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Obama says U.S. must get in front on green energy

President Obama said Wednesday the United States must take the lead on energy, citing the "enormous job creation potential that exists." Obama’s remarks came at the end of his first quarterly meeting with the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which was created in February to provide the administration with independent, nonpartisan advice on how to promote economic growth and stability. The focus of Wednesday’s meeting, which was streamed live on the White House Web site, was job creation and green energy. Obama told the board members he’s seen “some return to normalcy” in parts of the financial markets.

Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

The Internet may have officially run out of ideas. The World Wide Web used to be full of video games and chatrooms, scandal-breaking bloggers and celebrity sex tapes, but nobody pays attention to that stuff anymore

Missing Missouri boy found safe after 2-day search

A 3-year-old boy who wandered away from his home in rural southeastern Missouri was found Wednesday after a two-day search for him. A volunteer combing through Mark Twain National Forest heard crying and found Joshua Childers nearly three miles from his home, authorities said

Swine Flu Unlikely to Affect the Economy

The media has been hyper-focused this weekend on the news that more than 1,000 people in Mexico have become infected with Swine flu, also known as Influenza A H1N1. Nearly 90 people have died from the outbreak.

5 dead in attack targeting Afghan governor

Five security officials were killed Saturday morning by suicide bombers who were targeting the governor’s office in Kandahar, Afghanistan, government officials said.

Iceland votes in crisis elections

Voting was under way Saturday in Iceland in a general election triggered by the country’s financial crisis and the subsequent collapse of the government. Opinion polls suggest the center-left Social Democratic Alliance, which has headed an interim government since February 1, is on course for an election victory which would give Johanna Sigurdardottir a mandate to continue as prime minister. Sigurdardottir, the world’s first openly gay leader and Iceland’s first female premier, has pledged to take the Nordic island into the European Union and to join the euro common currency if elected as a viable way to rescue Iceland’s suffering economy

Is it OK to change oil at chain shop?

Car expert Tom Torbjornsen answers a letter from a auto owner: Dear Tom, I own a 2008 Ford Taurus.

‘Crack was my friend,’ ex-addict says

Crack-addicted Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed the direction of her life. “You could hear that baby’s heartbeat strong and steady. Really, that’s her personality today, a strong, vibrant little girl

Four jailed in landmark Web piracy case

Four men behind a Swedish file-sharing Web site used by millions to exchange movies and music have been jailed for a year for collaborating to violate copyright law in a landmark court verdict in Stockholm. The four defendants — Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstrom, three founders and one patron of The Pirate Bay — were also ordered to pay 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) in damages to several major media companies including Warner Brothers, Columbia, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony BMG and EMI. The Pirate Bay allows users to exchange files including movies, music, games and software, but does not host the files itself.

Verdict due in major Internet piracy case

The founders of a Swedish file-sharing Web site could face jail time and multimillion-dollar fines if convicted of copyright infringement. A verdict is expected Friday in the landmark copyright case between major movie studios and The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s most popular file-sharing Web sites. The site allows users to exchange files including movies, music, games and software, but does not host the files itself.