The March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) -- the largest physics meeting of the year -- will take place from March 15-19, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center and the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Hotel.

( American Institute of Physics ) The March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) -- the largest physics meeting of the year -- will take place from March 15-19, 2010 in Portland, Ore., at the Oregon Convention Center and the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Hotel.

'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve’s mildly upbeat take on the economy and its plans to hold interest rates low gave stocks a lift. Click for more WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the U.S. economic recovery and ease high unemployment.

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When Trevor Owens looks out on the beauty and urban landscape that is Fairfax County, he sees his environment through the lens of a time machine.

With millions of users populating a virtual world so malleable and open to content, one might imagine there to be numerous ways in which a savvy company could make use of this resource and all those potential customers.

State health officials say complaints filed against businesses for violating Ohio's smoking ban are dropping, a sign that more bars and restaurants are following the law.

With millions of users populating a virtual world so malleable and open to content, one might imagine there to be numerous ways in which a savvy company could make use of this resource and all those potential customers.

Troubled waters tinge UK's marine protection plan

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Knox and Blount counties are in the Top 10 of Tennessee counties with the best "health outcomes."Knox ranks No. 9 among Tennessee counties, according to the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings, which uses a formula to measure how healthy people are and how long they live in more than 3,000 counties in all 50 states ...

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

The unmistakable smell of kettle corn wafted through the air and muddy boots squished through paths crisscrossed with tractor tire prints as the second day of the World Ag Expo got under way at the International Agri-Center Wednesday. Among the...

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.