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Boca Raton???s Mayor and City Council met a special guest when they attended the Med U Tech conference this week at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. They got to interact with Watson, the IBM computing system that bested two......

It's kind of anticlimactic, but Joe Bruno announces his last day will be Friday. He's resigning his seat, leaving the GOP with a 31-30 margin in the Senate. He closes his release: "Now I will bring my time in public......

Extremely low turnout but mostly smooth going is how Palm Beach County elections officials are describing the first day of early voting using new optical scanners. ???There???s low turnout but the system is working well,??? said county Elections...

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, summoning business leaders to the White House this morning to rally support for his $825-billion economic stimulus plan, made a public appeal for rapid congressional approval of the package. "When it comes to...

by Mark Silva Here's a Kodak moment: Eastman Kodak said today that it is cutting 3,500 to 4,500 jobs -- 14 to 18 percent of its already pared work force, following the posting of a $137 million fourth-quarter loss. The......

NBC will kick off the U.S. Open by showing Tiger Woods teeing off Thursday live on the "Today" show and 11 other NBC Universal networks. Not to be outdone, ESPN, which will televise the bulk of the first two rounds,......

One of the most daunting challenges facing the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is battery range. Simply put, when you can only drive 50-100 miles before you have to recharge your EV's batteries for 2-8 hours, it limits your travel......

Currently, the lithium-ion battery is the most effective battery composition and the one being deployed by automakers in the Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. It provides the most energy while taking the least amount of space. However,...

by Mike Dorning digg_url = 'http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_and_the_internet_the_bes.html';reddit_title='[TITLE]' Barack Obama's once-unlikely campaign for the presidency is poised to pass a crucial threshold tonight,...

by Mark Silva and updated Longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York said he was "saving the best for last'' when he finally was called on to speak near the end of President Barack Obama's daylong bipartisan healthcare summit......

Because of the Toyota recalls and the possibility of a problem with the software controlling the engine throttle, a spotlight has fallen on the ever-increasing amount of software in automobiles. An IEEE Spectrum article offers this comparison: The F-22...

Corporate earnings reports have pacified investors this week after a bout of selling followed renewed concerns about a global slowdown last week. It's not that companies have provided dazzling first-quarter results. Many are continuing to make their...