 billion in what would become the nation's largest wind energy facility.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHats off to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has been named the country's most powerful queer person by Out magazine.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRene Lecour remembers feeling like an outsider as a teen until he found a place in what he calls the "punk rock BMX skate culture." But during a family skate trip to Havana in 2010, he learned that creative outlets for young Cuban kids who feel the same way are few and far between in the communist country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMars Food plans to tell customers to eat some of its Dolmio pasta sauces and macaroni cheese only once a week to maintain a balanced diet because of the products' high levels of salt, sugar or fat.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
What were you thinking, KFC? The fast-food giant went below the belt in a stupidly saucy tweet Friday, then got chicken and took it down an hour later, Adweek reported.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe nation's tax bill comes due on Monday, when Americans rushing to file their federal income tax returns may find themselves wondering: What am I paying for?
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders repeatedly flubbed opportunities to attack Hillary Clinton on his strongest issue during Thursday night's Democratic debate. And then … he shocked America by outfoxing her on a foreign policy issue.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Families who lost loved ones in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre can proceed with their wrongful-death lawsuit against Bushmaster Firearms International, manufacturer of the AR-15 rifle used to kill 20 children and six adults, a Connecticut Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBigger isn't always better when it comes to engagement rings -- just ask Minnesota wife Rachel Pedersen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCharitable giving in the U.S. is on the decline for the first time since the Great Recession, which should serve as a “wake-up call” to nonprofits, a new report concluded.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Some people use bug spray, others use a boot but there's a more humane way to catch spiders.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAbout 34,000 Fisher-Price infant cradle swings have been recalled, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFor new parents, everyday life involves some serious multitasking. Mom and radiation therapist Melissa Bressler knows this all too well. The popular nursing support page, Breastfeeding Mama Talk, shared a photo of Bressler juggling motherhood and work in an epic way.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIt appears the effort to pass a statewide two-cents-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages has died in California, at least for this year. As the Sacramento Bee reported on Wednesday, the bill’s demise occurred with the legislative equivalent of a whimper: Its sponsor in the state assembly pulled the bill before it could even come up for a vote in committee, owing to a lack of support among fellow lawmakers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Corporate America’s accountants are having a tough week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share"Dances with Wolves" "Pocahontas" "FernGully" "Avatar" is set to receive four sequels, according to creator James Cameron. The "Titanic" director announced the expansion of the franchise at CinemaCon on Thursday. He confirmed his plans to release four new "Avatar" movies over the course of the next seven years with each installment intended to debut around Christmas of 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled new oil well control rules to prevent the kind of blowout that happened six years ago on a BP Plc rig in the Gulf of Mexico.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share