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CNNMoney: The fluorescent light bulb boogeyman

So now the government's going to tell you what light bulb to buy, and it could be hazardous to your health.

FSB: Meet the new boss

The Great Recession won't last forever, but no matter what comes next, business as usual is clearly over.

Commentary: Permission to relax -- denied!

Memorial Day weekend has arrived: the symbolic, if not the official, beginning of summer.

10 homeschooled celebrities

Agatha Christie was a painfully shy girl, so her mom homeschooled her even though her two older siblings attended private school.

Commentary: Time for dialogue on race is now

Privilege can be a dangerous thing. It releases you from the task of thinking about things that others must. I am an African-American male and I am privileged. Not on race; but on gender, education, religion, income and many other areas.

FSB: In praise of the power nap

There is a quick-acting miracle cure for weariness that won't cost you a dime. It's called a nap.

SI.com: Frank Deford: The swimming icon who might have been

In the whole history of the Olympics, only four American swimmers have achieved lasting celebrity. Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe went on to Hollywood as Tarzan; Eleanor Holm, gorgeous and notorious, starred in the World's Fair Aquacade; and Mark Spitz won all those golds at Munich in 1972. Now, maybe Michael Phelps will become number five. We'll see. But, except for a little accident of history, Sunny Boy Kiefer would definitely have been included in that exalted group.

Time.com: How Many People Does It Take to Make a New Light Bulb?

In the new wikiworld, the Internet brings together a man with a plan, companies with money and an international network of brainiacs to power a new light

Fortune: Bush's clean energy man

Andy Karsner was in an ebullient mood the other day, and for good reason. Congress had just approved an energy bill, which, despite serious flaws, puts the country on a path that will promote renewable energy, reduce our dependence on oil, dramatically increase energy efficiency and curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions.

A light bulb moment

Even the most cheerless environmental activist would find it hard not to register the faintest trace of a smile at seeing Christmas lights shimmering in the murk of a December evening.

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